[vlc-devel] Socks5 proxy support of vlc.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 12:20 AM Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> wrote:
>
> Le perjantaina 5. helmikuuta 2021, 17.58.16 EET Hongyi Zhao a écrit :
> > On Ubuntu 20.04, I compiled and installed the git master version of
> > vlc and I noticed the following option of vlc:
> >
> > $ vlc -H |& grep -- '-socks '
> >       --socks <string>           SOCKS server
> >
> > But it seems that this option doesn't work at all. In detail, even I
> > don't run the socks5 proxy, vlc doesn't report any error and still
> > runs smoothly as shown below:
>
> Most protocols ignore the SOCKS settings.

Thanks a lot for your note/comment.

>
> > $ curl -x socks5://192.168.0.2:18888 www.baidu.com
> > curl: (7) Unable to receive initial SOCKS5 response.
> >
> > $ http_proxy='' cvlc -vv --socks 192.168.0.2:18888
> > https://auto.hyddns.xyz:8443/live/surveillance.m3u8
> >
> > Any hints for this problem will be highly appreciated?
>
> With all due respect, this list is about software development, *not* user
> support.

I was going to post to the user list, but based on the messages in vlc
Archives <https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc/>, the recent
updating time is
April 2015. So I think that the mailing list for VLC users is
abandoned for a long time. To be frank, I can't find the appropriate
list for posting this issue from the ones listed on
<https://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html>, except this one. I'm
very sorry for misusing on this list.

Any hints for directing me to the appropriate user list for VLC will
be highly appreciated.

Best regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao at gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Polytechnic University of Science and Technology engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China