Overview

VLC Media Player(https://www.videolan.org/vlc/) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that delivers dependable performance across multiple devices.

Requirements

        This image is unprotected by default __**do not**__ expose it to the internet.
        Please read https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-vlc#security for more information.

Runtime arguments

Web UI: https://[IP]:[PORT:3001]
Network: bridge
Shell: bash
Privileged: false
Extra Params: --shm-size=1gb

Template configuration

WebUIPorttcp

VLC Media Player desktop gui HTTP must be proxied.

Target: 3000
Default: 3000

Port: 3001Porttcp

VLC Media Player desktop gui HTTPS.

Target: 3001
Default: 3001

AppdataPathrw

Users home directory in the container, stores local files and settings

Target: /config

VLC_CLIVariable

Specify one or multiple VLC CLI flags, this string will be passed to the application in full.

Default: --no-qt-minimal-view

PUIDVariable

Container Variable: PUID

Default: 99

PGIDVariable

Container Variable: PGID

Default: 100

UMASKVariable

Container Variable: UMASK

Default: 022

Download Statistics

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Total Downloads

Links

Template Support Registry Project

Details

Repository

lscr.io/linuxserver/vlc

Registry

https://github.com/orgs/linuxserver/packages/container/package/vlc

Last Updated2026-04-28

First Seen2025-12-05

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