Video Lan Client or VLC is a popular video-playback application for Windows, Mac, Linux, and even Android operating systems. It's so popular that it's the go-to video playback medium for many. It’s simple, intuitive, and feature-rich and, above all, it's available free of cost.

While there is so much that this utility has to offer, you can also improve its features by adding extensions.

VLC extensions, similar to the ones available for Google Chrome, allow users to customize the VLC player and add additional features to it. VLC extensions are little-known and there are plenty of them available. They allow the users to improve this software and customize its features as per need.

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Extension is a common term to denote anything that extends the usability of a software. Google Chrome is the best example in this case as it pioneered the extension culture by offering a modular product that users can customize as per their requirement.

Here, we will talk about the VLC player and how you can enhance its features. The VLC player has a number of extensions available and you'd have to use one even to add a new skin to the player. However, we are here to talk about how you can add additional video playback features using extensions.

VLC makes use of ‘.lua’ files and installing them is a bit of a trick. But you can get features such as automatic subtitles, video-playback control, and a whole lot with these add-ons.

Interested? Here is how you can install extensions to the VLC player.

Before We Begin ...

There are a few things that you should know before we go ahead and install extensions or add-ons to VLC player.

  • VLC extensions or add-ons are developed by third-party developers, they may or may not work as intended.
  • There is no automatic installation method for adding extensions or add-ons. So, make sure to follow the steps below in the exact order else they won't work.
  • Most extensions or add-ons are available only for the desktop version. Only a very few of these add-ons can be used in the VLC mobile app.
  • You will need to enable the extensions once you install them by accessing the feature of your choice. These features are not enabled automatically.

Now that we have these instructions out of the way, here's how you can add extensions or add-on features to the VLC media player.

Step 1: Locate the Program Files on Your Computer

Depending on the selection of 32-bit or 64-bit application, files will reside in different folders.

Select Program Files (x86) folder for the 32-bit version.VlcSelect

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Program Files folder for the 64-bit version.

Step 2: Select the VideoLAN folder

Choose the VideoLAN folder from the list of folders available in your Program Files.

Step 3: Select the Folder to Upload Extensions or Add-ons

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From the list of folders, select the lua folder. You might be tempted to access the plugins folder but that won't help.

Step 4: Choose and Upload the Extensions

In the following screen, choose the extensions folder and upload the desired extension that you can download by visiting the official add-on page of VideoLAN.

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Once you have uploaded the extension, simply close the folder and run the VLC player.

Note: We have used the resume video extension that helps resume a video from where you previously left it.

Step 5: Run a Video and Resume It

Once the extension has been installed, all you need to do is run a video to test the add-on. Once you play it, the VLC player will keep a tab on the remaining playback time. If you close the video before its end point, you will get a prompt to resume it from where you left it the next time you play the same video file. If you get this prompt, your extension has been installed correctly and is working well.

That All Folks ...

So, this is how you can install any number of extensions or add-ons to your VLC media player. Remember that some extensions will ask you for manual configuration. So, make sure that you go through the Read me file, which has been provided along with the extension before taking action.

I am sure you'll enjoy the newly-added features on your VLC player. Let us know in comments which VLC add-on impressed you the most. We'd love to hear from you!

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New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

When I click on the link for sound, the video screen says I need a plug-in. On the left of the screen it says this plug-in can be found at http://www.videolan.org/ but when I go there, I have NO idea what to download.
I tried it in Google Chrome and all it says is something like 'No plug-in is available'.
Anyone know what we need to download to make this feature work!?
Thanks!
imngeorgia
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

How to get audio on firefox browser
The new firmware only support firefox, google chrome to get audio. It does not support safari browser on Mac currently. If you have Mac, please install firefox browser on your Mac to get audio.
a) Please download and install VLC (activeX) first before use audio function. This is the download link: http://www.videolan.org
NOTE: When you install VLC, please choose the “Mozilla plugin” box.
b) Click audio button and you will hear sound that the camera captured.
c) Click CloseAudio button and audio will be closed.
If you wish, you may download the full instructions here:
http://www.foscam.my/news.php?article=1 ... 5a9399d3ba
clchew
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

I already had VLC installed on my computer, but I uninstalled it and reinstalled it. It never gave me the opportunity to select 'Mozilla Plug-in'. And yes, I am on a Mac using Firefox.
imngeorgia
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

This guy says it doesn't work for him either:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12825
imngeorgia
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

FYI... I've yet to get the audio working in FF on my linux machine, despite having VLC (and the FF plugin) installed. But I haven't really tried in earnest yet.
However, it is working on my Windows 7 machine in FF (with the VLC plugin).
JD-01
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

Seems when you install VLC on a Windows machine, there's a check box to tick for the Mozilla plug-in but on the Mac, all you do is drag the app into the 'applications folder.' What I've read by visiting a million-and-one forums is, simply installing VLC on a Mac will *not* work. You must install the plug-in. Well, I've googled until I'm googled-out trying to find the plug-in. All I find are old, out-dated plug-ins and when I tried to install it, all it was, was the VLC program (old version).
It's too much of a hassle at this point. I might as well just run Windows in VMware and use Internet Explorer if I want sound. That works for me.
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clchew
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

Audio on Mac does work with Firefox 8-)
Initially I had latest versions of VLC, Firefox and 'VLC web plugin for Mac' installed (this must be downloaded separately unlike in Windows). However, when I typed about:plugins in Firefox it didn't show VLC plugin and audio of course didn't work.
Anyway just to test, I installed version 3.6.17 of Firefox, version 1.0.5 of VLC (http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/) and version 1.0.5 of the web bowser plugin (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) and now audio works and I can hear when my baby cries ;) .
Not sure if it makes a difference but I read somewhere that web plugin should be installed so that browser windows are all closed and computer rebooted afterwards.
Maybe firefox version is irrevelant but I haven't tested this with 4.x yet.
Hope this helps someone.
vandelay
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

Confirm working on Firefox for Mac. Still nothing on Safari. Maybe i'll try dropping the plugin in ~/library instead of root. Only thing i don't like is that audio kills the video on firefox. Silly, since i can stream the feed to VLC or even BuzzPlayer on iphone and get audio+video. Oh well, we'll see. Nice update though, tired of using multiple emails for notifications. good work Foscam people.
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Re: New Firmware Plug-in for Firefox & Google Chrome

If you right click VLC App itself, you can view Package Contents, which will also take you to a Plugin folder....
Not sure WHERE or which plugin to copy/paste into which folder, probably under User>Library>Application Support>FireFox......or Chrome........but........about 50 plugins in that VLC folder.....????
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