player-protocol

Open VLC and Pot Player directly from browser.Support file:// https:// http:// protocols.You can't open local file directly from browser in any of these players so player-protocol enables this through file:// protocol.

Setup

Install on Windows

• Download the latest release from here.
• Extract the zip file.
• Run protocol-register.bat as administrator.

Uninstall:

• Run protocol-deregister.bat as administrator.

Install on Linux

curl -sL instl.vercel.app/tgdrive/player-protocol | bash
curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tgdrive/player-protocol/main/vlc-protocol.desktop
xdg-desktop-menu install vlc-protocol.desktop
rm vlc-protocol.desktop

Uninstall:

xdg-desktop-menu uninstall vlc-protocol.desktop
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/player-protocol

Usage

vlc://file:///path/to/local/file #linux

vlc://file://X:/path/to/local/file # windows

vlc://https://ia804605.us.archive.org/22/items/big-buck-bunny-4k/Big_Buck_Bunny_4K.mp4

potplayer://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

For PotPlayer use potplayer:// instead of vlc://