Hi on opensuse11.2 id do not have any plugin to handle streaming like quicktime, windows media etc.
If I take the url directly into vlc:
% vlc -vvv “http://mywebserver/clips/clip1.avi”
it streams fine.
I’ve tried adding variation this to mimetypes.rdf:
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:video/x-msvideo"
NC:path="/usr/bin/X11/vlc"
NC:fileExtensions="avi"
NC:prettyName="vlc stream avi"
NC:editable="true"
NC:saveToDisk="false"
NC:alwaysAsk="false"
NC:handleInternal="false">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:video/x-msvideo"/>
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:local:/usr/bin/X11/vlc"/>
</RDF:Description>
But it always start downloading.
I can alter the NC:alwaysAsk parameter so I see it is being used.
All I want is a one click streamer, maybe I must use the mplayer plugin?. I just find it strange I cant just pipe the data direcly to vlc.
Thanks