Open in VLC™ media player icon

Open in VLC™ media player

by yokris.dev · Entertainment
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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

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

Users
300K
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.5 / 5
−0.35 in 30 days
Ratings
866
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#936
#854 among extensions
Version
0.4.5
updated 15 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
60K180K300KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 300,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
200533866Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 866 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Open in VLC™ media player

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. --- Legal 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.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.35
30 days0+0.0%+1−0.35
6 months0+0.0%+2−0.35
1 year0+0.0%+5−0.35

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Open in VLC™ media player appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
media#9+7
player#150
instruction#26+4
video player#30−16
play#43+17
will#81new
context menu#96new

Version history

17 versions recorded
0.4.515 Jul 2026
0.4.317 Jan 2025
0.4.220 Aug 2024
0.4.123 Jul 2024
0.3.916 Jul 2024
0.3.724 Mar 2024
0.3.628 Dec 2023
0.3.529 Jul 2023

Details

Category
Entertainment
First seen
19 Oct 2019
Size
98 KB
Languages
de, en, nl, da, et, fr, it, hu
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
add0n.com
Support
webextension.org
Extension ID
ihpiinojhnfhpdmmacgmpoonphhimkaj

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagecontextMenusnativeMessagingwebRequestscripting
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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