10 VLC Media Player Tricks

VLC media player is a free and open source media player written by VideoLan  project. It has huge number of users and personally this is the best media player for free of cost. You can do a lot of things in VLC like playing RAR files, play video in ASCII mode etc. . .Check out the cool features, you will definitely like this.

1.Make Artistic Sketch of video

To enable this effect Goto Tools→Effects and Filters→Video Effects→Image Modification→

 check Gradient.

2.Play RAR files

The movies you downloaded will be in .001 .002 extension. To play these files you don't need any software to join these files. Just drag the first part(.001) to VLC player and it will automatically takes the other parts.

3.Play Jigsaw Puzzle game on video

To enable this effect Goto Tools→Effects and Filters→Video Effects→Geometry→enable Puzzle Game and select number of rows and columns.

4.Add Logo on Video

To add Logo Goto Tools→Effects and Filters→Video Effects→Logo and enter the file location of the image(jpg or png).

5.Inbuilt Video Converter


The inbuilt video converter can convert videos to most popular format. To Convert:
Goto Media→Convert/Save→Add file→click Convert→Select Output format and destination→Click Start

6.Desktop Inside Desktop 


In this your desktop screen goes to infinity. To enable this:
Goto Media→Open Network Stream(Ctrl+N)→Type screen:// and click play.


7.Play in ASCII mode


To play movies in ASCII art effect
Goto Tools→Preferences→Select Video→in right side click Output(drop down menu) and select Color ASCII art video output


8.Record from Webcam


Goto Media→Open Capture Device→Select your Webcam and hit Play.

9.Record Videos and Mp3s


The Record button is hidden by default, to enable it Goto View→Advance Controls. Now you can see Record Button. While playing a video or mp3 Click on Record button it will start recording, to stop click again.


10.Make Screenshots


You can take screenshots of video while playing. Goto Video→click Snapshot(Shift+S). The image will be saved in My Pictures folder.

Hope you enjoyed this article.