LVI browser-to-VLC test

Run this page from the same place a forum page would be served (https on the real site), not from a local file, or the result says nothing about the real case.

VLC web interface address VLC web interface password (VLC: Tools > Preferences > All > Interface > Main interfaces > Lua > Lua HTTP) Media URL VLC should play (must be reachable from the VLC machine)

A background request, no credentials (shows whether the browser may reach VLC at all).
B background request with an Authorization header (needs VLC to answer CORS, expected to fail).
C background image request with the password in the URL (browsers usually block this).
D new browser tab with the password in the URL (a top-level navigation, the most likely to work).
E download a .m3u file. F download a .xspf file (fallback, needs no VLC setup).
G a vlc:// link (works only where a protocol handler is installed).

After each test look at VLC: did it start playing? The log can only say whether the request left the browser. Copy the log back to Claude.