Allow the media player to stream local files in common formats

I’m doing what? Where?

You were the one suggesting you need another computer / VM to do this. I was (actually still am) asking if there was any reason to do so. My ffmpeg runs on the same Windows I use to play TU but I haven’t tried streaming with that setup yet.

All I’m saying is that I don’t see a practical difference between a) uploading certain content to your own YouTube channel to stream it in TU and b) streaming it from your own machine. So this suggestion doesn’t seem to impact that problem.

(Toggles increase the codebase which leads to more complexity and bugs, I’ve made fun of the idea of making everything toggleable before.)

I don’t see where I give any argument against self-hosting, if anything I see where I neutralize it.

Please provide an argument that is not repeating your “You appear to be hating on this” argument. :smile_cat: