We tried to cover the process in the two widely used operating systems, i.e., Windows and macOS. Now, press the Reset Preferences button and. Then you can click on Start, after finished your recording, click on Stop Playback button. So, to fix the problem, reset your settings using the below steps: First, launch the VLC media player and click on the Tools menu > Preferences option. Click the arrow near the button Play and choose Convert to select your Destination Folder. Choose Desktop mode and the frame rate as you like. That was it, we have successfully trimmed/cut the video in VLC PLayer into a small sharable clip. Open VLC Media Player and click Capture Devices. Finally, the cut video will automatically be saved in the previously set folder/directory.Alternatively, you can even start and stop recording by going to the Playback -> Record option. I have an IP stream coming through VLC media player in Window 7, and I would like to automate the process of opening the stream and start recording at a specified time, and stop VLC and the recording at a specified time.So, suppose you want to cut the video from 5 secs to 15 secs, then when the video is on 4 secs, press the Option + Command + R keys (⌥⌘R) to start recording, and when the player is at 14 secs, you have press again Option + Command + R keys (⌥⌘R) to stop the recording.We are going to use the record function to cut the video.Now, open the video on the VLC Player for which you want to cut the clip.VLC Media Player is a great program to play movies, videos, and music on Windows and Mac devices. Now that we have chosen the default directory to save the clipped video, you can close this VLC Player window if you want. Choose the File Name and Destination for Your Saved Recording. After selecting the directory, click on the Save button, and you are good to go.