Compare Chrome extensions: VLC vs Hola VPN - The Website Unblocker

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User count 100,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 2.16 4.85
Rating count 1,878 361,778
Last updated 2015-12-23 2024-04-13
Size 22.41M 5.43M
Version 1.7.3 1.223.309
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IMPORTANT: read the instructions for the first start below! VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia… Hola VPN - Free (limited) or Premium version. VPN extension to access any website.
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IMPORTANT: read the instructions for the first start below!

VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most video files and network streaming protocols.

This is the port of VLC media player to the Chrome OS platform. VLC for Chrome OS can play most video and audio files, as well as network streams and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.

VLC for Chrome OS is also a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.

VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.

First start ––––––––––– At the first run, you need to select a folder where all your medias are! This is where the media database will index from!

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Access websites blocked in your country, company, or school with Hola. Hola is free and easy to use!

You do NOT need to sign up or open a Hola account for most sites - just add to Chrome and start using. Hola enables you to access websites blocked or censored in your country with its unique and fast tunneling technology.

The Hola extension works 100% standalone. It does not link to, nor encourage the download of any other products and is fully functional as is, without requiring any additional download.

The free version unblocks most websites for a limited period of time. To unblock all websites with no time limits, sign-up and subscribe to Hola Premium - you don't need to install anything!

If you have any technical issues please write to us at [email protected]

Hola requires the following permissions:

  • Proxy: Let Hola extension proxy your traffic through a server in another country to change your IP and unblock restricted sites. Why? This is the basic requirement for unblocking a website.

  • AllHosts/WebRequest/WebRequestBlocking: Let Hola extension check every web request and modify it. Why? Hola is the fastest unblocker because it uses split-tunneling technology to only proxy the minimum number of web requests needed to unblock a site - and only when necessary.

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