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Many people aren't aware that Chrome can display many media types in the browser. Rather than loading VLC, or Quicktime, you can play videos without going anywhere else.

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Ditto for images (including GIFs), text files, and even full PDFs. Chrome is a fully capable media station that’s always just a click away. 

There are three main ways to open a media file in Chrome browser.\

Method #1: Drag and Drop

1.

Open Chrome.

2. Select a file from any location (movie, image, pdf, etc.) and drag it into Google Chrome.

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The browser should move from your current window to the file you’ve dragged on to it. Alternatively, you can do the same thing without dragging and dropping.

Method #2: Right Click and Open With

1. Right click the file.

2.

Select Open with > Google Chrome. 

Method #3: Drag onto Icon

Drag the file onto the Google Chrome desktop icon to open it.