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Is there way to have VLC play videos currently being played in a browser regardless of what site I'm on? I know that I can copy+paste URLs from Youtube, Dailymotion and so on, but this doesn't work with all sites who video playbacks. I'm assuming I would need a browser extension to detect the video ...

Thanks once again.

Consider accessing your Mac using SMB (see Local Network in the VLC app) which you can enable in the "Sharing" category of the Mac's system preferences. This way, you can access anything stored on your Mac in a quite efficient way :) Thanks a lot for your reply, I'll try your method out. ...

I want to stream a video from my Mac to a couple of iPhone's, but I can't get it to work. I tried using both HTTP and MMS protocols, the connection from the iPhone to the computer is made, but the video and audio don't play well - static noises, garbage video, etc. What are the recommended settings ...