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How to watch a Vimeo video in VLC media player.


To watch a Vimeo in VLC, we need to capture the actual video URL. Firstly, copy the video URL from the address bar.

https://vimeo.com/3685071

Then paste this into the Open Network Stream option.

Opening a Vimeo video URL with VLC.
Opening a Vimeo video URL with VLC.

After a short wait the video will open in VLC. This is how easy it is to play Vimeo without leaving a browser open. A very nice trick indeed.

Playing a Vimeo video in VLC.
Playing a Vimeo video in VLC.

Another way is to use the cvlc command-line version and watch a video with it.

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ cvlc https://vimeo.com/3685071
VLC media player 3.0.3 Vetinari (revision 3.0.3-1-0-gc2bb759264)
[000055dd5d225ab0] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
[00007eff18002bd0] egl_x11 gl error: cannot select OpenGL API
[00007eff283d5f00] avcodec decoder: Using NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  390.48  Wed Mar 21 23:47:29 PDT 2018 for hardware decoding
[00007eff2c0c9be0] xcb_window window error: X server failure
X Error of failed request:  GLXBadWindow
  Major opcode of failed request:  155 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  26 (X_GLXMakeContextCurrent)
  Serial number of failed request:  2617
  Current serial number in output stream:  2617

This works very well with VLC 3.0.3 on Ubuntu 18. This is a very nice way to watch your favorite movies without having to use Firefox.

You may also watch Vimeo with MPV. Just use it like this to watch an online video.

4.4 Tue Nov 19 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ mpv https://vimeo.com/3685071
Watching a Vimeo video in MPV.
Watching a Vimeo video in MPV.

This is a nice fast way to watch an online video. It is also possible with MPV to use an addon script and rip a webm of part of the video, this is another very good use of this player.

https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/how-to-encode-a-section-of-a-movie-to-a-webm-file-with-mpv/.

Playing a Vimeo video in MPV.
Playing a Vimeo video in MPV. Far Cry 3.

10 thoughts on “How to watch a Vimeo video in VLC media player.”

  1. this doesn’t work

    maybe because link requires password? (to be clear, i have the password — not trying to evade password)

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  2. I personally like VLC media because of its sound quality and picture quality its always provide a good sound. If anyone facing an issue related to AOL than you can easily take help from Change AOL password official website.

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  3. I really like the vlc media player and I always watch a video in vlc media player on my MacBook.If anyone facing an issue with MacBook like black screen problem and other problem then you can take help from Macbook air won’t turn on an official website.

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