Growth signalNo paid features detectedMedium-risk permissions

Open in VLC / MPC-HC

Adds a right-click menu option to play audio & video URLs instantly in VLC or MPC-HC.

Users498Current public install base

Rating4.0Store average score

Reviews2Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth+5Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate+1.01%Relative weekly velocity

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4.00

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4.00

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2026年7月15日2026年7月21日

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+9+1.84%

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+5+1.01%

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+30+6.41%

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Version1.3.1

ManifestV3

Size46.01KiB

Languages1English

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Needs an external windows helper app to launch media players. Only supports Microsoft Windows for now.

Download the native windows helper app from GitHub-

https://github.com/jaswinder-singh/Open-in-VLC-MPCHC-Browser-Extension/releases/latest

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Store average score4.0Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

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Total ratings / reviews2Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Enisey2026年1月9日

Nice and straightforward extention but unfortunately not much use for me since not that many direct video links out there. MPC-HC player can open web pages with videos (like youtube) and this option would be great to add. Also if this extention could find video links and playlists and open them in MPC-HC it would be an ultimate solution.

Jaswinder Singh2025年2月27日

Excellent. Works flawlessy for MPC-HC.

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AI product read

Adds a right-click context menu option to open audio and video URLs directly in VLC or MPC-HC media players.

Solves the inconvenience of manually downloading or copying media URLs to open them in a desktop media player. It bridges web media playback with local desktop players.

1. User installs the extension and the required Windows helper app. 2. User configures the default media player (VLC or MPC-HC) and helper app port in the extension settings. 3. When browsing, user right-clicks a media link or media element. 4. Extension sends the media URL to the local helper app via HTTP. 5. The helper app launches the configured media player with the URL.

Target users: Windows users who prefer desktop media players (VLC/MPC-HC) over browser playback / Users who want to offload media streaming to local players for better codec support or performance

The extension requires a separate Windows helper app to function, which is not included in the source package. The analysis assumes the helper app is correctly installed and running on the default port. Without the helper app, the extension's core functionality cannot be fully tested.

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension is released under the GNU AGPLv3 license as free software. There are no references to subscriptions, payments, premium tiers, or billing APIs. The extension provides all its functionality (opening media in VLC/MPC-HC) without gating any features behind a paywall.

Confidence: 100
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension is a local utility that adds a right-click context menu to open media URLs in VLC or MPC-HC. It does not implement any login UI, nor does it communicate with any remote authentication service. The only external communication is to a local Windows helper app (localhost:26270) which requires no user credentials.

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Medium-risk permissions

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