How to teach browser to open vlc URLs in Linux:
- Check
vlc is installed: run in terminal $ vlc
- Download vlcurl.desktop into .local/share/applications/vlcurl.desktop
- Check
python3 is installed: run in terminal $ python3 --version
- Download vlcurl.py into .local/share/vlcurl.py
- Run in terminal
$ chmod +x .local/share/vlcurl.py
- Run in terminal
$ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler vlc vlcurl.desktop
To test, both these actions should display the green tick:
- Run in terminal
$ xdg-open 'vlc://tizarne.com/logos/green-tick.png'
How to teach browser to open vlc URLs in Windows:
- Download vlcurl.py somewhere, and right click "Preferences":
- Make sure the file is set executable, and trusted by the computer
- Set the "Open with" application to Python, Python 3 at least; and not an editor
- Apply Preferences
- In about:config set :
network.protocol-handler.expose.vlc = false
- Click on a vlc link, like the test below
- Choose "Select Application to open vlc links"
- Navigate to where vlcurl.py is and it will not show up as an application: type its name in the bar
- Open and Save
