Thread: VLC Media Player - Things you never knew it could do!!

Originally Posted by konVILEuted

rHA2Or8z, thats about all there is to it.
I want to stream a video from my seedbox server through https.
Gives me an MRL missing error.
I think it's cause of login issues.
I looked it up and havent gotten much info.

that's not how i can help you.

please tell me details. as much as you can.
example: what's the exact error message? how did you configure vlc? does the seedbox have some kind of firewall? etc.

i never knew it could play right from rars, thats actually really sweet. that means i can start watching a show as its downloading now. so amazing

Originally Posted by rHA2Or8z

that's not how i can help you.

please tell me details. as much as you can.
example: what's the exact error message? how did you configure vlc? does the seedbox have some kind of firewall? etc.

All i want to know is if it's possible to do it from a server that requires SSL authentication.
I'm pretty sure I just need to use commands to specify the certificates but I havent quite been able to try yet :001_tongue:
Any idea on that?

The rest I can handle.
I can get it working just fine when its an open server.
EDIT: I got it working through the ftp protocol!

Thanks for the tips

7. Download YouTube and other online videos: First grab the URL of the YouTube video page. Now click on Media>Open Network stream. Paste the URL and click Play.
Once VLC starts streaming the video, click Tools>Codec Information and at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box. Copy the URL and paste it on your browser’s address bar. The browser will now download the file which you can save it to your hard disk. Alternatively, you can record the video. (See #2).

this method is not working for youtube videos.

Originally Posted by konVILEuted

4. Play in ASCII mode: VLC media player has an amusing ability, to playback movies in ASCII art. To enable ASCII mode, open VLC media player and click on Tools>Preferences. Open the section “Video” section and under “Output” select “Color ASCII art video output” from the drop down menu. Save it. Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art.

Never knew about this, it's some funny shit :laugh:

Thats great. Honestly I got so fed up of extracting RAR files (takes ages when im encoding at same time), that is probably the single most useful tip ive had in ages. Thanks

This is a nice tutorial. I never knew that vlc could do so many things.

any ideas for fixing lagging/jerks in vlc playing 1080p blue-ray?