Open VLC when clicking certain video links

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Open VLC when clicking certain video links

Postby Gary King » 06 Oct 2014 05:36

Is it possible to open VLC to play certain video files when I click on specific links? For instance, is there a protocol I could use, like vlc://, which VLC would recognize?

Specifically, I've got some HTML pages that I've created to organize some videos I have, and I'd like to be able to click on a link to a video and have it open in VLC. Therefore, this also means that the videos are local, so it should be pretty easy for VLC to find the files and open them.

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Re: Open VLC when clicking certain video links

Postby Gary King » 06 Oct 2014 06:38

Okay so I discovered the VLC command line program. However, when I run it, it opens VLC in the background. Is it possible to force it to open in the foreground instead?


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