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As VLC is a packet based player it requires a FIFO. There is no way to get real time streaming. Does this hold when using UDP? As explained above, UDP would be much faster than HTTP, but what is the minimum delay I could expect from VLC? In experiments with an Ethernet camera I have, I've managed t...

I'm also interested in the solution to this. Can this be fixed with something other than source code alteration?

Thanks,
jimmy

I am using VLC to connect to a video stream (RTP over UDP) from an Ethernet Camera. I have a couple of questions based on VLC's behavior when the video link drops out from time to time. If the dropout is short (1 - 10 seconds), VLC will pick the transmission up and commence with the video. For longe...