Download online vidoe using vls for windows 10

How to download YouTube Videos using VLC -

Actually, this method is not using VLC. It is written in Python. So, I'll put this at the end of this tutorial!

The steps to download a video from YouTube is very simple in concept: play the video on our Browser, and save the file by right mouse click on the video. So, the key is to move the video's playground from YouTube to our Browser.

Get the url while the video is played on YouTube:

Run VLC player, then select Open Network Stream

Paste the YouTube URL into network URL, then hit Play:

While the video is playing, go to Tools -> Codec Information:

As shown in the picture below, we get the video file location Ctrl+A while holding the mouse:

Paste the file info into the url of browser:

Right mouse click, and choose Save As

Now, we have the file in our PC!

In this method, we just do streaming using VLC with its target set as a file.

Get the url while the video is played on YouTube:

Run VLC player, then select Stream

Paste the YouTube URL into network URL, then hit Stream button:

Just click Next at the Source setup dialog:

In the Destination Setup window, click Add:

Put the destination file name:

Click Stream button at the Option Setup dialog:

Now, VLC is transcoding while doing streaming:

Written in Python, the youtube-dl is one of the most popular tools for downloading videos not only from YouTube but from other sources.

1. How to download youtube-dl?
   $ sudo curl www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
2. Set a executable execute permission
   $ sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
3. How to use it to download YouTube video?
   To download a video file, simply run the following command. All we need is the url of the video that we want to download. $ youtube-dl www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar?v=dP15zlyra3c [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading webpage [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Extracting video information [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading DASH manifest [download] Destination: Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 [download] % of MiB in [download] Destination: Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4a [download] % of MiB in [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4" Deleting original file Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4a (pass -k to keep)
4. Downloading done!
   $ ls Fox Snow Dive - Yellowstone - BBC www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4
   
5. List of available formats
   $ youtube-dl --list-formats www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar?v=dP15zlyra3c [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading webpage [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Extracting video information [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] dP15zlyra3c: Downloading DASH manifest [info] Available formats for dP15zlyra3c: format code extension resolution note webm audio only DASH audio k , vorbis@k (Hz), KiB m4a audio only DASH audio k , m4a_dash container, aac @k (Hz), KiB m4a audio only DASH audio k , m4a_dash container, aac @k (Hz), MiB mp4 x DASH video k , avcdc, 13fps, video only, KiB webm x DASH video k , vp9, 1fps, video only, KiB webm x DASH video k , vp9, 1fps, video only, KiB mp4 x DASH video k , avcd, 25fps, video only, MiB mp4 x DASH video k , avcde, 25fps, video only, MiB webm x DASH video k , vp9, 1fps, video only, MiB mp4 x DASH video k , avcde, 25fps, video only, MiB webm x DASH video k , vp9, 1fps, video only, MiB mp4 x DASH video k , avcdf, 25fps, video only, MiB webm x DASH video k , vp9, 1fps, video only, MiB mp4 x DASH video k , avc, 25fps, video only, MiB 17 3gp x small , mp4a, mp4v 36 3gp x small , mp4a, mp4v 5 flv x small 43 webm x medium , vorbis, vp 18 mp4 x medium , mp4a, avcE 22 mp4 x hd , mp4a, avcF (best)
6. To download a preferred file format, use the option -f (video format code). For example, if we want to download webm format, we use 43 as shown below:
   $ youtube-dl -f 43 www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar?v=dP15zlyra3c
7. To download a list of videos, we can use a playlist. Just add the playlist URL:
   $ youtube-dl www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar?list=PLZI6KTHHrdZQ_OpJu5G7wQDcm4PoY [youtube:playlist] PLZI6KTHHrdZQ_OpJu5G7wQDcm4PoY: Downloading webpage [download] Downloading playlist: Quantum theory [youtube:playlist] playlist Quantum theory: Downloading 2 videos [download] Downloading video 1 of 2 [youtube] e5_V78SWGF0: Downloading webpage [youtube] e5_V78SWGF0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] e5_V78SWGF0: Extracting video information [youtube] e5_V78SWGF0: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] e5_V78SWGF0: Downloading DASH manifest WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [download] Destination: Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 [download] % of MiB in [download] Destination: Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar [download] % of MiB in [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar" Deleting original file Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar (pass -k to keep) [download] Downloading video 2 of 2 [youtube] FlIrgE5T_g0: Downloading webpage [youtube] FlIrgE5T_g0: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] FlIrgE5T_g0: Extracting video information [youtube] FlIrgE5T_g0: Downloading DASH manifest [youtube] FlIrgE5T_g0: Downloading DASH manifest WARNING: Requested formats are incompatible for merge and will be merged into mkv. [download] Destination: Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 [download] % of MiB in [download] Destination: Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar [download] % of MiB in [ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar" Deleting original file Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar4 (pass -k to keep) Deleting original file Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar (pass -k to keep) [download] Finished downloading playlist: Quantum theory $ ls Quantum Theory Made Easy [1]-e5_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar Quantum Theory Made Easy [2]-FlIrgE5T_www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
8. When we downloaded the playlist, the default option is to delete original files. So, if we want to keep them, we can just provide -k as shown below:
   $ youtube-dl -k www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar?list=PLZI6KTHHrdZQ_OpJu5G7wQDcm4PoY
9. We can download a video from Vimeo as well:
   $ youtube-dl www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar [vimeo] Downloading webpage [vimeo] Extracting information [vimeo] Downloading webpage [vimeo] Downloading JSON metadata [vimeo] Downloading m3u8 information [download] Destination: The Mountainmp4 [download] % of MiB in