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Can you embed VLC on a website so that people who doesn't have VLC installed can view it?

I am trying to make a video streaming site and I want to use VLC to play my video. However, I want other people who doesn't have VLC to be able to view my videos through a VLC plugin. Is it possible? I want to use VLC because it can play anything.

Solution

  • The viewer has to have VLC and the Browser Plugin Installed on there pc, depending on the file format of the video you could use the HTML5 Video tag.

    <video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Update your browser.
</video>

    This will only work if the viewer has a html5 ready browser meaning old versions of IE wont be able to see the video but the code will tell them that they have to update there browser