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Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby Telet » 29 Jul 2018 03:16

Do Proxy Server or Socks Server work in Windows?
I tried but not work for me. It every use default connection.
Again, in Input/Codecs -> Access modules -> HTTP(S) there is no option to put proxy and port; only "auto-reconnect".
Also it not work if i try to use ForceBindIP64 to bind to a network interface.

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Re: Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 29 Jul 2018 12:09

SOCKS proxying is only supported for some protocols.

HTTP proxying is supported for HTTP(S).
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Re: Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby Telet » 29 Jul 2018 13:40

Why HTTP(S) proxy server not work for me?
in Input/Codecs -> Access modules -> HTTP(S) there is no option to put proxy and port; only "auto-reconnect".
also command line not work
--http-proxy=my.companys.proxy.com:8080
Do it is Proxy Server supported in window?
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Re: Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 29 Jul 2018 14:25

It does not work because you did not set it in the network settings within the input preferences (or did not restart VLC).
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Re: Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby amerin » 15 Jan 2019 14:36

Hi,

I feel this is a BUG. In the Windows platform:

- When configuring in PREFERENCES section the HTTP-PROXY it works! Ex.: "http://my.companys.proxy.com:8080/"
- When using the COMMAND LINE "--http-proxy" it connects without the proxy! Ex.: "vlc.exe --http-proxy=http://my.companys.proxy.com:8080 http://server/file.mp4"

So, when using the command line the proxy isn't used if it's empty in the preferences. Any way to solve it?
Futhermore, if I change "--http-proxy" with "--https-proxy" I get an error. So the command line parser is not the problem.

Any idea?

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Re: Proxy or Socks Server support?

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 15 Jan 2019 20:21

Some settings only work globally / from preferences, and that's one of them.
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