vlcrun

vlcrun is a very simple program that allows you to run a specific instance of vlc on your machine. It is especially useful when moving shortcuts created with VLC Shortcut Play Folder from a machine to another: as shortcuts always take an absolute path, just make them point to vlcrun (e.g. using LinkBatch to mass-edit them), then simply edit your vlcrun .ini file on the new machine to target a different VLC instance and voila!

vlcrun can run on Linux via Wine.

New: now contains an auto installer to register as a Linux App!

vlcrun is written by Nicolas Mougin (mougino@free.fr).

You can download the program at http://mougino.free.fr/freeware/#vlcr

Changelog

• v1.3 (2026-01-21)
  • fix for Wine 11.0 breaking 'start.exe' retrocompatibility
  • fixed VLC autodetect on Linux
• v1.2 (2025-10-10)
  • improved VLC detection
  • improved behavior in Linux, display exe icon in Nautilus
• v1.1 (2025-08-27)
  • vlcrun can now launch native vlc in Linux by specifying its path e.g. /usr/bin/vlc
• v1.0 (2025-07-03)
  • Initial release: support Windows and Linux/Wine/VLC Portable

License

vlcrun is provided under the GNU GPL V3 license.

See "gpl.txt" or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Source code is available at http://mougino.free.fr/code/index.php?p=vlcrun

How to build

vlcrun is written and compiled with Classic PowerBasic v9.07.0205. http://powerbasic.com