Stream video on VLC Player over sftp with ssh key authorization
You need to correctly format the MRL so that it works; for example:
sftp://victor@webserver/home/victor/hdd/Apricot.mp4
Specifying the user (victor@
) is mandatory so that VLC uses your key.
In my specific case I'm using Dolphin (KDE) file browser, I changed the URL address from: (change webserver
to the target IP address or hostname)
sftp://webserver/home/victor/hdd/
To
sftp://victor@webserver/home/victor/hdd/
That way when I open a remote media VLC doesn't ask for a password and is able to play the media.