Read Plex stream in VLC

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Hi there,

I was wondering if it is possible to read the stream provided by plex inside VLC (or any other media player). I tried using the info provided in the AdvancedInfo section of the Wiki and the HTTP API info (playFile command). However, I wasn’t able to get anything to show inside VLC. Now I have a few possible reasons for this:

  1. It’s not possible.
  2. The stream http url was malformed



    Regarding the URL, I build something in the like of this:

    http://192.168.1.10:32400/system/players/192.168.1.26/application/playFile?path=http://192.168.1.10:32400/library/parts/438/file.mkv



    The IP 192.168.1.126 is the IP of the computer I’m running VLC on. Now I’m wondering wether PMS somehow needs to register this IP as a Plex Client to be able to stream to that IP.



    Basically what I would like to know is if Plex can stream to any other media player which isn’t a Plex client and if so, how? Am I on the right track?
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It’s funny you mention it. I tried to use VLC as a DLNA client but no luck. I was able to get VLC to recognize PMS after a few minutes but VLC would never expand the library. It looked as if my server was a single file.

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