Compare Chrome extensions: Open in VLC Media Player™ vs gLinks

Stats Open in VLC Media Player™ Open in VLC Media Player™ gLinks gLinks
User count 10,000+ 20,000+
Average rating 3.82 3.10
Rating count 264 235
Last updated 2022-09-27 2023-04-25
Size 708.61K 9.10K
Version 3.0.0 0.0.0.2
Short description
Easily open desired links in the VLC (VideoLAN) media player! read urls, links and more
Full summary

Open your video files or Youtube/Twitch Streams using VLC Media Player now.

Want to open video files using your favorite video player software VLC Media Player? You can do so now after you install our software extension.

To begin using our software extension, here are the steps you need to do.

Ensure you have VLC Media Player installed on your computer. Watch your favorite video files with VLC Media Player now.

Install our software extension "Open with VLC Media Player"

Once you install our software, please refresh all your existing Chrome Tabs/close Chrome browser and restart Chrome browser to let the extension load.

Choose the video file you wish to watch with VLC Media Player via the right click context menu button.

Its that simple, just use the right click context menu to choose VLC Media Player when you want to watch your videos.

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With this extension, you can create and open *.url, *.webloc and *.glink files directly from your Google Drive. Keep your files and links/bookmarks all together in your Google Drive.


Update on August 2014: solves issues caused by Google's Picker API update.