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by oiuygtfrtghyju 5769 days ago
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
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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

and you can do this already, too, right? stream to the ipad by just opening a transcoded stream?
E.g., Plex, which does it on the fly and is in the app store.
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.