Streaming error on VLC 2.0.5

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Select a movie on VLC Remote in a folder on the PC and klick long on it
2. Select "Stream"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Instead of streaming the Movie an error message pops up on the PC in the VLC 
Window

What version of VLC Remote are you using?
0.5.5

What version of VLC are you using?
2.0.5

What version of Android are you using?
4.0.4

Which Android device are you using?
Samsung Galaxy 7.7

Please provide any additional information below:
I can watch the same movie on the PC when I just click on it with VLC-Remote. 
It seems ":sout" is appended to the filename and not understood by VLC.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by martin.k...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2013 at 3:18

Attachments:

• vlr-remote.log

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This happens with the latest VLC remote and with VLC 2.0.4 (manually installed 
all related packages for vlc 2.0.4 under Ubuntu 13.04)

Original comment by ase...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2013 at 7:51

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From a network capture, the issue is visible: the :sout option is appended both 
to the HTTP GET line as part of the input= parameter and the options= 
parameter. 

Example:
GET /requests/status.xml?command=in_play&input=file:///file.avi 
:sout=#transcode{...}:rtp{...}}&option=:sout=#transcode{...}:rtp{...}}

This seems to be the result of the code in the method:
"public void play(String input, List<String> options)"
(line 254 in file "./src/org/peterbaldwin/vlcremote/net/MediaServer.java" in 
revision edd1029288ca)

The first loop intends to provide compatibility for VLC version 1.1.10 and 
earlier, appending the options to the file  but this seems to be in conflict 
with version 2.0.

As soon as I can make a build/test environment for Android, I'll try the 
application without that loop (lines 257-259 of the same file).

Original comment by ase...@gmail.com on 8 Jun 2013 at 8:49

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Managed to get it built and installed on my Android devices.

Starting the stream is fixed through the code change I mention in comment #2, 
but I had another problem - the video player launched by the VLC Remote wasn't 
connecting to the stream.

Commenting out the loop worked, but had to also fix the link being passed on on 
to the video player. I fixed this (quick fix; might have possible side effects 
elsewhere) by commenting out lines 126-127 & 134-140 which generates an HTTP 
url if the MIME type does not indicate an audio stream. This condition does not 
seem particularly useful if using the stream command from the context menu 
which uses RTSP no matter the MIME type of the content.

From first testing using a self-signed and manually installed version of the 
application, it is fulfilling my needs.

Will consider next steps depending on owner/project member interest; I can 
provide the self-signed APK if needed.

Original comment by ase...@gmail.com on 9 Jun 2013 at 12:30