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In other words, the only thing "my" workaround does is prevent people from viewing the directory structure of your server. It will not prevent people, who already know the location of media files, from playing them. In order to achieve a secure server, the most common suggestion I've seen...

When the http Web Interface is being added to the VLC media player, it is possible, to remotely control VLC from inside a LAN or over the Internet, using a web browser. The Web Interface gives access from a remote computer to all files on all drives, folders and subfolders on the machine, running VL...

Attention! The workaround proposed by Lafcadio is not at all secure ! It is still possible to play files on the streaming computer using the Web-Interface, even if you made the proposed modifications in "browse.xml"! For Example (if you expect a Windows XP-System): Inside the Web-Interfac...