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{{howto|Use the HTTP interface to control VLC from a web browser}}

* Start VLC on the server with the [[Web Interface|http]] [[interface]]
 vlc -I http
You can use '''--extraintf''' if you want to specify more than one interface (see [[interface]] for details)
* If you want to bind VLC to a specific host and port use '''--http-host host:port'''
* Open your favourite web browser on the client
* Type the IP address (or URL) of the host in the location field (address bar). You may need to specify the port (VLC defalts to using port 8080)
*: An example is http://127.0.0.1:8080 - 127.0.0.1 refers to the local machine.
* Add the files to be streamed to the playlist like /home/file.mpg
* Add streaming destination in the sout field udp://<client>:1234
* Open VLC on the client, with VLC udp://@:1234