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I have used VLC a loooong time..... at one time there was the ability to have the http stream that you are creating delay on the server side so there was a buffer between the transcoding and what was available to the client consuming the stream. I know with 2.x there was a "simplification"...

What is the final resolution of the problem? I am streaming between 2 public IP addressses. The stream is generated using ffmpeg. It comes around all right to the other side (there is no firewall etc in between). I receive the stream using vlc - but when I use the remote server address, it gives th...

Thanks.....using the vlc://quit opened the stream up to the external network.....

Ok....here is a strange one.... This commandline initiates an http stream fine within my network....... I can get the http stream on PC's within my network without a problem If I try to access the stream for outside of my network it fails with: "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://myhostpc:76...