How to Download Video with VLC and Solve VLC Videos Download Error?

Step 1. Run VLC media player. After the installation, click the traffic cone icon on your desktop to open VLC media player.

Step 2. Enter the network streaming section. On the main screen, select Media > Open Network Stream….

Step 3. Copy and paste the video URL. Open the web page of the video you want to download and copy the URL address of the video. Then, paste the URL into the “Please enter a network URL” box.   

Step 4. Choose Stream option. Click on the inverted-triangle button next to Play, select Stream. On the Stream output window, select Next.

Step 5. Specify the output name and destination. Then, you will see a new interface, in which select Add > Browse to specify the output destination and file name. Select Next to continue.

Step 6. Choose an output format. Open the drop-down format menu and Select Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4), which means that the output video will be saved in MP4 format with H.264 video codec and MP3 audio codec. Meanwhile, make sure the Active Transcoding option is enabled. After the settings, hit Next.

Step 7. Start streaming & downloading. Select Stream and the VLC video downloader will start downloading the video. When the process bar on the main screen moves to the end, the download process will be finished and you can find the downloaded file in the folder you specified before.

1. After you copy and paste the video URL into VLC, instead of selecting Stream at step 4 as the method above shows, you can also directly select Play option to play the video in VLC.

2. During the playback, on the top menu bar, go to Tools > Codec Information. Then copy the full URL from the Location filed.

3. Open your browser, paste the URL into the address bar, and hit Enter.

4. The video would be displayed on the web page. Right click on the video and select Save Video as. In this way, you can save the video to your computer.

Step 1. Uninstall VLC media player completely.

Step 2. Download the latest VLC from this page: https://nightlies.videolan.org/

Select your computer operating system to download the file. Here takes 64-bit Windows as an example to explain the process.

Step 3. Unzip the zip file, and you will get an installation folder containing multiple folders. go to lua > playlist > copy the youtube.luac file.

Step 4. Reinstall the VLC media player from the official VLC website: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

Step 5. On your computer, go to C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\

Step 6. You will find the VLC installation folder. Head to lua > playlist; delete the youtube.luac, and paste the copied "youtube.luac" from the VLC 4.0 beta installation folder.

Step 1. Open the Video Downloader

Run Free HD Video Converter Factory, go to Downloader, select + New Download section.

Step 2. Copy and Paste the Video URL

Open the web page of the video, copy its URL address, go back to the program, and paste the URL into the Paste URL input field.

Step 3. Analyze the URL

Hit the Analyze button to scrape video from the link.

Step 4. Choose a Format and Resolution

Free HD Video Converter Factory will list all resolution & format options you can download. Choose the preferred one and click on OK.

Step 5. Download the Video

Click the Download All button to initialize the process. It will quickly finish downloading.