ok why not add the following options in vlc player (if they are already there plz tell me)
firstly a Buffer stream option which should be on the stream open page and be able to be set from "0" seconds to 1 hour
Secondly (i don't know if this is possible) a re-encode option for example i have a .divx format file and i wish to convert it to a .ac3 format or a completely "incompatible" codex both formats being able to be opened by VLC. like a "convert while watching" option to re-encode the data stream into a new format. (i doubt it can be done but if it can VLC becomes an efficient video compression-converting tool)
thirdly a default settings option for settings such as volume, gamma, brightness ect. (one that can be set per session/track/system).
fourthly a "media library" similar to WMP's media library but have a "compile library" option that would put every file in the library into a folder/cd-image ect.
fifthly the option of a visualization for audio only streams/playlists
sixth the option for a "background mode" where any video streams are disabled and vlc player shows in the systray only and not the task bar for use when playing games as a background player rather than having to set all the options and then unsetting them when i finish playing a game or the ability to have "player profiles" which would store all the preferences as a "profile" so u could load a profile and be done.
i can think of more but that'll do for now