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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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VLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streaming (news.itsfoss.com)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (3 children)

But it has had networking capabilities for like... ever? RTSP, HTTP, ...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

It also supports some funky stuff like raw H.264 over UDP if you use ffmpeg to prepend special packets to the start of the video stream (Ideal for a DIY low latency video streaming solution ). If you decrypt digital OTA tv signals (DVB format), VLC will play the live underlying raw mpeg stream just fine.

Truly a swiss army knife of video playback, especially the underutilized network url file open option

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I mean it is right there in the name: Video Lan Client.

My first use of VLC 20yrs ago was to stream video. it is the core of the product.