I would like to save the current playing video in VLC to disk.
I DO NOT want to open a video from disk to convert/save, there is no video on disk. So the convert/save function does not seem to be able to do this.
I am saying this because all the answers to this question I could find say to use the convert/save function, but this function does not seem to be able to do this. It wants to open another file or stream, which is not what I want, I want to use the video that is now playing.
What I want is very very very simple. The video that is now playing in VLC is the video I want to save to disk. So this function should not ask me for a file or stream or anything else to open, all this function should ask is the folder and name where the video should be stored. Nothing else
So how can I do that please?
Best Answer
VLC doesn't have a 'Save As...' style function to save the currently playing video, sorry. What it CAN do however is... a little different:
Record the currently playing video
Just like tape recorders of old, VLC offers functionality to 'record' whatever is currently playing to disk.
You have to enable Advanced Controls first. Go to View -> Advanced Controls. You will see these options appear:
Now, whenever you start playing a DVD or other media, you can simply hit the Record button to start and stop recording. The files are saved your Documents folder in
.mpgformat i.e.:Using this method you can save entire files, or just specific snippets. It's up to you.
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