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VLC URL protocol handler for "vlc://" links on Windows
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc] | |
| @="URL:VLC Protocol" | |
| "URL Protocol"="" | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\DefaultIcon] | |
| @="C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0" | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell] | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open] | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open\command] | |
| @="cmd /V:ON /c set url=%1 && call set url=%%url:~6%% && start \"\" \"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" --open !url!" |
So recently this wasn't working on both firefox and chrome. For some reason vlc got the url of the form http//..., no :. After some fiddling around with the example at mpv-player/mpv#14506 (comment). I got this to work:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc]
@="URL:VLC Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command \"& {Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web;$PARAMS=('--open', '%1' -replace '^vlc://' -replace '^http//', 'http://' -replace '^https//', 'https://'); Start-Process -FilePath \\\"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\\\" -ArgumentList $PARAMS}\""other people are also facing this bug:
- https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/303855629/url-redirect-is-removing-colon-after-https?hl=en
- https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/1g6gn3x/issue_with_custom_protocol_url_since_chrome/
There is this bug tracker in chromium:
I reset my laptop and this time vlc ended up in the C:\Program Files (x86) directory instead of C:\Program Files 🤷 . So here's another version which works for C:\Program Files (x86)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc]
@="URL:VLC Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\vlc\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command \"& {Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web;$PARAMS=('--open', '%1' -replace '^vlc://' -replace '^http//', 'http://' -replace '^https//', 'https://'); Start-Process -FilePath \\\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\\\" -ArgumentList $PARAMS}\""
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This works!! Why can't vlc player add this automatically for us on setup?