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While talking about video players, VLC Media Player must categorically be the best video codec on earth. Packed with multiple tools and options to help users get the best playback quality, it can also play audio and video from just about any source without the aids of additional codecs. Yet, such a powerful VLC Media Player can not read Netflix Videos, for the Netflix tittles are stored in a proprietary format and they can only be played on their own app. That is, playing Netflix video on VLC Media Player is not an easy job.
So how on earth can we stream Netflix movies & TV shows on VLC? The following will introduce you a hands-down way to help you download Netflix videos to MP4 and play them on the VLC media player.
To get Netflix videos in MP4 format for playing on VLC Media Player, the smart tool Netflix Video Downloader is required. Featured with a clear and concise interface, it's a professional program, easy for users to accurately download various Netflix videos. Additionally, Netflix Video Downloader also supports downloading videos to MP4 in HD resolution (up to 1080p) and keeping all subtitles & audio tracks of the original movies as well as TV shows. With this software, you will be forever allowed to play all Netflix movies & TV shows on all video players, including VLC Media Player.
The following is the detailed tutorial, guiding you to download movies and TV shows from Netflix to MP4 and transfer to VLC media player for playing. Please download Netflix Video Downloader first before getting started.
Please download and launch Netflix Video Downloader on PC, then enter any word in the search box to open a window, prompting you to log into your Netflix account.
Click the 
button on the upper right corner to customize the Output Quality (High, Medium, Low) and Output Path. You are suggested to choose High to get the HD video quality.
The program empowers you to import videos by entering the name of movies & TV shows or copying and pasting the link of videos from Netflix Web Player to it. After inputting the video's name or link, simply press the "Enter" button on your keyboard.
Tips: If you enter a movie name, the program will list all of the related videos.
Netflix Video Downloader empowers you to select your preferred audio track and subtitle before downloading. If you are trying to download a TV show, simply click the 
icon, following that a window will pop up allowing you to select titles as well as seasons, and to choose audio track and subtitles by clicking "Advanced Download" in the bottom left corner. If you try to download a movie, please click the 
icon to open the according window.
After finishing the above steps, please simply click the icon. Then the program will start downloading Netflix videos to the output folder you've chosen in the previous step. After downloading, you can find that all Netflix videos are in MP4 format.
Launch VLC Media Player on your computer, locate to "Media > Open File" and add the downloaded Netflix streams to it for freely playing.
What's next? Download Netflix Video Downloader now!
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