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Ever wanted to watch that entire playlist consisting of appealing videos outside of your browser? If you wanted to play a single video , all you needed to do was to click "Media" , click "Open Network Stream" , enter video URL and hit "Play". But if you paste in a playlist URL, all the player will do is play the first video. Here comes to rescue the Playlist Parser add on for VLC.
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Ensure that VLC is up-to-date. [1] X Research source -
Download the YouTube Playlist Parser add-on for VLC .- Once you hit the "Download" button, you will be redirected to a text file. Simply right click and click on "Save As".
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When you save the file, ensure that you save it with the extension ".lua". Now move that saved file to a proper folder depending on your OS : [2] X Research source- Windows : %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\
- Linux : /usr/lib/vlc/lua/playlist/
- Mac OS X : /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/
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Find your desired YouTube playlist and copy its URL. [3] X Research source- Paste the URL in the "Open Network Window". [4] X Research source
- The first video will start playing and all the others will queue up.
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Warnings
- This add-on might not work for some playlists.Thanks
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