How to use VLC to view a http stream

[yinglcs]

Hi,

I tried using vlc to view a http stream,like this:

> vlc http://sjl-casing1.sjl.youtube.com/get_ ... aXz-dryqLg

It takes 'vlc' more than 3 minutes before start displaying the content. Does vlc support http streaming? If yes, why it takes so long before VLC starts showing content?

Thank you.

[DJ]

It takes 5 seconds to display your sample on my machine using VLC 0.8.6b.

[bidger]

It takes 5 seconds to display your sample on my machine using VLC 0.8.6b.

That was my experience too. I alt-clicked on the hyper-link and chose "Copy File Location". I opened VLC, selected "Open Network Stream" from the File drop-down menu, hit the radial button for HTTP and pasted the link location in the entry field, hit OK and the video started playing in 3-5 seconds.

[yinglcs]

Thanks. It turns out that it only takes 5 seconds to display that on Windows XP, but it talks 3 minutes to display on Ubunutu (on same machine, same network).

i am running 0.8.6 on both environment. Any idea why there is such a big difference?

Thank you.