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Open the Windows option by clicking the windows button on your taskbar. You can also open it using the Windows key on your keyboard.

An often overlooked feature of VLC media player is its ability to record. Making it a great alternative for screen capture. Fortunately activating the screen recording is pretty easy. Change the capture mode to Desktop and set the framerate you want the video to be recorded in. A framerate of should be fine for recording your desktop. Switch to the Video codec tab and check the video option.

Then change the Codec to H and the bitrate to at least The higher the bitrate the better the video quality will be. A file explorer window will open, navigate to the folder you want the recording to be saved to and give it a name.

Press save to confirm. Cropping a video allows you to cut out segments of a video. You can use VLC to crop a video from the top, bottom, left and right.

You can find the resolution of your video file by right clicking on it and selecting properties and details. Under the details you will see the width and height in pixels. Check the video file you want to crop, right click and select properties and details to see the resolution. This will be needed for working out how much of the video you want to crop.. Choose how many pixels you want to crop from each side. Most videos have an aspect ratio of Open the Video codec category.

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