how to record screen with vlc media player

By | November 23, 2015

Learn how to record screen with vlc media player – Easy way to Record your own streaming and PC Screen by VLC Player instead of other Paid Software

What are you using for recording your Screen or desktop? BB Flash Back, Camcorder, Can Studio, Ezvid or any other paid or trail software :( . Today i will teach you how to record screen with VLC Player instead of these heavy and paid software :) .

Surprise! yeah i know because many of us never think that VLC also can do such job. But Fortunately, it is true.VLC is not just for listening song, and watch movies You can also easily Record your Streaming as well as PC Screen by VLC Media Player.

Now you don’t need to buy heavy and expensive tool to done this job. Bellow is the Step by step guide to do this. You may also like to read How To Recover Deleted Partition or Drive in Windows.

 

how to record screen with vlc media player [howpk.com]

how to record screen with vlc media player [howpk.com]

Procedure to Record Screen with VLC Player :

  1. First thing is first. Open VLC media player on your PC.
  2. Now Click on View button from the file menu bar and click on Advance Control Button as shown in Picture bellow.
    how to record screen with vlc media player [howpk.com]

    how to record screen with vlc media player [howpk.com]

  3. After Clicking on it you will see some extra option above the audio/video playing bar.
  4. Now click on Play button, A dialogue box will appear before you. Which have 4 options like
    1: File
    2: Disc
    3: Network
    4: Capture Device
    You need to click on Capture Device button and then select the desktop option as shown in picture bellow :) .
    record screen by vlc player [howpk.com]

    record screen by vlc player [howpk.com]

  5. After Clicking on Desktop an option will come with label as desire frame rate for capture. In my case it set it as 10.00f/s. Set it as you want.
  6. Now click on the Arrow sign on the Play Button. And select the stream button. you can also use the combination of Alt+s for this purpose.
  7. A wizard box will appear which has massage like “This wizard will allow you to stream or convert your media for use locally, on your private network, or on the Internet. You should start by checking that source matches what you want your input to be and then press the “Next” button to continue“. Click on next button.
  8. It will ask you to add file where you want to save the recorded video. for this purpose Click on add button and select the desire folder or location by browsing. Click on Next
  9. It will ask you for Format which you want to use. In my case i prefer to use MPEG-2 because it takes low space then other formats.
  10. After Doing this Click on Next and then click on Stream button :) .

That all :) . Now you have Learn hoe to Record Screen with VLC Media Player in simple steps. You can use this trick on every Operating System like Windows XP, 7, 8, Vista as well as MAC or Linux.
Remember : A copy of your recording also save in video folder in documents. So, don’t forget to delete it from there.
So, this is my trick i hope you like it and it will be very useful for you. Feel free to like and share it. If you facing any problem while record screen via VLC Player then please comment us. We will help you to solve your Problem. You may also like to read Easy way to change facebook page name 2014 trick.

Author: Tanvir Zafar

Tanvir Zafar is a internet Entrepreneur and owner of this site and many others as well. He is student in GCUF doing BS Software Engineering. :)