I'm hoping to find a way in which I can automatically open a video into VLC from a browser (likely Firefox). For example I have a video at http://ip/video.mp4. And I'd like to be able to click on the video an automatically open it in VLC (the full program, not as a plugin). I was hoping for something such as VLC://http://ip/video.mp4 but it doesn't work and am having trouble finding whether this is possible or not.
The last question I found which was similar is a few years old now and didn't have the answer I hoped, so was hoping things would be different now.
Thanks for any help all.
Best Answer
This worked for me with firefox.
Type about:config in the firefox address bar.
Click accept the risk.
Search for mp4
You should see a few preference names that end with mp4.embed.
Please note! This will stop videos working in Facebook.
If these are set to true they will open in firefox. If they are set to false they will open in your default program. just double click the value to change it from true to false. Hope this helps others with the same problem.