You may already know about this but i accidentally found that i can directly stream my video instead of waiting for the download to complete and that too with full control of audio track and subs
Been using this trick for a year now and now only download when am traveling (Don't get me wrong but i don't always want to wait for my download )
Indeed, I'm using VLC for almost 15 years now. It's the first thing I install on a new computer or mobile device. And the best thing is: the dev is keeping it open source,no ads & free. He actually declined several offers to sell VLC over the years.
I mean you need a GOAT to handle a GOAT otherwise it will be butcher by the greed
Although it's not real VLC, the android VLC app is almost as great too. Plays even m4b (Audiobook file) without any hiccups while remembering the last position. Even dedicated audiobook players can't compete. Folder player wasn't too bad, but couldn't play m4b. Others added every folder as a book, so I had many Disc 1 books XD
m4b is just a container for aac in most cases. If a media player can't even play aac format then it speaks to its own weakness rather than the strength of the one which is able to play it. Same goes for a dedicated audiobook player.
Try "Smart Audiobook Player" if you want something dedicated for android. I even have lossless Flac audiobooks which it is able to play with zero trouble.
Oh, okay. I didn't knew that. Unfortunately the player isn't good for my folder system. I tried that and that's the one which couldn't figure out that a folder named Disc 1 isn't a whole audiobook. I need something where I can browse the folders myself, but thank you. VLC is just fine for me
On the shield android tv I've found VLC, while better than most, isn't up to the job like it is on a computer. Kodi is the only one that plays everything on the shield.
The iOS version of VLC is a total mess though.
iOS version of VLC has integrated cloud services and can access services like iCloud and Google Drive directly for streaming. Infuse app is goated too. It plays anything.
iOS VLC doesn't let you make playlists, the controls are all over the place and it doesn't save the previous state
It does have playlist… Mine resume fine even from Google Drive. Just need to close out video before exiting VLC. I still prefer Infuse because it is superior to anything else.
https://imgur.com/a/IuH9SBQ
Thanks for the picture. I get the same screen but there's absolutely no way I could get it to create or save a playlist made up of local audio files. I can play individually, it's really awkward though and have to navigate all the way back to the folder every time.
It's honestly pretty dated now. Haven't used it in years.
mpc-hc and mpv are much better.
Damn I didn't know, thanks
F reddit compression has butcher the video so here what i did
copied the download link from Firefox afte download started (make sure you are not downloading a zip file, only mkv or other video file directly play)
opened the Vlc and either use a shortcut Ctrl + n to open stream option or just go to media and paste the link and hurry just play and enjoy
If download link is resumeble then you have full control of forward and speed up
And also you get all the perk like audio and sub track if download file have that
Edited: don't forget to increase the network catch in VLC (default it only 1 sec so it feels lagy and buffer)
I only knew that this was possible with the streamed downloads, but this is pretty new to me. I wonder where in the cache it is being saved.
Btw you can do this on vlc for Android too. Keep sailing the seas cheers.
Yeah you can do it will any player in any platform which supports network stream
what's the point of doing this if you're already downloading the file?
Read the post again i clearly said this is useful when you don't want to wait for the download
Just stream directly without downloading the file through the link
Never knew you could do this, thanks for the tip
I have used VLC for over 20 years, the goat
I second this. 20+ years of VLC myself. The GOAT I concur.
mpv with webhook yt-dlp powered is what I use and for torrent there's torrserve and Webtorrent hook lua scripts.
I switched to mpv after using vlc for a years. I love the minimal look of mpv and at somethings it works better than vlc
What's mpv?
Video player just like vlc
But it has a feature where you can plugin yt-dlp into it to watch/download YT videos or something??
It's built in.
'mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'
from the command line will play.
Interesting, I'll have to give it a try
Im not clicking this link 🤣
It's YouTube...
It is the rickroll, that is why he is not clicking the link
if you don't know you can also install torrent plugin for vlc and stream directly.
Name of plug-in? Sounds useful.
I don't remember it's name probably you can find it by searching Vlc BitTorrent plugin
i didnt knew about this cool asf
Theres no denying VLCs legacy as the first plug-n-play media player or the altruism that created it, but it is severely outdated compared to other players today.
