Read-ahead cache when playing from samba shares?

[jamie1992]

Hi,
Does VLC support read-ahead caching when playing videos from Samba shares?

I'm planning to use VLC on a school network, to distribute video recordings (3mbps MPEG2) to each of the 12 classrooms, but I'd prefer it if VLC were able to read-ahead and cache the entire file locally to a temporary location (in the same way that YouTube's flash player does - the red bar expands faster than the video plays), instead of just pulling in small chunks of the recording a bit at a time.
The latter method makes the server's hard disc "grind" if several videos are being watched at once.

I have played around with VLC's cache values, but it refuses to start playing the video until the cache is 100% full. Also, if I set this to a high value, VLC refuses to play the video at all and just sits there.

Thanks,
jamie.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I doubt you can, sorry.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

If you mount the share, the normal file caching will be used (currently one second, modifiable from the preferences).