Weekend hack: VLC ported to WebAssembly, now you can play DVDs in the browser
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-09-28
Developer Lucas Gelfond spent a weekend porting VLC to WebAssembly, making libvlc runnable in the browser — enough to pull off tricks like playing DVDs in a web page.
The demo is live at libvlc.lucasgelfond.online and can also be used as a library, opening the door to reusing VLC's media decoding power in web apps.
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