Advanced controls option in Mac

[scohn22]

I have a video that i want to download from a website but it is not downloadable. I have tried the convert/save option to video my desktop so i can capture the video. But is not working. I have also put the URL in the Network Stream option but it didnt work.
I have two questions:
Am i doing it correctly
is there a better way for me to do what i need to do
Thank you for your help
Please elaborate as much as you can.

[scohn22]

how do i put advanced controls on mac like record etc.

[fkuehne]

Have a look at the Playback menu. It includes the desired "Record" menu item in VLC 2.0.0 and later.

[bconnelly55]

Have a look at the Playback menu. It includes the desired "Record" menu item in VLC 2.0.0 and later.

Yes and that's great but can you access the Advanced controls so that you have the record button, snapshot etc to appear as proper buttons above the play buttons etc? I've set this on my PC but I'd also like to use this feature on my Mac?

Accessing these functions via a menu bar at the top is a little inconvenient

[dfuhrmann]

No, you can't. And this is not planned for the near future.

If you're worried about using the main menu with the mouse, try the shortcut. Its way faster even than using a record button.

[lcotler]

So, to be clear, the Advanced Controls DO NOT exist on even the most recent Mac versions of the VLC Media Player. I simply wanted to cut out a clip from a longer .mkv file for editing in Final Cut Pro X.

What's the best way to do that?

I also don't know how to retrieve any answers to my query. If someone would like enlighten me...



Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

So, to be clear, the Advanced Controls DO NOT exist on even the most recent Mac versions of the VLC Media Player. I simply wanted to cut out a clip from a longer .mkv file for editing in Final Cut Pro X.

What's the best way to do that?

I also don't know how to retrieve any answers to my query. If someone would like enlighten me...

VLC is not the tool for editing files.

[oncemore]

So, to be clear, the Advanced Controls DO NOT exist on even the most recent Mac versions of the VLC Media Player. I simply wanted to cut out a clip from a longer .mkv file for editing in Final Cut Pro X.

What's the best way to do that?

I also don't know how to retrieve any answers to my query. If someone would like enlighten me...

VLC is not the tool for editing files.

Thanks for the awesome work on VLC
yes VLC is not the tool for editing, but thats not the question here.
Why was the feature available in the first place and is there anyway to use this feature with latest versions ?

[dfuhrmann]

Yes, the record feature _is_ available in the mac UI. There are just not the very same buttons as you have them in the Windows version. But the feature itself is perfectly usable.