VLC media player ported to WebAssembly, running directly in the browser. This project aims to provide a functional web-based UI for VLC, powered by an Emscripten-compiled WASM build.

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/addyosmani/vlc.js
cd vlc.js
npm install

Start the development server:

npm run dev

Build for production:

npm run build

• Full Player UI: Modeled after the classic VLC interface.
• Playlist Support: Manage multiple files in a playlist.
• Playback Controls: Play, pause, stop, seek, volume, and speed control.
• Local File Playback: Drag and drop support for playing local video and audio files.
• WebAssembly: Powered by a WASM build of VLC engine.

⚠️ This project is currently very experimental and known to be very buggy.

• Playback Stability: You may encounter crashes or freezes during playback or when switching files.
• Format Support: Not all codecs and container formats supported by the desktop VLC are supported in this WASM build.
• Performance: Decoding performance is limited by the browser's WASM execution speed and single-threading constraints in some areas. High-resolution videos may stutter.
• UI Glitches: The UI may occasionally desync from the player state.

This project builds upon the pioneering work of others in porting VLC to the web:

• VideoLabs: For the original VLC.js demo and WebAssembly porting efforts. View Demo
• Krowemoh: For the vlc.js repository which served as a foundation for the WASM integration. GitHub Repo