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I have tried several times this morning (unsuccessfully) to stream a video from my main PC to my laptop. Both are on the same network, via a wireless router (Netgear), so I wanted to see if I could stream on my internal network before trying on the computer in the front room, which has a different IP address. However, I continue to get the same error message:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://[redacted]:8080'. Check the log for details.

I've additionally turned off my Windows firewall and disabled my Norton Anti-Virus Smart Firewall of both laptop and PC while trying to connect the streams. Below, I've included the debug messages from VLC player, but I've redacted the IP address of my network. Any advise on what else I can try would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

main debug: adding item `http://[redacted]:8080' ( http://[redacted]:8080 )
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: http://[redacted]:8080
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 4 items, index 2
main debug: processing request item: http://[redacted]:8080, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on http://[redacted]:8080
main debug: http://[redacted]:8080 is at 3
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on http://[redacted]:8080
main debug: http://[redacted]:8080 is at 3
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'http://[redacted]:8080'
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Skip\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http://[redacted]:8080' gives access `http' demux `' path `[redacted]:8080'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='[redacted]:8080' file='\\[redacted]:8080'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.210 ms - Total 0.210 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.210 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' location='[redacted]:8080', path='\\[redacted]:8080'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='[redacted]' port=8080 file=''
main debug: net: connecting to [redacted] port 8080
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main warning: connection timed out
access_http error: cannot connect to [redacted]:8080
main debug: net: connecting to [redacted] port 8080
main warning: connection timed out
access_mms error: cannot connect to [redacted]:8080
main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 10051.401 ms - Total 10051.401 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 10051.401 ms)
main error: open of `http://[redacted]:8080' failed
main debug: finished input
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 3/4)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://[redacted]:8080' : 10073.179 ms - Total 10073.179 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 10073.179 ms)

The server at address [redacted] is not answering connection requests.

I had assumed that is was a problem with my firewall or Norton. Is there a standard way to do this, like is it in the router settings?

Similar to the issue I was having.

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I've got the same problem, cant open anything

i just posted this as well.....cant seem to stream out

corrected post is below

VLC was working fine for me just until a few mins ago. Now, it won't open any mp3 file on my disks even though it Was working fine. The files can be opened with audacity and windows media player. Machine was re-booted but vlc problem still occurs. Did some module get corrupted? VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower. and same error with 2.1.1 Ricewind. Log is below:

main debug: adding item `House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3' ( file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3 )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 2 items, index 0
main debug: processing request item: House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3
main debug: House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3 is at 1
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3'
main debug: Creating an input for 'House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3'
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3' gives access `file' demux `' path `/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3' file='C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Music\60s and 70s\House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.577 ms - Total 0.577 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.577 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3', path='C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Music\60s and 70s\House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3'
main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Music\60s and 70s\House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3'
filesystem error: failed to read (One or more parameters are invalid)
main debug: no access module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.728 ms - Total 0.728 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.728 ms)
main error: open of `file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Music/60s%20and%2070s/House%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20-%20BTO.mp3' failed
main debug: finished input
main debug: dead input
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'House of the Rising Sun - BTO.mp3' : 5.274 ms - Total 5.274 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.274 ms)
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play