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I'm using windows 7

I can view clips from youtube by clicking on Media -> Open Network Stream, and then inserting the url that has the clip into "please enter a network url"

This method doesn't seem to work on anything other than youtube.
Is it possible to use this method on anything other than youtube videos?

It should work with a variety of different video streaming sites. The reason YouTube works is because a lua script has been written for YouTube which parses the given URL to find a direct link to the video source.

For a list of the playlist lua scripts go to the VLC directory (where vlc.exe is) and within that go to "lua/playlist". Alternatively see them here:
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=tr ... a7;hb=HEAD

NOTE: If you know the direct link to the video stream then you should be able to just give that to VLC without the need for a Lua script.

Arite.

Thanks for the quick response! But I will have to admit that I have no idea what a lau script is, how to use it,
or even how to choose the right one for each specific situation. If there is a reasonably simple way to learn how
to accomplish this, please let me know.

If there isn't a Lua script for the site you want to use you could write your own. See here:
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation ... t_Scripts/

However if you can find the source of the video you could just open that directly.

Arite.