As it is playing, head to “Tools” and “Codec Information”. This is where you will paste the URL to the video that you copied. It will ask for the address to the content. From here, you want to choose “Open Network Stream”.
Open VLC and head to the “Media” menu up top. It simply provides a colorful example for the images. In our example, we are going to use Baby Shark because, why not? We aren’t going to actually download it as that would be wrong (it would violate copyright restrictions). Step 2) Open the YouTube video within VLC and get the required infoĬopy the URL (web address) of the video you are looking to download. Unless you donate, which does help in its development. It is a fantastic media player that is filled with a long list of features, consumes very little resources, and doesn’t cost you a thing to download. Why? Because it can open and play almost every format out there (both audio and video). VLC is one of the most popular media players out there for Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, and Linux operating systems. All you need is a media player and a few quick seconds of your time. Instead, we will share a method that doesn’t require any of them. So unless you are savvy enough to know how to vet these programs/plugins to determine if they are safe or not, you’re best bet is to avoid them completely. There are so many options being offered that are filled with malware and other things you wouldn’t want to download.
However, if you still feel that it is necessary to learn how to do this, we will pave the path toward how to accomplish it without using any ripping software or plugins. If you don’t know how to determine this kind of thing, you are best to avoid doing it altogether. Unless, of course, the video you are looking to download is making use of a license that says it is ok to download or redistribute. Most of these videos are protected by copyright and ripping them from YouTube does indeed violate policies and copyright law in various ways. First, before anything else, it is important to point out that you likely shouldn’t be ripping YouTube videos.