VLC Win XP can't view streamed media

[vjmandala]

Greets all, first time poster here

Am running 3 PC's atm:
Win 7 (VLC 3.0.0) Streaming out via Port 8086
Win 10 (VLC 3.0.12) Streaming out via Port 8084
Win XP (VLC 3.0.12) Streaming out via Port 8087
Runnin a TP-Link Wifi local area network. Have added all 3 Port Exceptions above into Win XP Firewall.

Am streaming out of each PC and receiving from each PC at different times, testing really.
What I really need is Win XP to be able to receive any streams from Win 7/10 or other.

So Win 7 & 10 can see/hear each others streams and see/hear the Win XP stream (via HTTP as 'audio mp3' or 'Video H264+mp3).
I use VLC on my iPh and can view all 3 above Win XP/7/10 flavors no probs.

But, Win XP cant view any of the other two Win PC's (7/10) at all. I get this error below when I try to 'Open Network Stream' on Win 7 or 10:

Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://192.168.0.104:8084'. Check the log for details.

Not sure what else to tell yaz??? Bit lost! Can anyone offer any assist please? Willing to offer a warm cooked dinner

[Hitchhiker]

https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation ... ng_the_GUI

It's also advisable to update to the latest version of vlc which is 3.0.16 since earlier versions are vulnerable to the exploit described in this article: https://positive.security/blog/url-open-rce#vlc

In addition, please see this Videolan bulletin regarding automatic updates:
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/3 ... pdate.html

[vjmandala]

Thanks Hitchhiker, have updated all VLC app on all PC's, cheers. That tutorial was helpful, particularly that it enlightened me to try another VLC client on same host Windows XP PC, so cant even see its own stream on the local PC. Where as the other PC's can see themselves fine. I have tried turning off firewall all together, but no dif. Any advice would be most helpful cheers.

[Hitchhiker]

See if this Homegroup networking tutorial helps: Share files between Windows XP-7-10

[vjmandala]

Thank again HH!! Did all that. My Win7 sharing folders well with XP. Have even turned off the Firewall Service completely.
Same deal happening, well not happening, if I stream audio (http, as mp3) in VLC running on Windows XP still cant run another VLC instance to open that Network Stream, let alone another PC that is streaming. Something internal going on!

[Hitchhiker]

Window XP is so old now that bugs are creeping in all the time. As can be seen in the post at the bottom of this thread the devs are not going to take any steps to make vlc work with it: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 91#p514991

If you can't get it to work in the same way as your Win 7 / 10 machines then it's maybe time to consign your XP machine to history.

[vjmandala]

Im hearing ya mate and with you on that point HH, the only reason I am on this XP/VLC trail is because I spent $100 US on a VGA Wireless USB Manager so I can send a VGA video signal to my lounge room projector. I wanted to be able to stream A/V from my laptop to the WinXP using VLC (cos is dam cool bit of s/w) then on to the projector. I am sooo close hehe. I appreciate your time and comments mate.

[vjmandala]

for what its worth, here are the logs for a single request - VLC on Windows XP to anothe VLC instance.
Pt1:

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main debug: processing request item: 192.168.0.107:7777, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on 192.168.0.107:7777 main debug: 192.168.0.107:7777 is at 1 main debug: starting playback of new item main debug: resyncing on 192.168.0.107:7777 main debug: 192.168.0.107:7777 is at 1 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for '192.168.0.107:7777' main debug: requesting art for new input thread main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path: E:\DOCUME~1\VJMAND~1\LOCALS~1\Temp main debug: `http://192.168.0.107:7777' gives access `http' demux `any' path `192.168.0.107:7777' main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='any' location='192.168.0.107:7777' file='\\192.168.0.107:7777' main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 14 candidates main debug: no access_demux modules matched main debug: creating access: http://192.168.0.107:7777 main debug: (path: \\192.168.0.107:7777) main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 27 candidates http error: invalid URL main debug: no access modules matched qt debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac main debug: dead input lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/3) main debug: using item 2 main debug: starting playback of new item main debug: resyncing on 192.168.0.106:8086 main debug: 192.168.0.106:8086 is at 2 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for '192.168.0.106:8086' lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac main debug: requesting art for new input thread main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path: E:\DOCUME~1\VJMAND~1\LOCALS~1\Temp main debug: `http://192.168.0.106:8086' gives access `http' demux `any' path `192.168.0.106:8086' main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='any' location='192.168.0.106:8086' file='\\192.168.0.106:8086' main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 14 candidates main debug: no access_demux modules matched main debug: creating access: http://192.168.0.106:8086 lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: (path: \\192.168.0.106:8086) main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 27 candidates http error: invalid URL [​/code]

[vjmandala]

pt2:

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main debug: no access modules matched main debug: no art finder modules matched main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac main debug: dead input lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac lua debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Documents and Settings\vjmandala\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac main debug: changing item without a request (current 2/3) main debug: nothing to play lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script E:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac main debug: no art finder modules matched qt debug: IM: Deleting the input

[vjmandala]

NOTE. Above in this thread you posted a ref to https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 91#p514991. Where the User iZqLGKmguN states

All these videos are perfectly played in VLC 2.2.6 and in "Light Allow", but they are not played in VLC 3.0.3.

So I installed 2.2.6 and it worked, both instances of VLC on same XP PC can now stream A/V!!
So you accidentally pointed me to the solutions ya legend hehe.
Forever grateful HH

[boober]

So I installed 2.2.6 and it worked (..)
Forever grateful HH

Great thanks to You guy! Just downgraded to 2.2.6 and updated it's youtube.luac to recent official one, and this oldie's now playing HD youtubes on XP. Whole lot of merited gratitude