Compare Edge add-ons: Open in VLC™ media player vs Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™

Stats Open in VLC™ media player Open in VLC™ media player Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™ Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™
User count 88,871 766,759
Average rating 4.10 2.90
Rating count 27 53
Last updated 2024-04-06 2024-04-29
Size 87.13K 7.70M
Version 0.3.7 2.1.281
Short description
Send audio and video streams directly to the well-known VLC™ media player Boost reading and writing confidence across all types of content and devices, in class, at work, and at home.
Full summary

Open in VLC media player extension, sends video and audio links to the well-known VLC media player. This way you can directly watch online streams in the VLC media player with just one click. To send these links to the VLC media player, right-click over the video or audio link and use the context menu item or use the browser action button. If the extension only grabs a single link, the link is opened in the player. If multiple links are detected, you will get a prompt box to select media links to be sent to the player.

Note: For this extension to work, you will need to install a minimal native-client application. Instruction on how to install the native client will be displayed once the extension is used. You can also watch installation instruction on the FAQs page

How to use this extension:

  1. The extension appends a context menu item to the browser context menu when the media element is the target.
  2. The toolbar icon becomes active (colorful) when a page is supported

As of version 0.2.0, there is a tool to join media files in a single media file. You can find this tool on the right-click context menu over the page action button. The output format of this tool is WAV. You can use VLC to convert this WAV file to any other audio format.

--- Legal VLC is a trademark of the VideoLAN organization. This extension is an independent project and has no relationship to the VLC team or VideoLAN organization.

Wonderfully intuitive and easy-to-use, Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™ provides personalized support to make documents, web pages and common file types in OneDrive (including: Word Online and OneNote Online) more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles.

Read&Write offers a range of powerful support tools to help you gain confidence with reading, writing, studying and research.

Install Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™ to access these support tools.

Read&Write for Microsoft Edge™ is now part of the Read&Write multi-platform solution from Texthelp Ltd.

Trial Information All features are available for 30 days, after which only Speech and Translator can be used.