How to Play Spotify Music on VLC Media Player? [2024]

Although VLC Media Player is a well-known and widely used player to play music, watch videos, and even edit or record media on computers, it is not supported to connect with some online music streaming platforms such as Spotify to let you shuffle the songs directly.

Is there a way to do it? Actually, you just need to remove DRM from Spotify Music first, which requires the help of music converters. In today's post, we will show you how to remove the DRM by TuneFab Spotify Music Converter and play them on VLC Media Player.

Part 1. What Audio Formats Can VLC Play?

VLC Media Player is known for its versatility and supports a wide range of audio formats, including MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, and many others. However, Spotify uses a DRM-protected OGG format, as mentioned above, for its music tracks, which VLC cannot directly play due to these restrictions.

As a result, to play Spotify music on VLC, you'll need to first remove the DRM protection and convert the tracks to a VLC-compatible format. This is where a reliable online Spotify Music converter becomes essential, enabling you to convert Spotify tracks into formats like MP3, WAV, etc. that VLC can easily handle.

Part 2. Export Songs or Playlists from Spotify to MP3

As mentioned, when DRM is the main reason stopping you from playing Spotify Music on VLC, of course by removing it, you can get free Spotify Music for playing without any limitation set by the official. But to do it, you will need help from a third-party tool - TuneFab Spotify Music Converter.

TuneFab Spotify Music Converter is recommended here to help you remove DRM from Spotify songs and playlists easily, and you can convert them to MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AAC, and ALAC formats, which are all supported by VLC Media Player. Without DRM protection, Spotify files can directly be imported to VLC, then you can enjoy the playback just like you do normally.

TuneFab Spotify Music Converter has directly added the Spotify Web Player into the software, so just by signing in, then you can directly search for all the Spotify playlists and download them to DRM-free music files for playing on VLC just by very easy clicks. Also, the software lets you adjust the quality by changing the "SampleRate" and "Bitrate", with the best 48000kHz and 320Kbps to select respectively, so you can make sure to have the best music playback experience offline on VLC.

Key Features:
● Supports downloading Spotify songs, playlists, albums, and podcasts from the embedded official Spotify Web Player
● Offers the best 320Kbps quality to save MP3 music
● Provides 35X faster speed to batch download Spotify playlists and saves your time
● Offers music classification feature and keeps original ID3 tags and metadata information for easier music management
● Allows to freely customize the formats and parameters before downloading Spotify songs

Here, you can also have a look at the tutorial on seeing how to download Spotify playlists using TuneFab Spotify Music Converter to make them playable on VLC Media Player.

Step 1. Sign in In-built Spotify Web Player

First of all, finish installing TuneFab Spotify Music Converter and open the software. When you enter the in-built Spotify Web Player in it, you can click the "LOG IN" button in the top-right corner to sign in with your Spotify account.

Step 2. Search Spotify Playlists and Add to Convert

After signing in, you can use the Spotify Web Player to find the playlists you want to download for playing on VLC. Just by dragging them to the "+" button, TuneFab Spotify Music Converter will analyze the playlists and adds the songs to the "Converting" list for you.

Step 3. Select Output Format and Set Parameters

When the Spotify playlists are added now, you can select the output format as "MP3" from the "Convert all files to" menu directly.

If you want to adjust the music quality, just open the "Preferences" window from the "Menu" option on the top-right of the software interface, then you can switch to "Advanced" and change the "SampleRate" as well as "Bitrate" as you need.

Step 4. Download Spotify Playlists to MP3 Files

Finally, by pressing the "Convert All" button, TuneFab Spotify Music Converter will start downloading all Spotify songs for you in batches at 35X faster speed. If there are any songs you don't want, you can stop converting them by hitting Stop All. With so many songs downloaded, you sort them based on titles, artists, and albums.
Then, import these DRM-free MP3 Spotify Music files to VLC for direct playback.

Part 3. Play Playlist from Spotify on VLC Media Player

Once you get the downloaded Spotify Music files, you can directly use VLC Media Player to play them now. Here are 2 simple ways to get a single Spotify song or a whole playlist played on VLC.

Play Single Spotify Song

To play one downloaded Spotify song on VLC, just open the output folder from the "Finished" tab in TuneFab Spotify Music Converter's conversion window. Then open VLC and drag the music file to its interface, the music will be played directly.

Play Spotify Playlist

If you have downloaded the whole Spotify playlist and want to add them to VLC for shuffling flexibly, you can create a playlist in VLC at first, then import the songs to create a local playlist for playback. Just follow the guide below.

Step 1. Open VLC and click "View" on the menu bar to select "Playlist".

Step 2. Now, directly add the downloaded Spotify songs to the interface for importing them to the playlist in VLC.

Step 3. Once the songs are all added, you can directly open the Spotify playlist in VLC for playback without limitations anymore!

Part 4. Tips: Play Spotify on VLC via Phone or Smart TV

After downloading Spotify songs locally, you can also use VLC to stream them on another Android phone or your smart TV to share the Spotify music playback with your family directly. To do so, follow the guide below.

Step 1. First, you need to know the IP address shared by your computer, phone, and TV.

• On your Windows computer, click the network settings icon at the bottom right, and find the IPv4 address in the "Properties" section of WiFi or Ethernet.
• If you're using a MacBook/iMac, go to "Settings > WiFi," find the connected WiFi signal, and locate the IPv4 address in the text on the right side.

Step 2. On your computer, open VLC Media Player, click on the "Media" tab in the top left corner, and select "Stream." Add the media file you want to stream, click "Stream," and select "HTTP" on the next page of the destination setup.

Step 3. Enter your IP address on the "Path" bar, click "Next", and choose your transcoding options (for downloaded Spotify music local files, select MP3). Then, after a short wait, once it's activated, you can use VLC to stream audio/video content to your phone and smart TV.

Step 4. After activation, you can now install VLC on your Android phone or smart TV to stream downloaded Spotify Music songs.

• On your smart TV, locate and download the VLC Media Player app using Google Play Store on Android TV and Roku or the "Find" feature on Fire TV. Launch it, scroll down to "Stream," and enter the network stream URL.

• On your Android phone/tablet, open the VLC app and go to the "More" tab. Click on "Stream" and enter the stream URL.

Conclusion

To make your Spotify playlists playable in VLC Media Player, you need help from TuneFab Spotify Music Converter, because the DRM protection has prevented everyone from playing Spotify on VLC directly. Simply follow this tutorial to remove DRM from Spotify playlists and create Spotify playlists in VLC for playing in more conveniently offline!