HOW TO USE VLC

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VLC MEDIA PLAYER (VLC)• PORTABLE

• FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE CROSS PLATFORM

• STREAMING MEDIA PLAYER

• WRITTEN BY THE VideoLan PROJECT

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FIRST IS TO DOWNLOAD VLC

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OPEN A BROWSER

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• TYPE www.videolan.org/vlc

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YOU CAN NOW START DOWNLOADING VLC

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YOU CAN DOWNLOAD VLC FOR WINDOWS

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MAC

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OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS

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ONCE YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED VLC, YOU CAN SAVE IT AT YOUR DESKTOP

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WHAT CAN VLC DO

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RIP DVD’SOPEN VLC FROM YOUR DESKTOP

INSERT THE DVD YOU WANT TO RIP

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CLICK “DISK”

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SELECT “DVD”

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CLICK “OK” AND SEE IF THE MAIN MOVIE PLAYS

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IF IT DOESN’T, CHANGE THE VALUE FOR “TITLE” TO 1

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IF IT DEOSN’T BRING UP THE MAIN MOVIE, TRY 2 AND SO ON

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• YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE VALUE FOR “AUDIO TRACK”

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• YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE VALUE FOR “SUBTITLES”

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• CLICK THE “STREAM/SAVE” BOX

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• CLICK THE “SETTINGS” BUTTON

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• CHECK THE “FILE” BOX UNDER OUTPUTS

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• DON’T CHECK THE “PLAY LOCALLY” BOX UNLESS YOU WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE AS YOU ARE RIPPING

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• SELECT THE ENCAPSULATED METHOD

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• I WOULD RECOMMEND EITHER MPEG1 OR MP4

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• IF YOUWANT TO PUT IT IN A DEVICE, YOU HAVE TO USE MP4 AND WITH Itunes YOU HAVE TO USE MOV

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• SELECT YOUR CODEC

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• SELECT YOUR AUDIO CODEC

• USE MP3 UNLESS WHAT YOU WANT TO PLAY IT WITH REQUIRES ANOTHER CODEC

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• NEXT TO THE “FILE” BOX THERE IS A BUTTON CALLED “BROWSE”

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• SELECT THE FILE YOU WANT TO SAVE TO

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• UNDER FILE NAME, TYPE ANY NAME FOLLOWED BY THE EXTENSION FOR THE ENCAPSULATION METHOD

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• CLICK “SAVE”

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• CLICK “OK”

• THE TRANSCODING WILL START

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• WHEN EVERYTHING IS SET-UP RIGHT, IT WILL BE PLAYING THE MOVIE IF YOU SELECTED “PLAY LOCALLY”

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THE ONLYPROBLEM IS THAT IT RIPS AT 1X SO IF YOU HAVE A 2 HOUR MOVIE, IT WILL TAKE 2 HOURS TO

RIP

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ONCE IT’S DONE YOU CAN PLAY IT ON ANY DEVICE THAT SUPPORTS THAT FILE TYPE

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YOU CAN NOW SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE MOVIE

OPEN THE WESITE FROM WHERE YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD YOUR DESIRED MEDIA FILE

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HOW TO DOWNLOAD FILES

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SEARCH THE VIDEO IN YOUTUBE AND COPY THE PATH OF THE VIDEO DIRECT FROM THE ADDRESS BAR

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OPEN VLC MEDIA PLAYER

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PRESS CTRL + N

IT’LL OPEN “OPEN MEDIA” WINDOW

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PASTE THE PATH IN “PLEASE ENTER A NETWORK URL

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CLICK “PLAY”

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VLC WILL AUTOMATICALLY START STREAMING AND PLAYING THE VIDEO CLIP

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CLICK “TOOLS” AND SELCT “CODEC INFORMATION”

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IT’LL OPEN “CURRENT MEDIA INFORMATION” FOR YOU

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UNDER “LOCATION”. YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LINK

(ACTUAL DOWNLOAD LINK OF THE FILE)

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RIGHT-CLICK THIS DOWNLOAD LINK AND SELECT “SELECT ALL”

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RIGHT-CLICK THIS DOWNLOAD LINK AGAIN AND SELCT “COPY”

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OPEN YOUR WEB BROWSER, PASTE THE LINK IN THE ADDRESS BAR

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YOUR BROWSER WILL AUTOMATICALLY START STREAMING AND PLAYING THE VIDEO CLIP

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RIGHT-CLICK ON THE BROWSER WINDOW IN WHICH THE VIDEO IS BEING PLAYED

SELECT “SAVE VIDEO AS”

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PRESS ENTER KEY

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YOUR BROWSER WILL START DOWNLOADING THE VIDEO FILE

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HOW TO SCREEN CAPTURE TO FILE

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TAKING A STILL SCREENSHOT

OPEN VLC

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CLICK “VIDEO” MENU

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SELECT “TAKE SNOPSHOT”

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YOU CAN CHANGE WHERE YOUR SCREENSHOTS ARE SAVED

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• IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR SCREENSHOTS ARE GOING

• OR YOU WANT TO CHANGE WHERE THEY ARE SAVED

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CLICK “TOOLS”

THEN “PREFERENCES”

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CLICK “VIDEO”

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AT THE VIDEO SNAPSHOTS SECTION, YOU CAN SET THE DESTINATION FOR YOR SCREENSHOTS

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YOU CAN STREAM YOUR DESKTOP

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OPEN VLC

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CLICK “MEDIA”

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CLICK “STREAM”

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CLICK “CAPTURE DEVICE TAB”

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SELECT DESKTOP AS THE CAPTURE MODE

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YOU CAN CHANGE THE FRAMES PER SECOND (FPS) RATE

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CLICK “ STREAM”

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MAKE SURE THE SOURCE IS YOUR SCREEN

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IF THE DIALOG BOX IS BLANK, ENTER screen://

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CHOOSE WHERE TO SAVE YOUR FILE

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CLICK THE “ADD” BUTTON

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CHANGE THE FILE TYPE

VLC WILL DEFAULT TO MP4

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IF YOU WANT A DIFFERENT TYPE, CLICK THE DROP MENU AND SELECT YOUR CHOICE

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CLICK “ STREAM”

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HOW TO ADD OR REMOVE PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION

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ADDING PODCAST

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SEARCH FOR PODCASTS AVAILABLE

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COPY THE URL OR WEBSITE ADDRESS

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GO THE LAUCHED VLC MEDIA PLAYER

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CLICK THE “PODCAST” MENU

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CLICK THE PLUS SIGN

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CLICK “OK”

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CLICK ON A PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION YOU ADDED

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SELECT AND PLAY A PODCAST EPISODE FROM THE ONE OF YOUR SUBSRIPTION

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REMOVING PODCASTS

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CLICK ONE OF THE SUBSCRIPTIONS LISTED UNDER THE PODCAST MENU

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CLICK THE MINUS SIGN (-)

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THANK YOU

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