streaming from .pls file

[freenode5]

I found libvlc_vlm_add_broadcast for streaming files over network but how would you stream a .pls file?
In the past, I've used the playlist player to play them locally.
I've done some digging in the docs and can't seem to find a way to patch it together.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I think VLM does not support playlists.

[freenode5]

Is there another way?
VLC itself seems to have this ability so I assumed there must be some solution.

Do you happen to know if the add broadcast works with stream URLs as well as files? If so, I could just build my own pls parser.

[freenode5]

The Solution:

It is perfectly possible to stream both regular and pls files with a fairly simple program.
Here's what came out in a later thread.

I had no idea you could use sout in vlc_args.
I really wish I'd known that 3 weeks ago, or that someone had mentioned it earlier.

It's perfect and does exactly what I want.

Now just by adding: "--sout=#transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100,mux=mp3}:http{dst=:8090/file.mp3}"
to my list of vlc args, I can use the usual media player and media list player to stream both individual mp3 files, as well as any pls files.

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