Open in VLC™ media player

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

As of May 2026, Open in VLC™ media player has 300,000 users and a 3.86/5 rating from 864 reviews in the Entertainment category.

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300,000
Ratingno change0%
3.86
864 reviews
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864
Version
0.4.3
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 25, 2026.

303.5K300.0K296.5KApr 25, 2026May 21, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 25, 2026300.0K3.868650.4.3
May 21, 2026300.0K3.868630.4.3
Now300.0K3.868640.4.3

Permissions & access

Permissions
storagecontextMenusnativeMessagingwebRequestscripting
Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

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About

Open in VLC™ media player extension, sends video and audio links to the well-known VLC media player. This way you can directly watch online streams in the VLC media player with just one click. To send these links to the VLC media player, right-click over the video or audio link and use the context menu item or use the browser action button. If the extension only grabs a single link, the link is opened in the player. If multiple links are detected, you will get a prompt box to select media links to be sent to the player.

Note: For this extension to work, you will need to install a minimal native-client application. Instruction on how to install the native client will be displayed once the extension is used. You can also watch installation instruction on the FAQs page

How to use this extension:
1. The extension appends a context menu item to the browser context menu when the media element is the target.
2. The toolbar icon becomes active (colorful) when a page is supported

As of version 0.2.0, there is a tool to join media files in a single media file. You can find this tool on the right-click context menu over the page action button. The output format of this tool is WAV. You can use VLC to convert this WAV file to any other audio format.

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VLC is a trademark of the VideoLAN organization. This extension is an independent project and has no relationship to the VLC team or VideoLAN organization.

Technical

Version
0.4.3
Manifest
V3
Size
102KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
14
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
ihpiinojhnfhpdmmacgmpoonphhimkaj
Developer ID
u7816faddd64dac806af1e7ae97ee7f10
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jan 1, 2017
Last Updated (Store)
Jan 17, 2025
Last Scraped
May 21, 2026
Website

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 21, 2026.