Web User - UK (2020-01-22)

Workshop 3

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56 22 Jan - 4 Feb 2020

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WithbothVLCandyourchosenadd-on(suchasYouTube

Playlist,bit.ly/playlist493) downloaded,copytheadd-onto

thecorrectlocation.In FileExplorer,navigatetoC:\Users\

[yourname]\AppData.^1 If youcan’tseetheAppDatafolder,

it maybehidden– clickView,^2 thentick‘Hiddenitems’.^3

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In theAppDatafolder,gotoRoaming,then‘vlc’.^1 Check

thatyouhavea foldercalled‘lua’– thefiletypeforVLC’s

extensions.If not,createone.Openit andcreatea second

folder– ‘extensions’.^2 Thefinaldestinationfortheadd-onis

C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions.

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Now,draganddroptheadd-onfromyourDownloads

folderintothe‘extensions’folder.Closethefolder,then

openVLCPlayer.SelectTools,^1 then‘Pluginsand

extensions’.^2 Onthenextscreen,underAddonsManager,^3

youshouldseeyournewextensiondisplayed.^4

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If youdon’tseetheadd-on,checkthedestination

becauseVLCalsohasan‘extensions’folderin Program

Files\VideoLan\VLC.^1 If you’reusingourYouTubePlaylist

example,it canstrugglewithnewerupdatesofthesoftwareso

youmayneedtodownloada differentversionoftheadd-on.

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YoucangrabYouTubePlaylistPatchviaGitHub(bit.ly/

playlistpatch493). Thisironsoutsomekinksandis based

ontheoriginalextension.Onthewebsite,clickDownload

Zip,^1 thenSave^2 andextractthefile.Placethisnewadd-on

in the‘extensions’folderandcheckit displays(asin Step3).

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Eachextensionworksin differentways.TorunYouTube

Playlist,returntoVLCPlayer’smainscreenandclickOpen

NetworkStream^1 in theMediamenu.PastetheURLofa

YouTubeplaylistin thetextfield^2 andpressPlay.^3 VLC runs

through all the videos in your list, playing one after the other.

Get more from VLC with add-ons

V

LC (www.videolan.org) is one of our favourite media

players but you can make it even better by using add-ons

(addons.videolan.org). Just like browser extensions,

these give the player more options and abilities.Forexample,

VLC is great for playing single videos

from YouTube but, if you add the YouTube

Playlist extension, it can play several

videosin a row without ads or interruption.

VLC add-ons: bit.ly/patch493 | 10 mins | VLC

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