VLC is a free and open source, popular, and cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays files, discs, webcams, devices as well as streams.
VLC is the best free multi-format media player for Linux desktop systems, supporting most multimedia files, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols such as YouTube.
VLC is a packet-based media player for Linux that plays almost all video content. It plays all formats you can think of; offers advanced controls (complete feature-set over the video, subtitle synchronization, video, and audio filters), and supports advanced formats.
In this article, we will explain how to install the latest version of VLC Media Player in Fedora Linux.
Installing VLC Media Player in Fedora
Before installing VLC, it’s essential to update your Fedora packages to ensure that your system meets the requirements.
sudo dnf update sudo dnf upgrade
VLC is now available from the default Fedora repositories. Therefore to install it, you just need to use the following dnf command to install the VLC media player as shown.
sudo dnf install vlc
Optionally, to play media files directly in VLC from your browser, you can use extensions such as “Open in VLC” or “Play with VLC“, as these extensions allow you to play media files directly in your browser.
Additionally, you can also install FFmpeg, which handles many video formats and extends VLC’s capabilities.
sudo dnf install ffmpeg-free
After the installation is complete, you can verify that VLC is installed correctly.
vlc --version
To run the VLC media player using GUI, open the launcher by pressing the Super key and type vlc to start it.
Once it has opened, accept the Privacy and Network Access Policy, then click continue to start using VLC on your system.
Alternatively, you can also run vlc from the command line as shown (where the source can be a path to the file to be played, URL, or other data source):
vlc source
To ensure you have the latest features and security patches, it’s advisable to keep VLC updated regularly by running:
sudo dnf update sudo dnf upgrade
Conclusion
VLC is a popular and cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files and discs, and devices and supports various streaming protocols.
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This does not work at all on Fedora 40; the package npapi-vlc does not exist.
@Vincent,
Thank you for pointing that out.
In Fedora 40, the package npapi-vlc has been removed, as it’s no longer relevant for Fedora 40.
For browser integration, consider using a browser extension like “Open in VLC” or “Play with VLC“, as these extensions allow you to play media files directly in VLC from your browser.
On Fedora 39 (and perhaps on 40 as well), VLC is in the UPDATES repo. FFmpeg is there as well, named ffmpeg-free.
@Ztutoo,
Thank you for sharing that information! Yes, you’re correct. On Fedora 39 and likely Fedora 40 as well, VLC can be found in the UPDATES repo.
Didn’t worked for me..
The given instructions didn’t worked for me, so I followed official VLC installation steps here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html
@Mircea,
I’ve updated the VLC installation instructions for Fedora Linux.
I used Fedora 31 and I managed to install VLC.