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Remote Player for VLC™

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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Controls VLC player via your browsers toolbar popup!

Users
1,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.3 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
9
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#27K
#23K among extensions
Version
0.1.6
updated 25 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
3006501,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
269Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 9 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 Remote Player for VLC™

Remote Player for VLC™ is an extension 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 (https://mybrowseraddon.com/remote-vlc-player.html).

Growth

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Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Remote Player for VLC™ appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
player#71−1

Version history

7 versions recorded
0.1.625 Aug 2026
0.1.519 Aug 2025
0.1.418 Nov 2024
0.1.330 Jul 2023
0.1.228 Sep 2021
0.1.15 Dec 2020
0.1.021 Aug 2017

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
21 Aug 2017
Size
36 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
mybrowseraddon.com
Extension ID
idmedoihlecdfdioeghnbcbdgifbohij

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 1
Permissions
storagecontextMenusnotifications
Site access
http://127.0.0.1/*

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