Unable to open subtitles from HTTP

[PiRomant]

"Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///C:/Windows/System32/%22http%3A%2F%2F... " while opening file with arg :sub-file=http://...
VLC 3.0.12

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Does http://... look like a file path to you? You probably need to use input-slave.

[PiRomant]

Does http://... look like a file path to you? You probably need to use input-slave.

The link looks like http:// ... DLRip.srt?link=3678f5f889a6db1fac6e0af9e1b440b7b0d00ea6&index=8&play
:input-slave= dont let me open local subtitles at all?

[PiRomant]

VLC for Linux has the same problem. This might be a general problem.

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VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///home/oem/http%3A//...

[Miyuri]

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=138120
mederi's answer may help for you.
About input-slave, I have tested some other cases that work well.

1. subtitle from http

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vlc http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo.mkv :input-slave=http/subtitle://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo.ass :sub-track=0

2. audio from http

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vlc http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demoFromYoutube-dl.f303.webm :input-slave=http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demoFromYoutube-dl.f251.webm :audio-track=0

3. subtitle from local

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vlc http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo.mkv :input-slave=/home/demo.ass :sub-track=0

4. audio from local

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vlc http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demoFromYoutube-dl.f303.webm :input-slave=/home/demoFromYoutube-dl.f251.webm :audio-track=0

5. two subtitles from http

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vlc http://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo.mkv :input-slave="http/subtitle://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo.en.ass#http/subtitle://127.0.0.1:8080/video/demo2.fr.ass" :sub-track=0

Other combinations are possible. Attention that use "#" split different inputs, and "#" must be included in quotation mark. You can always use quotation mark to avoid special characters cause some error.

"webm" was downloaded from youtube-dl, video and audio both end with "webm".
I tested the local files with "file:///home/audio.webm", "file/subtitle:///home/demo.ass" that not work, after reading https://superuser.com/questions/685507/ ... -same-time I know local files just use path. Hope these help for you and other searchers.

[PiRomant]

One part of problem has been fixed in https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/25549
Another one is https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/25645

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main error: unsafe option "input-slave" has been ignored for security reasons