play from diffirent volumes in a network or over internet.

[MonkeyApe]

How do I go about if I want to play media from volumes in a network and dont want to experience any lag. Can I set vlc to buffer media while playing directly from the network/internet?

me and my friends can access our volumes in the network but wouldlike to avoid downloading the media files everytime we want to see or movie.

I am a newbie and hope for a easy explination

thanks