[Solved] How to Loop Videos Using VLC on Windows & Mac

VLC Media Player is renowned for its versatile playback capabilities, and one of its most useful features is the ability to seamlessly loop videos. Whether you're analyzing a specific segment for detail or simply want to replay your favorite clip, looping in VLC is straightforward. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide will walk you through how to loop videos on VLC player for both entire files and specific sections, on Windows and Mac. 

• Part 1. Looping Video on VLC on Windows
• Part 2. Looping Video on VLC Using Mac
• Part 3. Repeating Specific Sections of Video
• Part 4. Best Alternative to VLC to Loop/Play/Convert Videos on Windows/Mac
• Part 5. FAQs About VLC Video Looping

Part 1. Looping Video on VLC on Windows

Step 1: Open the video you want to loop using the VLC player. If you want to loop multiple video files, add them to the playlist.

Step 2: To loop the video, go to the loop button and click on it. If you want to loop multiple files, toggle the button to either loop one or all and toggle till you reach your desired result.

These two steps will make sure that your videos are in the loop until you stop them. You must know that button has a few different options toggle between no loop, loop one, and loop all. You can always add more files to the playlist.

Part 2. Looping Video on VLC Using Mac

Much like Windows, it is the same for Mac to loop videos or videos from your playlist. To guide you, here are the steps that you can follow:

Step 1: Open the VLC media player and open the file or files you want to loop. Go to the Media menu and go to open the file.

Step 2: To loop the file in the playlist, from the bottom toggle the loop button. Click on it once to loop one and loop again to loop all. You can click again to turn off the toggle. It all depends on how you want to play the videos.

These are simple steps that you can follow to loop videos or various video files. You can always add more files to the playlist.

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Part 3. Repeating Specific Sections of Video

While creating or editing videos, you may want to see the specific section for the video. With VLC, a specific section can be easily looped with a simple button. Here are the steps you can follow to loop a specific section.

Step 1: Launch video using VLC on your system. Go to the View tab first and under tools click on Advanced Controls.

Step 2: You will see a few new buttons appear at the bottom. Now in order to loop the specific section. First, more the video to the starting point of the loop section and then click on the specific loop button.

Step 3: Now to finish the loop, take the video to the endpoint, and click on the same button again. You will see the two points of the button are red. Now play the video, and the section will be looped.

The method is the same for both Mac and Windows operating systems.

Part 4. Best Alternative to VLC to Loop/Play/Convert Videos on Windows/Mac

Sometimes, you may have trouble playing videos with VLC, or getting bored with its simple functions. Then a good alternative to VLC like Wondershare UniConverter is needed, which can not only play videos but also batch convert, edit, download, burn videos easily, and quickly. In addition, it is more than a video converter, but an all-in-one multimedia processing toolbox featuring screen recorder, editor, AI video/image enhancer, watermark remover, and so on. This multi-functional converter works on both Windows and Mac systems and supports an array of video/audio formats, including AVI to WMV, MOV to MPEG, MP4 to MOV, FLV to MP4, MP4 to MP3, etc.

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Steps to loop, play and convert videos on Windows/Mac with VLC alternative:

Step 1 Head to Merger in UniConverter.

Launch Wondershare UniConverter after download and installation, head to More Tools > Video > Merger, and click on "Merger".

Step 2 Add videos you need to loop.

Click on + button on the interface to add the video you need to loop multiple times (the times you want to loop the video). Multiple videos can be added here. Then, tap on "Merge All" to loop the video.

Step 2 Play videos with VLC alternative.

Then click "Converter" to add your videos there, and the added videos will be displayed as a thumbnail on the interface, move your mouse to the video, and see a Play icon. Click it to play videos smoothly. You can choose Full-Screen Mode here or make a screenshot easily. Also, click the edit icons next to the video thumbnail image, you can trim, crop, add subtitle, and make more changes.

Step 3 Convert videos to any other format.

If you want to convert videos to other formats so that you can play on specific devices, choose an output format from the Convert to option and then click on the Convert All button to finish the process. You can find the converted files from the Finished tab.

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Part 5. FAQs About VLC Video Looping

1. Is it possible to loop just a part of a video?

Yes, VLC's A-B loop feature lets you loop a specific section of a video. To do this, go to View > Advanced Controls to enable the A-B loop button. During playback, click the A-B button at your desired start point (A), then click it again at your end point (B). The segment will then continuously loop until you click the button a third time to disable it.

2.  What can I do if looping doesn’t seem to work? 

If your VLC video isn't looping, first double-check that the loop mode is enabled. Try restarting VLC or reloading the file. Updating VLC to the latest version can resolve bugs. If issues persist, resetting VLC's preferences (found in Tools > Preferences) often fixes unexpected playback behavior. Or you can just choose UniConverter as a more user-friendly tool which performs more stable when processing large and complicated files.

3. Can I set VLC to loop a video from the command line?

Yes, you can launch VLC from the command line and tell it to loop your video by using certain flags. For example, vlc --loop myvideo.mp4 will play the video in a loop, and vlc --repeat myvideo.mp4 ensures VLC repeats the playback even if it reaches the end of a playlist. 

4. Is it possible to start a video in fullscreen and have it loop automatically?

Definitely. You can set this up by using the command vlc --fullscreen --loop myvideo.mp4, which tells VLC to launch the video in fullscreen and loop it. Alternatively, you can go to Tools > Preferences > Video and check the option to start in fullscreen mode.