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Is it possible to play movies from a WiFi drive?
I know the IP of the drive, but I can't figure out how to open it in VLC. Using "Add computer manually" and entering the IP doesn't seem to work.
The helper isn't what I want as this is a standalone WiFi drive (Patriot Gauntlet Node).

If your drive supports UPnP, VLC can access it directly.

If it doesn't, there is a number of WiFi drive manufacturers providing apps with VLC support, so you browse the device with your vendors' app, click play and the actual playback happens in VLC.

Thank you for your reply.