VLC is the most popular media player because it plays everything of
almost every format .But VLC can do a lot of other things as well as
which normal user do not know about this. Check ur knowledge how many of
these listed below you knew, and how many you did not.
1.) 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: 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.
2.)
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.
3.) 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 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 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.
5.) Listen to online radio: VLC includes hundreds of
Shoutcast radio stations. You just need to enable it through
Media>Services Discovery>Shoutcast radio listings. Now, open the
Playlist and browse through the stations.
