Summary
Can you play Spotify music with VLC Media Player? Spotify applies DRM protection technology to prevent users from taking songs out of Spotify app to other players and devices. This article will teach you a way to convert Spotify music to MP3 so as to import Spotify songs to VLC player and any other media players and devices.

When talking about the best media player, VLC player is loved by many Mac and Windows users for its advantage of being independent of the codec. Some Spotify users asked “Can I play Spotify music with VLC Media Player?” Frankly speaking, it’s easy to play music through VLC Media Player, but it’s not an easy job to play Spotify through VLC Media Player. Why? Let’s look deeper and find possible solutions to play Spotify music through VLC Media Player.

CONTENTS

Part 1. Why Can’t Play Spotify Music on VLC Player?

As we all know, Spotify mainly offers two tiers: Free and Premium. Spotify Free users can access ads-supported Spotify music online at low quality, while Spotify Premium are allowed to block ads on Spotify and download 320kbps music from Spotify for offline listening.

However, the fact is that all downloaded Spotify songs are cache files, encoded in OGG format with DRM encryption. In other words, you don’t actually own the Spotify songs. So you can’t take DRM-locked OGG songs out of Spotify app to VLC media player or other music players, devices. Disappointed? In order to stream Spotify music on VLC media player, you need to remove DRM restrictions from Spotify and convert Spotify OGG to MP3 format. Here you can turn to some powerful Spotify Music Converter like TunesBank Spotify Music Converter.

Part 2. Best Tool to Play Spotify Music on VLC Player

TunesBank Spotify Music Converter is a one-stop Spotify DRM Removal tool, Spotify Music Downloader and Spotify Music Converter. By adopting outstanding decryption technology, it not only can help you remove ads and DRM lock from Spotify, but also enables you to download Spotify music and playlist without Premium account. What’s more, it is able to convert any Spotify song, album, playlist and podcasts to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC format supported by VLC media player and any media player.

Even better, it runs at 5X quicker speed when converting Spotify to MP3 without any quality loss (up to 320kbps bitrate). After conversion, you can import converted Spotify songs to VLC media player, Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime Player, Microsoft Groove music, Winamp, Clementine, XMMS, iTunes and any other media players.

Main Features of TunesBank Spotify Music Converter:

  • Remove ads and DRM protection from Spotify music with ease.
  • Download Spotify tracks, albums and playlist without Premium account.
  • Convert Spotify music to MP3/M4A/FLAC/WAV with original audio quality.
  • Remain all ID3 tags and metadata info of Spotify music after conversion.
  • Save Spotify songs on computer and upload Spotify songs to OneDrive, etc.
  • Transfer converted Spotify music to any device and player for listening.
  • Make Spotify music playable on VLC player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc.
  • Windows version is based on Spotify Web Player to download Spotify music.
  • Play Spotify music on MP3 player, iPods, Sony Walkman, iOS, PSP, Android, etc.
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Part 3. How to Play Spotify Music on VLC Media Player

In this part, we are going to show you a complete guide to convert Spotify songs to MP3 format and then add to VLC player for playback. The Mac and Windows users don’t need to download Spotify desktop app during the conversion, because the latest version of TunesBank Spotify Music Converter works based on Spotify Web Player.

Step 1. Run TunesBank Spotify Music Converter
Start the TunesBank Spotify Music Converter on your computer. The latest TunesBank Spotify Music Converter for Windows is fully compatible with Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 OS, and macOS. Simply click the “Open the Spotify web player” button and login with your Spotify account.

launch Spotify Music Converter

Step 2. Add Songs, Playlists from Spotify to TunesBank
In the Spotify Web Player-like interface, you can directly drag any songs or playlist you desired to the “+” icon on the right side.

Add Spotify Songs

Step 3. Customize Output Settings
To play Spotify music on VLC Media Player, you can set MP3 as output format for all selected Spotify songs from the “Convert all files to:” option. Or choose different format for each song you want to convert.

select mp3 format

You can also do this by choosing the “Preference” from the menu bar. In the pop-up window, you can turn to “Advanced” to change the Output Format, Bitrate, Sample Rate, Output Path.

aujust output settings

Step 4. Begin to Convert Spotify to MP3 for VLC Player
Click on the “Convert All” button to start removing Spotify DRM and converting Spotify music to MP3 format compatible with VLC Player.

convert spotify songs to mp3

After the conversion process is done, you can tap “Finished” tab, and click “View Output File” to locate the converted Spotify songs.

output spotify mp3 file

Step 5. Add Converted Spotify Songs to VLC on Mac/PC
Now you can add the Spotify songs to VLC player for playback. Just launch VLC Media Player on your PC, and then drag and drop converted Spotify MP3 files into the program. Also, you can click “Media”> “Open Folder” to manually import the folder where the converted Spotify songs are stored.

play spotify music on vlc player on pc

For Mac, you can click “File” > “Output File” to add the Spotify files.

play spotify music on vlc player on mac

Final Words

VLC Media Player is a free and open-source media player, which is compatible with most Windows and Mac systems. If you want to play Spotify music with VLC Media Player, you need to unlock Spotify DRM and convert Spotify music to universal MP3 format. TunesBank Spotify Music Converter is what you need! After converting Spotify music to MP3 by using this great tool, you will be able to import Spotify songs to VLC media player or any other music players and devices for playback without limits!

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