you probably have many codes for your Plug due to the ongoing dev' , at least that's what I guessed , not finding any code line :
vlccontrols.options.set("http-caching", 5000);
but instead, I have this :
this.options.set("http-caching", parseInt(VLC_controller_default_buffersize) * 1000);
so I have used there of 2000ms (instead of 1000) and it's okay, I get the 10 sec preload I wanted , according to the "5" buffer size value, mentioned above in my previous post, and where I get no change if I set it to 10*1000. BTW any idea why it does not end in 10sec and ...sticks to 5sec !
anyway, for me it's okay, unless you think of anything against doing like this (?)
edit: ooops, thnx indeed for the help