VLC UnRAR plugin 0.9

VLC UnRAR plugin is an add‑on for VLC Media Player that lets you open and play media files stored inside RAR archives without extracting them first. It uses the UnRAR library to stream content on the fly and can handle multi‑part RAR sets (for example, .part1.rar, .r00/.r01). Archived videos and audio appear in VLC’s playlist like regular files, making it handy for quick previews or playback directly from compressed collections.

Notes and limitations:

• Works with standard, non‑password‑protected, non‑solid RAR archives; seeking depends on how the archive was created.
• Performance can be slower than playing from an extracted file, especially over network drives.
• Support for newer RAR formats (e.g., RAR5) depends on the UnRAR library version used.
• Availability and installation vary by platform, and the plugin may not be bundled with default VLC builds due to licensing.

The most popular version of VLC UnRAR plugin among our users is 0.9. The name of the program executable file is vlc.exe.

You can check Free RAR Extract Frog, RarZilla Free Unrar, VLC Setup Helper and other related programs like UnRAR for Windows at the "download" section.