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YouTube is a great way to share videos with friends and family. But if you want to make sure that your videos are safe and secure, you can use VLC Player to rip them quickly and easily.

This example has been done on a MacOS laptop but the Windows method is very similar.

How To Rip a YouTube Video Using VLC Player

Copy the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4VfPcjzNM

If you haven’t already installed VLC Player, grab it from the website and install it. It’s free. When it’s installed, open it up and choose File – Open Network. On Windows, it’s Media – Open Network Stream.

To rip a video from YouTube, paste the YouTube URL into the box that pops up. ..

The YouTube video will now stream inside VLC, but will be in a different window.

If you are using a Mac, now click Window – Media Information. If on Windows, go to Tools – Codec Information.

At the bottom of the screen, you will see a long link in the Location field. Highlight the entire link, right-click and select Copy.

To play a YouTube video in VLC:

  1. Open VLC media player.
  2. In the main window, click on the Location field and paste the link from the Location field in YouTube.
  3. The video should start playing automatically.
  4. Right-click on the video and choose Save Video As to save it to your computer. ..

To save a video as a videoplayback, use the following command: videoplayback myfile.mp4

Your file will now be downloaded in the quality that the original uploader provided it in. So picture and audio quality will vary.

YouTube is a great resource for finding and watching videos, but it’s not the only one. Online converters and website page sources can be helpful too. ..