I am wanting to switch from Jellyfin to VLC. I cannot find any tutorials or explanations on how to do this. I have a Ubuntu server with media files on it, and on VLC, the server shows up under the “browse” > “local network” Section on the VLC android app.
The icon says “smb” on it, which seems like the protocol used, however when I click on that, it takes me to a “print$” folder which then asks for the login credentials. The username and PW for local account doesn’t work.
How do I get access to the folder of media on VLC? (Call it /mnt/hdd1/my media)
Edit: FTP works with VLC, but a slightly better interface can be had with Kodi
VLC isn’t equivalent to Jellyfin or Plex in streaming capabilities, and it’s just running on SMB which could be configured with general folder permissions and sharing, allowing access for any media player and not just VLC.
SMB is a share protocol that’s pretty standard across ecosystems. I am not sure of your use case and why you are wanting to get rid of Jellyfin but VLC doesn’t sound like the tool to do it.
You can configure the folder permissions with a guide here or by searching “Ubuntu smb sharing” or something similar.