VLC media player, the Swiss army knife of all media players out there, has one more feature that you probably don’t know. You can play YouTube videos in it!
Its really easy to play any youtube video in VLC media player. Start it, then go to Media > Open Network Stream. Now in the Address field, paste the YouTube video URL that you want to play in VLC player. Leave the protocol and port fields blank. Now click on Play and the video will start playing instantly!
Update – You can play youtube videos only on VLC media player version 1.1 and above.
HI Mayur,
I have tried this.. I have given this url
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8kAQMYbJU
and when i paste this URL HTTP is coming in protocol dropdown and port is 1234 and when i click play, it is giving this error
VLC can’t recognize the input’s format:
The format of ‘http://www.youtube.com/v/Gt8kAQMYbJU‘ cannot be detected. Have a look at the log for details.
My VLC version is 1.0.2 do i need to download newer version or there is some other reason of this error.
thanks
@Vicky
You should upgrade VLC player to version 1.1. This trick works only for VLC media player version 1.1 or above.