How to make continuous stream of many files?

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Hi everyone!

I'm trying to set up video streaming on FreeBSD server using VLM. The problem is that VLC on client side stops playing http stream whenever VLM has finished streaming single playlist element. If play button is pressed after that, VLC successfully starts playing the next (currantly streamed) element. What can I do to prevent this breaks so viewers don't have to restart playback manualy after each played file?

More info.
On server side I start VLC from command line with http interface:

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$ vlc -I http

Then I go to http://myserver.org:8080/vlm.html and enter the commands:

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new tv1 broadcast enabled loop setup tv1 output #std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:8000} setup tv1 input "/usr/local/tv/file1.mp4" setup tv1 input "/usr/local/tv/file2.mp4" setup tv1 input "/usr/local/tv/file3.mp4" control tv1 play

On client side I just start playing with:

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vlc http://myserver.org:8000

P.S.: Maybe there's a better place for this question in the VLM section of the forum but I noticed that the same thing happens with the regular VLC playlist so it makes me think that this is more about the way VLC changes tracks while streaming...

Please help me to make my first steps in streaming with VLC.
Thanks and respect for all VLC developers!

-- later --

Here are some similar threads I have found in this forum:
"Is there a way to *not* break the stream between files?" (2006-08-15)
"how to stream a playlist as one continuous stream?" (2007-06-17)
"Streaming playlist" (2007-08-29)
"Help with http streaming" (2007-10-04)
"Stream a video playlist" (2007-10-11)
"output playlist" (2007-12-04)
"streaming with no transcode can't use gather" (2008-01-21)
"breaks in continuos streaming" (2008-03-07)
"Can't Get VLC To Stream More Than One Song Using HTTP" (2008-05-02)
"Playlist in streaming : break between sequences" (2008-05-13)

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Thanks to everyone for helpfull answers. VLC9 solved the problem.