Nextcloud - can't stream via webdav to VLC

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Hi all,

Setup a network location on Windows 10 from the webdav drive. However when trying to stream media from my server to VLC I get this: VLC is unable to open the MRL

It works fine for text files, just cannot stream for some reason. The server works fine, can stream via FTP.

I have tried using Nextcloud desktop app but I had to force sync it as it doesn’t seem to auto sync like Dropbox. I also don’t want the files locally.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Aunt G. knows different solutions for your problem:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=146412
http://vlchelper.com/vlc-is-unable-to-open-the-mrl/

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Already tried a lot of that, no success.

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I also have this issue.

I have Nextcloud 16 and windows 10 64 bit.

I have Netdrive Webdav client and that works fine when streaming and accessing files. When I try the native windows explorer webdav client (map network drive), streaming fails.

VLC is unable to access the MRL.

I’ve tried setting vlc debug on via Tools > Messages but the MRL error keeps scrolling and I can’t cancel it so the debug log is not saved and I cant get more info on the error.

Any suggestions?

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It does sync automatically…

Could have something to do with VLC or the way Win10 handles WebDAV. I stream videos on mine with Kodi using its native WebDAV client.

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Webdav Streaming definitely works very well via Kodi. So it must be an issue with VLC - never got that to work, but streaming from NC via Kodi works reliably on Linux as well as Android) rather than NC.

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My Kodi is running on a Windows 7 laptop we leave connected to the TV. Streams from NC WebDAV like a champ.