Open in VLC™ media player

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

Open in VLC™ media player is an Edge add-on designed to streamline the user's online media streaming experience. With just one click, it sends video and audio links directly to the widely recognized VLC media player. The toolbar icon of this add-on becomes active when a supported page is detected, and it even offers a tool for joining multiple media files into a single one. Note that a minimal native-client application is required for the add-on to function, and guidance for its installation is provided.

By: Bermet

Users: 90,102

Rating: 4.30

Version: 0.4.3 (Last updated: 2025-01-15)

Creation date: 2021-11-08

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
nativeMessaging
webRequest
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 93.83K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Edge Add-on Store

Updated: a day ago

Ranking

Other rankings

#1789 in Entertainment ▲ 25

#5 in media keyword 87

#8 in player keyword 93 ▲ 1

#12 in instruction keyword 61

#19 in medium keyword 83 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Open in VLC™ media player (v0.4.3)

300,000 3.87

(856)

User reviews

Pros

Works great for playing videos
Covers a niche that was missing
Compatible with SMPlayer as well
Easy to use if instructions are followed
Good performance with YouTube and other video sites

Cons

Tries to install unwanted software (VLC-Plus player)
Path information can be misleading
Issues with YouTube playback for some users
Claims of misinformation regarding compatibility
Some users found it didn't work at all

Most mentioned

Works great
Issues with VLC-Plus and fake software
Confusion about compatibility with different players
Path issues in Windows 10
Good performance with streaming

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

User reviews

awesome works great remove "" from path text if u have it

by mohaimen, 2024-09-03

GOOD

by محمد, 2024-03-30

trys to install some other software (wave browser?) do not use...trash

by Jim, 2024-02-29

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Open in VLC™ media player requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Open in VLC™ media player has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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