We’ve already shown you a few sites that allow you to download videos and playlists, but such sites need you to use other people’s servers, verify the page source, seek for hidden download links, and deal with endless NSFW pop-ups on other people’s domains. Why bother with all that when you can extract a YouTube video quickly and easily with a software package that most people already have on their computer? Of course, I’m referring to VLC Player. This example was completed on a Mac laptop, but the process is fairly identical on Windows.

How to Use VLC Player to Rip a YouTube Video

The YouTube video will now start playing in VLC.