Things You Forgot VLC Player Could Do

[Pallav]

1) Rip DVDs- VLC includes a basic DVD ripper. To rip a movie:-

• Go to the Media menu and choose Convert/Save. Click on the Disc tab.
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• Here you can adjust the Starting Position and rip only specific titles or chapters.[/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Enter file name making sure to end with .MPG, and start ripping.[/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Click Save.[/*:m:31e2c8ym]

2) Record videos- The record button is hidden by default. To enable it:-

• Click on View>Advanced Control.
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The record button will now appear. Clicking on the button while playing a video will start recording. Clicking again will stop recording.

3) Play RAR files- VLC can also 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, just load the first part (.part001.rar ) and it will automatically take the rest of the parts and play the whole file.

4) Play in ASCII mode- VLC can also playback movies in ASCII art. To enable ASCII mode:-

• Click on Tools>Preferences. [/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Open the section “Video” section and under “Output” select “Color ASCII art video output” from the drop down menu.
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• Save it. [/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art.
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5) Convert Audio and Video formats- VLC can convert video and audio files from one format to another. Several different formats are supported like MP4, WMV, AVI, OGG, MP3 etc. To access the converter:

• Go to Media>Convert/Save.[/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Load the file you want to convert using the Add button and click Convert.[/*:m:31e2c8ym]
• Now choose the output format and output file location.
  
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Hope you liked the post.

[Hack]

Thanks for the share. Now I think VLC Player is more than just being the most awesome player out there.

[GameSkull]

Playing in in ASCII mode is fun!