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title: "VLC"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate VLC media player into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-11-02 12:02
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ha_category: Media Player
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The `vlc` platform allows you to control [VLC media player](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html).

To add a VLC media player to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: vlc
```

Configuration variables:

- **name** (*Optional*): The name to use in the frontend.

Only "music" media type is supported for now.

This service will control a background VLC instance, therefore you cannot use this to control a VLC instance launched on your desktop, unlike the Kodi media player for example.