[ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On Monday 12 April 2010 15:26:01 Kris Douglas wrote:
> As far as I know, you just turn it on in VLC's options and it just
> works on your_ip:vlcport
> 
> ifconfig in terminal to find your IP, and I'm pretty sure VLC tells
> you the port.

You can find the port directly with something like:

netstat -ntlp | grep -i vlc

That assumes "vlc" is the name of the program that generates the web UI (or at 
least part of the name).

Regards,
Tyler

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