How to Activate VLC’s Web Interface, Control VLC From a Browser, & Use Any Smartphone as a Remote - How-To Geek

To allow access from other computers, you’ll have to edit the web interface’s .hosts file. You’ll find this file in different directories on different operating systems:

• Windows – C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\http (use “Program Files” instead of “Program Files (x86)” on 32-bit versions of Windows.)
• Mac OS X – /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/http/.hosts
• Linux – /usr/share/vlc/lua/http/.hosts