vlc from command line

[pastimer]

Hi,

I want to start a vbox channel from a vlc shortcut.

I tried this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "http://192.168.178.80:55555/NPO%202"

But this does not work. VLC cannot find the page. But "http://192.168.178.80:55555/NPO%202" is in the info when I start this channel in VLC via the upnp menu.

Can someone explain to me how to start vbox channels in vlc directly from commandline (shortcuts)?

Thanks a lot.

[Ant]

Check url via m3u list:
http://192.168.178.80:55555/ChannelList.m3u

[pastimer]

It;s the same:

http://192.168.178.80:55555/NPO%202

[Ant]

OK, running vlc with this m3u file saved locally, allow you watch desirable channel?

[tarmacalastair]

Interesting.
Afraid I can't help with Windows, but from my Ubuntu PC, I opened up the ChannelList.m3u file in a text editor to find out the URL for a couple of channels.
Then, from a terminal I typed:

• vlc "http://192.168.178.80:55555/ITV"
• vlc "http://192.168.178.80:55555/BBC%20ONE%20HD"

I had wondered if the "%20" characters in your command had caused an issue but for both of my examples VLC fired up and played the correct channel.

Not sure if this is helpful or not. I would try opening a Windows command prompt (try it both as a user and as admin) and then try changing directory to the right place first to make the command less complex. So I would issue these commands on 3 separate lines to test

• c:\
• cd "Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC"
• vlc "http://192.168.178.80:55555/NPO%202"

Good luck!

[nepo]

hi

I had wondered if the "%20" characters in your command had caused an issue but for both of my examples VLC fired up and played the correct channel.

That's normal, computer uses to interpret blank spaces or special letters. eg.
WDR HD Köln -> WDR%20HD%20K%C3%B6ln
NPO 2 -> NPO%202
I've have no problems to play
vlc http://my-IP:55555/ChannelList.m3u or vlc http://my-IP:55555/WDR%20HD%20K%C3%B6ln (command line in Ubuntu)

It;s the same:

http://192.168.178.80:55555/NPO%202

Whats does it means ?
What happen, if you open http://192.168.178.80:55555/ChannelList.m3u in your Internet-Browser ?

Bye nepo

[nepo]

hi
In command line:

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cd "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC"

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vlc http://Your IP:55555/ChannelList.m3u

or a special channel

Tested with win10

Bye nepo