YouTube is home to tons of videos uploaded from different parts of the globe. Apart from all the fail compilations and dog videos, many people use YouTube as a music streaming service because of the vast catalog it offers at no cost.
3.Choose Play in VLC option in the share sheet.
4.After the video loads in VLC, tap on the three-dots menu in the bottom right corner.
5.Next, tap on Play as audio option present in the list.
6.Now, the VLC app will only play the audio from that file.
It’s all good when you’re playing YouTube music videos on your computer, you can minimize them anytime and listen only to the music.
The situation gets a little tight when you want to do the same on your Android phone. YouTube offers a background playback option, but it comes with a price that many people might not want to pay.
A Redditor called "u/Comboxer"
has posted a simple trick that can help you play almost any YouTube video in the background without paying anything.
You don’t need to root your phone or install any illegal app because the trick works using the VLC media player for Android.
How to play YouTube video in background using VLC?
To play your favorite music videos in the background, you just need to do leverage this VLC trick and get the job done.
Follow the steps mentioned below:
1.Download and install VLC For Android from Google Play.
Open the YouTube app and pick the video you want to play in the background.
2.Tapp on the three-dots menu button > tap on Share.
3.Choose Play in VLC option in the share sheet.
4.After the video loads in VLC, tap on the three-dots menu in the bottom right corner.
5.Next, tap on Play as audio option present in the list.
6.Now, the VLC app will only play the audio from that file.
You can minimize the VLC app, lock your phone, and put it in your pocket without fearing that some options will be tapped accidentally.
To get the video back, tap the play button in the top left corner of the VLC app. But make sure you don’t press the back button as it will stop the video, and you’ll have to add it again.
Before you get too ambitious, this YouTube background playback trick doesn’t work for playlists.
However, as a workaround, you can create a new playlist in VLC itself and add the desired song from YouTube. This way, you can enjoy background playback for playlists as well.
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