Apart from using VLC media player for playing songs, we can also use it for downloading and playing YOUTUBE videos. For kind information to you downloading YOUTUBE video is legal, but using that without author permission is illegal. So use it for your personal use only not sell video in any format. 1)Fetch YOUTUBE URL in VLC First, open a YOUTUBE video which you want to download and copy the URL of that video.
VLC is an open source product developed by VideoLAN Project licensed under GNU GPL v2. VLC for Windows 8 app for Mac OS X in the. Vlc media player Mac. The VLC developer team has been trying since February 2015 to provide a stable support in this media player towards Chromecast, and now it is finally here. However, older versions acted unstable/non-compatible to the VLC Chromecast, but the latest versions are taking this as a Pro. Still, only a few. VLC Media Player is an Open Source Multimedia Player licensed with GPL that allows you to view videos and listen to audios in practically any format. VLC Media Player can play any video or audio format, including MPEG, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MKV, H.264/AVC, FLV, MP3 and OGG, along with many others. The PC or Mac you’re using to stream needs to be on the same local network as your Chromecast device, wired or wireless. How to Cast Video From VLC. Once you’ve downloaded and installed the appropriate version of VLC, you can get started. First, ensure your Chromecast and your television are on.
Then open VLC media player and open the following path media->open network stream Then past URL in the box which shown in the image below. After fetching URL click play button. Sample View: Enter URL in VLC 2)Get a codec information After playing video keep running as it is. Open the following path Tools->codec information (or) Press CTRL+J. Copy the code by pressing CTRL+A and CTRL+C Sample View: VLC codec info 3)Save Video Paste the codec information in any of your browsers and hit enter Now you can see video start playing. Then right click on the video and click save the video. Now you can save your video in any location of your computer with any name.
Drawback: By this method, we can't control video resolution we want. I have another method to download YOUTUBE videos. The main advantage of this method is we can get video resolution which we want.

I have two alternative methods to solve this problem. 1)Without using external software(Changing URL) 2)With software(UMMY downloader) Alternative Method to download YOUTUBE videos Method 1: Without Software This is the easiest method. We can make it by changing URL Add ss in front of the URL starting which shown in the image.
Sample image: Enter ss in URL Then your YOUTUBE page is changed like in the image. Here You can select whichever you want. Sample View: YOUTUBE downloader web page A limitation: You can only download up to 720p only. By software method, you can eliminate this limitation.
Method 2: Using software In market many software available. But I like personally like one software which names as UMMY downloader. The feature I most like is we can download video up to 8K. Personally, I downloaded up to 2k Just copy YOUTUBE URL and open the UMMY downloader it will automatically load it Sample Image: UMMY downloader interface But reason days it has some issues I can download only up to 1024p.
They replied for this issue in their forum, Which image I included in below Image: Replay by UMMY downloader team.