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VLC Youtube Shortcut 0.8.3.2 Requires Restart
by Kosan
Quickly play or enqueue a Youtube video into VLC player from the context (popup) menu or with the middle mouse click.
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About this Add-on
Do you find yourself using the VLC player to watch Youtube videos more than the actual Youtube flash player, but don't want to copy-paste the URL into VLC every single time?
Now, with this add-on, you can skip the copy-pasting and window navigation and open up that Youtube video with a simple click of a button!
You can use the menu items from the context menu (the right-click popup bar) on Youtube links or on the actual Youtube page (check the screenshots for an example).
You can also use the middle click on a Youtube link to open it directly in the player. In order for that to work, you need to go to the preferences page (located in the Add-on tab of Firefox) and change the action performed on the mouse click (see screenshots for an example).
NOTE: If your VLC player is not installed in it's default folder, you will have to change the filepath of the executable file in the preferences window. The default executable filepath is:
Windows 32 bit: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Windows 64 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Linux: /usr/bin/vlc
If you find any bugs or if you have any suggestion, please leave a comment or send me an email at kosanmil@gmail.com.
The extension's source code is hosted here on Github:
https://github.com/kosanmil/vlc-shortcut-firefox
Now, with this add-on, you can skip the copy-pasting and window navigation and open up that Youtube video with a simple click of a button!
You can use the menu items from the context menu (the right-click popup bar) on Youtube links or on the actual Youtube page (check the screenshots for an example).
You can also use the middle click on a Youtube link to open it directly in the player. In order for that to work, you need to go to the preferences page (located in the Add-on tab of Firefox) and change the action performed on the mouse click (see screenshots for an example).
NOTE: If your VLC player is not installed in it's default folder, you will have to change the filepath of the executable file in the preferences window. The default executable filepath is:
Windows 32 bit: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Windows 64 bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Linux: /usr/bin/vlc
If you find any bugs or if you have any suggestion, please leave a comment or send me an email at kosanmil@gmail.com.
The extension's source code is hosted here on Github:
https://github.com/kosanmil/vlc-shortcut-firefox
