


There are two methods to creating a screenshot using VLC.The first is to use the "snapshot" function built into the player, and the second is using whatever functionality is built into your operating system (Windows, OSX, etc.). Refer to the Library’s copyright and fair use guide for more information and to the Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Statement of Fair Use Best Practices for Media Studies Publishing for a more comprehensive treatment of Fair Use. Any other use of copyrighted works without the permission of the rights holder is unlawful. Select the device you wish to cast to.Use of limited portions of copyrighted works for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research are permitted under the Fair Use Doctrine presented in Section 107 of the US Copyright Act of 1976. Just make sure they are powered on and connected to the same network as your computer. The devices around your house to which you can cast to should automatically load. You’ll see the options for viewing listed on the next menu.Click on the “Playback” option from the menu bar at the top and select the “Renderer” option.Open the video you wish to cast to Chromecast with VLC.For this to work, you need to have VLC version 3.0.1 or higher, and both your Windows machine and Chromecast have to be connected to the same local network. If you have a Chromecast device, an Android TV television, or a television that uses Android TV as its software, you can use VLC on your Windows-based PC to cast media to it. Note: If you’re converting from interlaced video formats, such as the 1080i and 720i formats displayed in televisions, make sure to check the “Deinterlace” option in Settings. Once the process is completed, the converted video will be waiting for you in the directory you’ve specified.

