Does VLC support seamless streaming of several video files?

[agarfors]

Hello

I'm looking for a video streaming tool (from a web server) with specific functionality. I hope VLC is it, being open-source and supporting virtually all platforms.

I want to be able to click on a link, and play (stream) like three video files in a row. Ideally, I'd like there to be NO waiting between these clips. Is this possible, or do I have to merge the video files in advance?

Do I have to use a particular format/encoding to make this possible? I would like a standardized (and open) format, preferrably something based on MPEG4, but other modern formats would also be fine.

I'm looking into different platforms as well for the web server. OS X, (net)BSD, Linux, any thoughts about this?

Thanks in advance!

[Sigmund]

VLC has a option called --sout-keep, that keeps the same stream output open over several input files. I think the only real need for it to work is that the input files have similar format codec resolution etc.

[agarfors]

VLC has a option called --sout-keep, that keeps the same stream output open over several input files. I think the only real need for it to work is that the input files have similar format codec resolution etc.

Thank you!

I'm going to encode all the video files myself, which means that this will probably work as I want.