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I think most of the info is in the question but here's a little more detail on what I'm trying to achieve.

I control VLC via my Android phone and the VLC Remote app. It works just fine, but I'd prefer to run a different service on port 8080. I'm running VLC on Windows 7 64-bit.

To be clear, I have VLC running on my PC, displaying the content on the PC, but the control is handled by the smartphone.

I have enabled HTTP interface through "Preferences -> All -> Interface -> Main Interfaces -> HTTP remote control interface"

I have checked inside "%APPDATA%\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini" and couldn't find anything relevant. I also checked "%APPDATA%\vlc\vlcrc" however there are a lot of settings in there I don't yet understand.

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You can start it using certain parameters to modify the port number, as dictated by the VLC documentation.

vlc -I http (--http-src /directory/ --http-host host:port)
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Thanks for the suggestion but this doesn't seem to do wat I need. I ran "vlc -I http (--http-src m:/media/ --http-host 127.0.0.1:8001)" and I can see in TCPView that port 8001 is open but I can't raise it through the remote control app. Nor can I raise it through the browser – G-. Dec 19 '11 at 21:58
vlc -I http (--http-src "C:/Program Files (x86)/VideoLAN/VLC/http" --http-host 127.0.0.1:8001) This also doesn't show anything on the PC monitor I'd really appreciate if you've any other ideas? – G-. Dec 19 '11 at 22:04
Beyond what the documentation provides, I have no clue – Simon Sheehan Dec 19 '11 at 22:10
Thanks for trying for me – G-. Dec 19 '11 at 22:12
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I found the answer here:

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=77837&p=255857&hilit=change+port+http+interface#p255857

The following is a quote from user VLC_help:

"Tools -> Preferences... (Show settings: All) Interface -> Main interface -> HTTP and put the port to Host address field (so :9090). Save and restart.

I set this to 0.0.0.0:8001 and it works. Image is shown on PC and control is handled by the phone.

I have tested this and found it to be working on "VLC media player 1.1.11 The Luggage".

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