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the 'Stream with" option on video files doesn't work with the popular VLC for Android app #5221

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Connect to a NextCloud server with the NextCloud Android app
  2. Navigate to a video file
  3. Select the 'stream with...' option on that file and choose VLC player since the internal player doesn't support that many video formats

Expected behaviour

  • VLC should stream the selected file.

Actual behaviour

  • VLC doesn't stream the file, instead of the file's name it displays a long illegible string. The spinning icon indicates that the app tries to load something, but it doesn't change.

Meanwhile, VLC works just fine in streaming files selected via a different WebDAV app (example: Fx file explorer). That tells me that the WebDAV connection works fine and that VLC player does so, too.

Environment data

Android version:
Android Version: 9

Device model:
Phone: Xiaomi POCO F1 (POCO F1)

Stock or customized system:
Rom: lineage_beryllium-userdebug 9

Nextcloud app version:
3.9.2

Nextcloud server version:
NextCloud17.0.2.1
(on a raspberry pi 4b with NextCloudPi 1.20.1)

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