VLC has inferior color correction, it still has pixelation with it's hardware acceleration, and it's slower and uses more resources to run. There are some niche features that might be worth installing for, but its not longer best as a daily driver.
Try using mpc-hc on windows or mpv on linux/mac.
I used VLC because everyone is familiar with it otherwise you can stream with any player which supports network stream
VLC doesn't support frame-by-frame and the devs get kind of hostile whenever it's brought up. It's a super useful feature, but I need another player to handle that so I end up never using VLC.
I have tried VLC for streaming but I found that it buffered a lot but I was on a much slower connection then than I am now. With my history of streaming being iffy I just prefer to download.
I've always had issues with VLC buffering, stuttering or outright dropping streams (even with large caches) which MPV would handle perfectly fine.
You can also do a right click on the video, inspect element and grab the URL for the stream for there. Can then paste that into VLC to play it.
Does this work on live streams/live sports?
need the answer to this lol
ive been doing this since... late WinXP/Vista?
Whats the plugin to get the url?
Are talking about torrent plug in ?
Hahahah sorry, that's just the download icon on the browser. My bad
F the compression btw anyone know a site where i can upload this and share a link (without login in)
Have a look on FMHY, there's a media upload category
Damn you learn something new every day!!
FYI, VLC has not had a major release in a long time and has been in development hell over the last 5 years. There are better players but VLC still offer a lot of features.
I'm surprised so many pirates didn't know you could play urls
Can we do it even with streaming websites rather than downloading files?
Like copy the url when the video starts
No a file link is needed not a website link
I see, good to know this trick, never knew VLC can do that.
It's possible, but only in a few websites, you just need to know a little inspection. The motive is to stream "main stream url" from website you are streaming via inspection, and streaming it from vlc.
Damnn I didn't know about this. You learn everyday.
I use mpv
The fact people try to find so many workarounds for these shitty streaming sites is so funny to me lol. There are so many better options.
that specifically is a DDL website, but yeah
VLC is the GOAT, but it does not handle projector phone orientation well.
Incredible, good information, I honestly didn't know and this saves me from having to download, and you're right, if you need to download, just use this trick and that's it.
It is giving me tons of errors
I have been doing this for so looong.... I even use this same for torrents. I never download the movie or series torrent.
You can even stream youtube videos on VLC👍
VLC is one of the last bastions of hope in our increasingly dystopian world. I think I'll donate to them next month.
Stremio and mpv has it as well
Nah, this is giving 2000s era piracy, manual has been out since the 2010s. Just use RD or TorBox with Stremio (Omni probably preferred if on Apple TV.) It's easier, faster and has way more customization via add-ons like AIOStreams. You can even stream from Usenet.
Other options:
wait i didn't understand the explanation in the comments, please explain again what you did here.
Clippy you are not good at sarcasm..
i genuinely don't understand.
I use pot player for this.
I didn't know this, thanks for this!
VLC, Potplayer and Mpv are all pretty good
is there a way to do this streamed content? i.e. sports LIVE stream from one of the 🏴☠️ websites?
What do you use to download videos? I've been using Video DownloadHelper, sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. It's a real hit or miss situation.
Been 2 decades using VLC and I didn’t knew about this 😓 thanks sharing
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No any video file will work which is supported by the player
Wow I didn't know this. Thank you very much for sharing this.
i wish potplayer are available on linux
and, its the indian guy! thank you very much!
Unpopular opinion MPV >> VLC
Use stremio and it brings together VLC and torrents
if VLC is GOAT, then mpv is the OG.
How do you get those window/popup animations? They open from the center and "fold out"?
I don't think i have done any customisation regarding animation its default ubuntu animation
Serious question - can you stream a youtube playlist like this? So that it goes to the next youtube videoo in the playlist automatically? Trying to move away from using their frontend.
Through mpv with plug in i don't know full process but u can search or just ask on r/piracy
Congratulations, you discovered VLC's worst-kept secret :-D
That was a lot of work to be honest
Way too many steps, bought realdebrid and downloaded stremio
One of the few programs that I install instantly whenever I buy a new machine or install an OS
Is this not a promotion for whatever that site was?
Didn't know that i wasn't even got paid
I just use plex these days but to each their own
I think this is how Stremio does this?
Did not know this. Adding VLC as main multimedia player.