Installing vlc web plugin for chrome on mac

Question

I want to install the vlc web plugin for chrome on my mac (Mountain Lion) . I could succesfully do it on Windows by just selecting web plugin at the time of vlc installation. However, on a mac I think the plugin comes as a seperate package. Can someone please tell me how to do it as I have failed after several tries

Answer 1

There is no compatible VLC browser plugin available on the Mac at this point. We re-wrote it over the cause of the last year and will re-release an entirely new version this spring along with VLC 2.2 for desktop platforms.

Answer 2

Until the stable version is released, you can install a recent nightly webplugin from http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/?C=N;O=A.

It may have bugs, but it works for the few instances I've used it.

Answer 3

This currently works. Here is a step by step guide:

1. In your browser go to http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/ and download the latest VLC-webplugin-*.dmg. Today the latest file appears to be this VLC-webplugin-20150922-0538.dmg

2. Open the .dmg file (double click, and a popup window will appear), drag the VLC Plugin.plugin to the Internet Plugins shortcut; This location is really /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/

3. In the Chrome address bar type chrome://flags/#enable-npapi and press Enter/Return.

4. You will see a list of settings, with a blue link to disable or enable. Click 'Enable', under 'Enable NPAPI Mac, Windows', (this Enables NPAPI Mac, Windows. It enables the use of NPAPI plugins.)

5. Restart Chrome

6. In the Chrome address bar type chrome://plugins/ and press Enter/Return

You should now see 'VLC Web Plugin - Version: 2.2.2'