Open in VLC™ media player

Send audio and video streams directly to the well-known VLC™ media player

Open in VLC™ media player is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 300,000+ active users The latest version is 0.4.2, and it was published 4 months ago.

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Total download count: 107 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Open in VLC™ media player here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

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15 versions available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
Download and install the Open in VLC™ media player CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

Download Open in VLC™ media player CRX file
NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode
Drag and drop the downloaded Open in VLC™ media player CRX file into the Extensions page
When prompted, click Add extension to install Open in VLC™ media player.

Install ZIP file

Download and unpack the Open in VLC™ media player ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode.
Click on the Load Unpacked button.
Select the directory of with the unpacked Open in VLC™ media player ZIP file from step 1. Open in VLC™ media player is now installed on your browser.