VLC does not stop at the slightest interruption. If there is transient
packet loss, playback will be paused when the input buffers underflow,
until the buffers refill to a reasonable level. This is a bit annoying,
but it is unavoidable.
Otherwise, if the connection fails, then VLC gives up. This is the most
basic network resiliency feature. When the server or the network is
overloaded, the *last* thing to do is immediately retry. It would only
make the problem worse. Web browsers, email agent, newsgroups agents,
aggregators... don't reconnect automatically either. They just wait for
the user to explicitly retry (or a fixed timer in some cases).
Admittedly, there is a small problem in VLC: it often silently stops in
case of network failure, instead of printing an obnoxious modal error
dialog. That is not a big deal though.
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
network stream randomly stops playing
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