Record videos : With the new VLC , you can record videos during playback . The record button is hidden by default .
To see it , click on View>Advanced Control . The record button will now appear . Clicking on the button while playing a movie or video will start recording . Clicking again will stop recording .
Rip DVDs : VLC includes a basic DVD ripper . You probably would never use it when there are better DVD rippers available , but it helps to know that you can in fact , get a decent quality DVD rip with VLC . To rip a movie follow these steps :
Just go to the Media menu and choose Convert/Save . Click on the Disc tab . * Here you can adjust the Starting Position and rip only specific titles or chapters .
Enter file name making sure to end with .MPG , and start ripping .* Click Save .* Its Done .
Play in ASCII mode : VLC media player has an amusing ability , to playback movies in ASCII art .
To enable ASCII mode , open VLC media player and click on Tools>Preferences . Open the section “Video” section and under “Output” select “Color ASCII art video output” from the drop down menu . Save it . Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art .
Play RAR files : Do you know VLC can play videos zipped inside RAR files ? They play like normal video files and you can even use the seek bar . If the RAR file is split into several files , no problem . Just load the