Web plugin is slow to start camera video feed

[rweber78]

I'm using the VLC web plugin on Windows in both Chrome and Firefox to stream live video from an IP camera using the H.264 codec. The video feed is very slow to start. It typically requires around 17 seconds before the video appears in the web page.

I also tried running VLC on a Linux machine at the command line to stream video from the same IP camera. This also requires around 17 seconds before the video stream appears, so the slow start does not seem to be specific to the browser plugin. Using ffmpeg at the command line to stream from this camera, the start up time is much quicker - around 3 seconds.

Are there any optimizations for the VLC browser plugin that will allow the video feed to start sooner?