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hi guys

ive read the forum and how to's back to front....i see a few people with the same issue but no one says how to resolve

I simply want to stream a movie playing on my laptop to my phone ( end goal is to stream dvb-t to phone)

so i open vlc go to stream ....add the file ....go through to http then port 8080 then to the format i want to stream

the video opens and freezes immediately but the sound keeps playing ( this only happens after i updated to 2.1.0 ...didnt happen in 2.0.

then i open another vlc and try to watch the stream from the network....i enter the http://192.#.#.#:8080 .....it waits then it says unable to open MRL

i have turned firewall off and on ....i went into my router and opened port 8080 (port checker said it wasnt open....but after opening in router it now says that it is open)

i have now been at it for no less then 8 hours and still cant get anything to work?....im seriously thinking its cursed and to try another program....but everyone recommended this one so i wanted to see it through

did i not turn the port on correctly?
am i not putting the http in correctly?
is there something im not doing correctly?

Im completely new to this...but i thought i was doing everything correctly....any help would be awesome!!!!

PS: i opened a youtube http in the open network stream and it opened fine....

main debug: adding item `http ://192.#.#.#:8080' ( http://192.#.#.#:8080 )
main debug: processing request item: http ://192.#.#.#:8080, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on http://192.#.#.#:8080
main debug: http ://192.#.#.#:8080 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: http ://192.#.#.#:8080
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: Creating an input for 'http ://192.#.#.#:8080'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\hello\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `http ://192.#.#.#:8080' gives access `http' demux `' path `192.#.#.#:8080'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='192.#.#.#:8080' file='\\192.#.#.#:8080'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "http": 12 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access 'http' location='192.#.#.#:8080', path='\\192.#.#.#:8080'
main debug: looking for access module matching "http": 20 candidates
access_http debug: querying proxy for http ://192.#.#.#:8080
access_http debug: no proxy
access_http debug: http: server='192.#.#.#' port=8080 file=''
main debug: net: connecting to 192.#.#.# port 8080
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\hello\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for http ://192.#.#.#:8080
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\hello\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: art not found for http ://192.#.#.#:8080
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main warning: connection timed out
access_http error: cannot connect to 192.#.#.#:8080
main debug: net: connecting to 192.#.#.# port 8080
main warning: connection timed out
access_mms error: cannot connect to 192.#.#.#:8080
main debug: no access modules matched
main error: open of `http://192.#.#.#:8080' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input

The web server is not responding.

Thankyou for your reply remi....what does this mean exactly? Vlc isnt sending info to my router when streaming? Why would it do this? Im not very experienced but definitely capable of learning

main debug: adding item `http ://192.#.#.#:8080' ( http://192.#.#.#:8080 )

where are the messages from server VLC?

I simply want to stream a movie playing on my laptop to my phone ( end goal is to stream dvb-t to phone)

i have turned firewall off and on ....i went into my router and opened port 8080 (port checker said it wasnt open....but after opening in router it now says that it is open)

that is needed if phone is outside home network?

Speaking of firewall, could nightly have constant name because many entries in win FW?