Control VLC Media Player Remotely via Web Interface

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Here is how you can enable the web interface in VLC Media Player and use it to control the media playback:

​1. First of all make sure you have the latest version of VLC Media Player installed. The web interface works differently for older versions and is absent in ancient versions. You can get latest version from http://www.videolan.org/.

2. Open VLC Media Player, press the hotkey Ctrl+P to open the Preferences window. You can also open it from the menubar by selecting Tools → Preferences.

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​3. In the Preferences window, select All at the bottom to show advanced settings, select Main Interfaces from the list, check the checkbox labeled Web and then click on the Save button.

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​4. Close VLC Media Player and start it again after a couple of seconds. This time Windows Firewall (or some other firewall software if you use something else) will show a permissions message. Select Private Networks and click on Allow Access.

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​5. Play some media file in VLC Media Player. Then open a web browser, type http://127.0.0.1:8080 in the address bar and press Enter. You will see the web interface for VLC Media Player.

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​6. If you want to control VLC Media Player from a smartphone, then type the internal IP address of your PC instead of 127.0.0.1. For example, the internal IP is 192.168.0.5, so type 192.168.0.5:8080 in Chrome browser in Android smartphone.

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