In situations where the player that we have installed on the computer does not work, we can choose any of the browsers that we have available at that time.
To tell the truth, being able to play a video with browsers is something that few users know about. That is why this time we will help you open your videos with the player of your choice.
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- What video formats can be played in VLC from a browser?
- How can you play a VLC video from your web browser?
- Using an extension
- From an Android cell phone
- Using the URL
- What to do when VLC won’t play the video because it can’t locate the file?
What video formats can be played in VLC from a browser?
The question is probably a bit confusing, but the procedure is quite the opposite. Please note that it does not matter if you are using a specific browser or any other. The steps that we will mention later will serve you for most cases. Of course, it is possible that you get very complicated when you try to rotate or save the changes of a video .
As VLC is the media player par excellence, you have the enormous advantage that you can play a wide variety of videos or files online or videos that you have downloaded. In case this program does not work for you, you can choose to use Media Player – Video and Audio Player . This is a very good Chrome plugin with great features for users like you.
How can you play a VLC video from your web browser?
The reality is that there are many ways to play a video from the web browser you are in. The most common is to find the page where it is published and from there, reproduce it thanks to the same functions of the page or platform. But apart from this method, there are others that we will detail below.
Using an extension
Luckily, in the chrome Web store there are countless plugins or applications that you can use for this particular case. The most recommended is the one we mentioned before. But this does not mean that you should not use some other plugin. The steps you must follow are the following:
- Go to the page where the application is and locate the button to install extension.
- When you select it, it will show you a message asking if you want to add the extension. You are going to say yes and wait for the download process to finish.
- Then you will drag the video or link to the extensionand drop in the corresponding place.
- From there, you can use keyboard commands to improve your navigation and user experience.
Keep in mind that if you will be using this plugin or extension, certain keys allow you to do certain actions. For example: the F key allows you to enter and exit full screen mode . In the case of the space bar, it allows you to pause or play the video. To raise and lower the volume you can use the corresponding arrows.
Now, among the plugin options you have to check if you can add subtitles and synchronize the subtitles with the video itself , since this is a problem that some video formats usually present.
From an Android cell phone
From an Android device it is a bit more complex because the settings of the program itself are limited. This is in such a way to be able to offer you a comfortable and easy-to-use quality of user experience. Therefore, the best thing for these cases is to have the player installed on the system and use said app as the main application or by default once any video is played .
Using the URL
- Locate the video of your interest. It doesn’t matter if it’s a YouTube videoor any other platform.
- With the keyboard copy the link. You can also do it with the mouse options
- Now you are going to run VLC.
- Once you do that, you are going to press the key combination CTRL + N
- This will cause a new window to open in the program. In it you will paste the link that you copied previously.
- Once this is done, you proceed to hit play. This should be enough
What to do when VLC won’t play the video because it can’t locate the file?
The main thing you need to do is verify that the file actually exists on your device. In the case of mobile phones, the video thumbnail may appear to you but as a file , it has ceased to exist. It may happen that the same application has registered the location of said file or video and when moving it from one folder, it throws an error when trying to play it.
On the other hand, a slightly more drastic solution is to use any of the best MKV video players , both for Windows and Mac computers and other devices.
