How to Play Tidal on VLC Media Player

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on April 07, 2023

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"How do I play Tidal music through VLC Media Player? How to stream Tidal through VLC for iOS via Plex? I upgraded to Tidal HiFi plan from Free plan. Can I play the downloaded Tidal songs through VLC Player? If not, any suggestion?" - Donald

Do you want to stream Tidal music on VLC Media Player? Most people wonder if it is possible to play Tidal on VLC Media Player. The answer is negative. VLC Media Player is a free and multimedia player for Windows, Mac, Android and even iOS devices. It supports to play all your local movies, shows and music.

Just like its competitor Amazon Music, Tidal offers different services for music lovers. You can purchase MP3 songs from Tidal Store that are compatible with most media player applications such as VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player and iTunes. In addition, with a Tidal Free/HiFi/HiFi Plus account, you can access 90 million tracks through Tidal Web Player/Tidal app at no additional cost. For Tidal HiFi or HiFi Plus subscribers, they can even download Tidal music for offline listening. However, all downloaded Tidal music files are cache file, not local files. As a result, you can't transfer Tidal Music to VLC Media Player or other media players.

So, how can we play Tidal through VLC player? Is there any way to add music to VLC Media Player from Tidal? Yes! As you may know, VLC Media Player is compatible with MP3, AAC, FLAC, AC-3, DV Audio, Speex, Vorbis audio coding formats. In other words, if you could download or convert Tidal music to MP3, then you can simply transfer Tidal Music to VLC Media Player or other media players. In the following content, we will introduce a powerful Tidal to MP3 Converter, which can help you convert Tidal songs to MP3 for VLC player.

Get Tidal for VLC Media Player Tool Required

UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter is a professional music downloader & converter for Tidal users. It not only enables you to download Tidal music to computer, but also lets you convert Tidal Music to plain MP3/M4A/AAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF with original quality. As an improved tool, it has a built-in Tidal web player. This means you can download any Tidal track/playlist/album/artist from Tidal web player, without having the Tidal app installed.

Apart from this, it even lets allows to sort output Tidal songs by artist, album, artist/album, album/artist. After conversion, you can play all downloaded Tidal songs through VLC Media Player easily. Also you can import Tidal songs to Windows Media Player, Apple Music, iTunes, QuickTime Player, etc. Or transfer them to all your portable device for offline enjoying.

Features of UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter:

• Download Tidal songs, albums, playlists, artists.
• Download Tidal music to local computer.
• Download and convert Tidal to MP3 fast.
• Supports MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV, AIFF formats.
• Works on Tidal Free, Tidal HiFi & HiFi Plus.
• Keep full ID3 tags; No music quality loss.
• Built-in a Tidal Web Player, Music Player.
• No need to install the Tidal Music app or other apps.
• Play Tidal on VLC, Windows Media Player, iTunes, etc.
• Play Tidal music offline on any device, player, app.

Guide to Play Tidal Music on VLC Media Player

To stream Tidal through VLC Media Player, you can use UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter to get Tidal music downloaded as MP3/AAC/FLAC audio format on your computer. After that, you can play Tidal Music on VLC Media Player freely. Now follow the detailed guide below.

Step 1. Launch UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter
Download, install and launch UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter on your computer. Log into your Tidal music account on the converter.

Step 2. Select MP3 as Output Format
Once you enter the Tidal web browser, click the Gear icon at the upper right corner. In the setting window, you can customize the Output Format (M4A/MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF), Output Quality (320kbps, 256kbps, 192kbps, 128kbps), Output Folder, Output File Name, and more.

To play Tidal music on VLC Media Player, you can set MP3, AAC or FLAC as the output format. Here we select MP3 format and 320kbps as an example.

Step 3. Add Tidal Music to UkeySoft
Open one of your Tidal tracks, playlists, albums, artists or playlists, and tap the red "+" icon on the right side.

Then UkeySoft will list all songs immediately in a new window. Select your desired Tidal songs that you would like to add to VLC Media Player.

Step 4. Start Downloading & Converting Tidal to MP3
After importing the Tidal songs, simply press on the "Convert" button. Just wait for a few minutes, all your selected Tidal songs will be saved to local folder with ID3 tags kept.

When finished, to get all output Tidal songs, you can hit on the "History" icon, or directly go to the output folder you customized previously.

Step 5. Play Tidal through VLC Media Player
You have 3 easy ways to play Tidal music through VLC Media Player.

1 # Open the output folder, select the converted Tidal songs, right-click on it, then open them through VLC player.

2 # Open the VLC Media Player on your Mac or PC, then directly drag & drop all converter Tidal songs to it.

3 # Open the VLC Media Player, click "Media" > "Open Folder", choose the output folder that stores converted Tidal songs.

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Justin Sabrina

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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