Remote Player for VLC™ Firefox

Remote Player for VLC™

By: moris
Controls VLC player via toolbar popup UI

Features & Capabilities

Remote Player for VLC™ is an addon that lets you control the VLC media player via your browser's toolbar.

Before using the addon please make sure:

  1. VLC application is running on your machine (PC/MAC).
  2. You have set the required VLC password. To do so, please follow the below steps:

a) In VLC app, please head to: Tools > Preferences > Show Settings > All > Advanced Preferences b) Then, mark the option in: Advanced Preferences > Interface > Main Interfaces > Web c) Then set a desired password here: Advanced Preferences > Interface > Main Interfaces > Lua > Lua HTTP d) Restart the VLC application for changes to take effect.

Next, please open the toolbar popup UI in your browser and enter the above password in the input field (when the login window appeared). This password is used to connect the browser with the VLC media player (via AJAX technology). Once the password is set, you will see a simple media player for controlling VLC remotely.

Note: Remote Player for VLC™ does NOT belong or relate to the official VLC (VideoLAN) application at all. It is an unofficial extension that is developed and maintained independently. The official VLC software is only released for desktop machines. This unofficial extension is a wrapper to the original VLC application and tries to make it usable as a browser extension.

To report bugs, please fill the bug report form on the addon's homepage.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V3 Add-on
By:
moris
Daily users:
54 1
Rating:
1.00
(1)
Version:
0.1.5 Last updated: 2025-08-18
Version code:
6014628
Creation date:
2017-08-21
Risk:
Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:
Host permissions:
  • http://127.0.0.1/*
Size:
35.06KB
Email:
mo*****@yandex.com
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-18
Compare stats and ranking:

Other platforms

Chrome
Remote Player for VLC™ (v0.1.5)
1,000 3.33 (9)

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
moris
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/remote-vlc-player/
Email:
mo*****@yandex.com
Website:
https://mybrowseraddon.com/remote-vlc-player.html

Permission Change History

2024-11-18: Version 0.1.1 → 0.1.4
Add Host permissions: http://127.0.0.1/*
Remove Permissions: http://127.0.0.1/*

Is Remote Player for VLC™ Safe?

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Remote Player for VLC™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Medium Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Remote Player for VLC™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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