How to Convert Audio Files with VLC Media Player

[Bookman]

There are cool apps like Minitube in which you can watch YouTube videos in desktop that is outside your browser. Many are unheard and this app is not commonly known. People don’t like to necessarily download an app for single purpose; rather they look for a versatile app.

You well know that the VLC media player is the favorite and most used media player globally. It’s because it almost supports all types of video and audio formats. Other than that VLC can be used to play, stream and record YouTube videos just like a local video file.

[jonsmaradona]

And although the app is mostly made for watching videos, you can edit videos in several ways too. One of these ways includes cutting smaller clips out of a larger video. What might otherwise require a paid video editing program can be done in seconds for free with VLC. 

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[Bookman]

Ever wanted to have a video playing as your desktop wallpaper? There is a simple way to toggle this using VLC. Go to Tools > Preference. Click on Video and under the Output drop down box, select DirectX (DirectDraw) video output. Save and restart VLC. The next time you play a video, an option will appear on the right-click menu under Video to play as a Set as Wallpaper. Choose it and the video will then start playing as your desktop background.

[Bookman]

If you are looking for a very simple podcast subscription app, VLC can fill that need. You can use the app to subscribe to your favorite video and audio podcast and view them all within the app.

To subscribe to a podcast, got to the Playlist sidebar, under Internet, there is a Podcast option. Hover your mouse cursor over it and a + will appear. Click on it and add the RSS for your podcast. On the Mac version, go to the Podcast option and press Subscribe to add the RSS URL.

[Bookman]

By using the above method you can only play single YouTube video at a time, but what if you wish to play the entire YouTube playlist in VLC. There is a trick, but before that we will see the use of playing YouTube videos inside VLC media player.