Frequently Asked Questions

QuickTime Player comes bundled with every Mac sold today. It's an excellent default video player, but not ever user is aware that it can record.

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The VLC menu

This menu gives you access to non-operational types of commands.

• About VLC media player gives the usual version and creator information,
• Check for Update will tell you if there is a newer version released than the one you are using,
• Preferences gives you access to a very wide range of settings for the program,
• Extensions some text,
• Add Interface enables other ways of getting access to VLC functionality other than the Graphical User Interface programme,
• Services some text,
• the others are standard OSX options which do not affect VLC functionality.

Preferences

Preferences are usually default settings that operate in the background to the operations you want to perform. These are therefore not part of the standard user interface because it is believed you will probably only want access to these occasionally if at all. Should you want to do something a little (or a lot) non-standard then these preferences are important. They allow you to choose non-default audio output channels (e.g. your headphones) or select sub-titles as well as more technical things that probably require some knowledge of video file structures or other in depth knowledge.

The preference sections available under VLC are:

• Interface - Choosing and configuring the alternate interfaces
• Audio - which audio to play through which channels
• Video - which video to play through which channels
• Subtitles & OSD - Some text
• Input & Codecs - How to interpret the video file
• Hotkeys - Some text

Add Interface

If you are using VLC on your Mac to display video on the same Mac's screen(s) then this may be of little interest to you.

The alternate interfaces currently offered are:

• Mouse gestures where you can control VLC by simply moving the mouse
• Web interface for controlling VLC over a network using a browser
• Debug logging
• Console *nix-style non-graphical interfaces

In our previous tutorials we covered. Following that, we are now going to frequently write about other VLC Media player tricks. Today we will show you how you can record your Mac or Windows PC screen using your favorite media player, VLC Player. This is a simple trick that you may use to create beautiful screencasts and video tutorials and may publish them on YouTube, share with your friends or do whatever you want to do.Please Note: The Latest version of VLC media player crashes when you try capture screen of your desktop. So it’s recommended you install a older version if you want to use the screen capture feature of VLC media player. Record or Capture PC Screen using VLC Media PlayerTo start, first you need VLC Media Player installed on your PC or Mac Book.

Now go to media, hit Open capture device. A Box will appear, from Capture Mode option, select Desktop.

You can also select desired frames to capture per seconds. It’s recommended to keep it in between 10-24. I’ll enter 15 frames per sec. Now hit Covert. Now choose the destination file Name.

Video01. After specifying your options, click the Save button and finally hit the Start button. VLC will inform you that it’s “streaming” your desktop to a file. You can Use your computer normally and VLC will record all the activities going on your desktop. When you’re done, click the Stop button.Now Open your saved file to view the video of your desktop screen recording. The quality of the video recorded via VLC is really good while the size of the file is very less.

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