Register fileTypes on the WebPage to Launch VLC streaming.

[realjobe]

Hi there.
1st, Thank you awesomely for making VLC for WP8+ devices. Truly remarkable corner stone!

I'd like to suggest a small feature addition to the current WP8.1+ VLC implementation:

Can VLC register certain file types to itself system wide, so that if on a web page there is a link e.g. FLV or .TS file to download, VLC will launch and starts to stream it in?

With WP there is URI Associations, with what this can be done.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wind ... sociations

E.g. if on a webPage there is filelink like <a hfref="video.flv">video</a>, cliking this will launch VLC that starts to stream it in... same with .ts files.
Mime types are correct with these transmissions... video/x-flv and video/mp2t

[realjobe]

Helps..
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wind ... 05%29.aspx

I found this javascript code to actually launch Windows Phone 8.1. Update (L1020)'s dialog "Want to get app from the Store.."
On the Webpage, Javascript has

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function loadwindowsphone() { window.location = 'alsdkcs://hd'; }

and Phones tries to associate alsdkcs to some app..


E.g. javascript

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function loadwindowsphone() { window.location = "bingmaps://?query"; }

launches immediately Bing maps application on the phone...

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window.location = "katsomo://484519/?referrer=katsomo-desktop";

launches Finnish TV kompany's Katsomo App that starts to stream show 484519...

So, what VLC App needs to associate for to open http://nnn.com/video.flv...

VLCFlv://nnn.com/video.flv could work..

[realjobe]

With "VLC for iOS" (iPAD/iPhone) webpage can have <a href="vlc://nn.com/video.ts"/> link and cliking this will open VLC right away (asks for load/stream though..)
Can this be also with Windows Phone version?

[realjobe]

This would be truly needed new feature and I quess, quite easy to implement.
Here is the Enigma2 Receiver live-transcoding solution, that could use this feature.
http://www.huoltovalikko.com/threads/ti ... uun.11583/

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Good idea.

[realjobe]

Thank you Sir! I am truly waiting for this to act just like in iOS systems. Please, implement vlc:// URI scheme for VLC WP.
Android version could also act like this.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Android already acts like this.

[realjobe]

Well.. in Galaxy Tab3 VLC hails for some problem with the media library and will not start streaming.. Though link vlc:// on the webPage starts the appliation, so assosiation works!
Is it because vlc:// does not specify the protocol like http?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well.. in Galaxy Tab3 VLC hails for some problem with the media library and will not start streaming.. Though link vlc:// on the webPage starts the appliation, so assosiation works!
Is it because vlc:// does not specify the protocol like http?

Possibly.

[realjobe]

so... is this a VLC problem or how must the webpage need to establish the uri?
vlc://http://domain.com:8080/video.ts does not work..

[ThomasNigro]

That's definitely something planned for upcoming versions of VLC. Thanks for the suggestion!

[realjobe]

Thanks .
Can you say when will this feature be added and when can users get the update?

[realjobe]

And now that we are at it, m3u files are not associated to VLC at all.
Phones (Wp8.1 update 1) tries to locate proper app on the store, but vlc is not in it.
Please, add .m3u association as well.

[kakebake]

Any news/plans on this? ty

[realjobe]

I believe that playlist m3u is harder to implement, than just vlc:// schema... I wish latter will be added soon to WP VLC..

[kakebake]

Yes the vlc:// shema would be uber great

[realjobe]

Excelent! Thank you DEV team for VLC 1.7.0.0. for Windows Phone 8.1 platform. A LOT of improvements, but I'am still missing this
vlc:// scheme registration.

When I click a <a href="vlc://site.com/video.flv"> on a webpage, phone asks still for store app to get supported app..
m3u playlist is still not supported.

[realjobe]

Thank you DevTeam for the VLC 1.8.0.0 for WP8.1, but still no VLC:// schema support...

[realjobe]

Fast 1.8.1.0 update!

still vlc:// is absent..

[realjobe]

These updates keeps coming on a rapid phaze! Thank you!
with 1.8.4.0 now running... VLC:// schema is still absent though.
Keep up the Excellent Work!

[realjobe]

Hi.
Just created my own universal application for windows 10 family to satisfy this feature absences. If web page has vlc:// link, store will suggest SmallWebVideoPlayer.

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If the Dev team wants help/code snippets for this to integrate this feature to real VLC, I'll gladly help.