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I previously posted this under an old topic and did not receive any reply. I hope I'm not being rude by re-posting as a new topic.

This question is specifically about VLC 1.0.2 on Windows. The stuff at the beginning about VLC on Mac is for context.

Using VLC 1.0.2 on MacOS there is a URL bar that populates through the various buttons and knobs. There is also a collapsed MRL field. When the automatically generated URL isn't what I want, I can fix it in the MRL bar. (Unfortunately, the MacOS IP stack doesn't support IGMPv3, so SSM is impossible.)

On windows there is the same URL bar, then there are two MRL bars. One automatically populates. The other stays blank. The implication is that I can copy/paste from the read only MRL bar to the read/write MRL bar, and then edit. When I do this it tries (an fails) to connect to the incorrect MRL from the read only MRL bar. That is to say that anything I enter in the second MRL bar is ignored by VLC.

The problem, specifically, is that VLC likes to stick an at sign in front of the first IP address in a SSM address. Pre-1.0 versions of VLC allow editing of the MRL, and can connect to my multicast.

Where am I going wrong? (Or, if I'm not doing it wrong, when will this be fixed?)

Thanks,
Peter

Paste it in Ctrl+V

Thanks for your reply! Unfortunately, I still don't understand.

(First, note that I have now upgraded to VLC 1.0.3. The underlying issue is fixed; it no longer puts an extraneous at sign in front of the server address. I haven't been in to the lab to test that this now allows me to connect to a SSM.)

In my original post I said, "That is to say that anything I enter in the second MRL bar is ignored by VLC." This still seems to be the case. If I change the server name or port in the "Edit Options" field it still uses the original MRL. VLC appears to completely ignore the "Edit Options" field. Or, perhaps I don't understand what it's for. (Though your comment about pasting into it implies that I do understand.)

Thanks,
Peter