Play the Remote WebCam stream with VLC

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Play the Remote WebCam stream with VLC

Postby vidjim » 23 Nov 2011 07:34

here is my question,

I watch the remote webcam streaming from a page which has this format (for example):
http://xyz.com/camera/live.html

how is it possible to play it with VLC instead on the standard window of my browser?

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Re: Play the Remote WebCam stream with VLC

Postby VLC_help » 23 Nov 2011 16:25

Locate the actual video URL (either from HTML source code or use tool like WireShark) and paste it to Media -> Open network....

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Re: Play the Remote WebCam stream with VLC

Postby vidjim » 23 Nov 2011 21:20

how should the actual video URL look like?
Does it have a special format?
Are there some standard words I can search for using the Find utility of the Mozilla?

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Re: Play the Remote WebCam stream with VLC

Postby VLC_help » 24 Nov 2011 19:07

Depends about the format.

it can contain e.g. rtsp:// or .flv

If there is an embedded player, you can find it from source by searching <embed


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