The VideoLAN Forums

Posted: **09 Jun 2014 17:03**

If I try to load web page that contains an <embed> element in Chrome I receive the error "Could not load VLC Plugin".

A test page that exhibits the problem (for me anyway) can be found at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/311035/Sound.html. The page loads fine with Internet Explorer and plays the sound.

Is this problem common to other Chrome users, or is it just me? Does anyone have a solution?
TIA
R

VLC 2.1.3 Ricewind
Chrome 35.0.1916.114 m
Windows 8.1 64-bit

Source of test page:

Code: Select all

<script>
function PlaySound ()
{
var 
    sounder = document.getElementById ("ToneA") ;

sounder.Play () ;
}

</script>

<embed id="ToneA" height="1" width="1" src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/311035/ToneA.mp3" autostart="false" enablejavascript="true"//>
<button onclick="PlaySound () ;">Play</button>

Posted: **09 Jun 2014 17:17**

Chrome versions 35 and later do not support NPAPI plugins. The problem is not really specific to VLC. You need an older Chrome version.

Posted: **09 Jun 2014 23:05**

Thanks Remi. Seems pretty unsociable of Google. Won't this be an ongoing problem for VLC? At the moment, no web pages with embedded sound resources work with Chrome, and although they work with IE, that's presumably because I have an older version. I tried uninstalling VLC, which allowed the web page to load without error, but the embedded sound doesn't play either.

I just reinstalled it without installing the plug-in and while a webpage with an <embed> element loads without error, it still doesn't produce any sound.

The VideoLAN Forums

VLC Plugin fails in Chrome

VLC Plugin fails in Chrome

Re: VLC Plugin fails in Chrome

Re: VLC Plugin fails in Chrome