Open with VLC

Open websites with VLC. This extension is not affiliated or endorsed by the VLC team or the VideoLAN organization.

What is Open with VLC?

"Open with VLC" is a Chrome extension that allows users to open webpages in VLC media player. It enables you to right-click on links, iframes, and audio/video elements to select the 'Open with VLC' option. This extension requires the installation of the vlc:// protocol handler and works best with VLC playlist parsers. Please ensure you understand its usage before attempting to use it. Note: This extension is not affiliated with the VLC team or VideoLAN organization.

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By: Stefan

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.14 (7)

Version: 1.5.2 (Last updated: 2024-10-23)

Creation date: 2018-05-25

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
scripting
contextMenus
storage

Size: 10.15K

Email: st*****@gmail.com

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# 10048 ▼ 36

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#1665 in Just for Fun ▲ 5 #197 in playlist keyword 14 ▼ 4 #226 in organization keyword 3 ▼ 7

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Install the vlc:// protocol handler here: https://github.com/stefansundin/vlc-protocol

You should use this together with VLC playlist parsers. Here's an example playlist parser: https://addons.videolan.org/p/1167220/

Please do not use this extension if you do not understand the above.

You can right-click on links, iframes, and audio/video elements, and use the "Open with VLC" menu item.

VLC is a trademark of the VideoLAN organization. This extension is not affiliated or endorsed by the VLC team or the VideoLAN organization.

Source code: https://github.com/stefansundin/open-with-vlc

User reviews

"Open with VLC" is a poor choice of title. I want to open an AVI file, nothing to do with a web page.

Len Kowalik, 2024-08-25

Good extension, doesn't ask for unnecessary permissions

Matheus Batista, 2024-06-01

I love this extension! I was trying to find a way so that when I browse to a video link on my NAS, it would automatically send the link to VLC without having to click a button to send to vlc. With the help of this extension, I can do exactly that! I also needed the help with another extension called REDIRECTOR to automatically add vlc:// to any url that matches the one to my NAS. Then this extension detects the vlc:// and does its magic. I installed with the .bat option so I can easily customize the batch script to properly handle the NAS url (by default, it couldn't handle the & in the url).