[oiuygtfrtghyju]

VLC can do client-server streaming from another copy of VLC. So your desktop machine can stream your dvd/avi/mp3 collection to the iPad

[jokermatt999]

Kind of funny that this had to be asked, considering that VLC's original purpose was streaming videos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player#History

[th0ma5]

and you can do this already, too, right? stream to the ipad by just opening a transcoded stream?

[Terretta]

E.g., Plex, which does it on the fly and is in the app store.

[oiuygtfrtghyju]

I think plex only lets you share your iTunes with other iStuff and only if the iDRM approves.

VLC lets you share iWhateverTheHellYouWant from iWhateverMachine with iWhateverOS to iWhereverYouWant.