I'm glad you figured it out, i'm still messing around with some mootools scripts on hfs template
to be honest, i havn't looked very hard into what you did but it seems your issue has been fixed and happy to read it, so im sure it will help me and many other users
somebody has been reading my ubuntu threads for sure, ha i found this long time ago but never knew how to put it together nor what the hell it is really, this website has to much information and confusein me alot
http://lscube.org/so what is it a php ? vlc streaming script ? something like that
this what i mean
The LScube - Libre Streaming, Libre Software, Libre Standards (formerly known as OMSP - Open Media Streaming Project) is a free/libre software project, supported by the Internet Media Group, that develops and maintains a suite of programs focused on multimedia streaming. We strive to fully support the IETF's standards for the real-time data transport over IP. The aim of the project is to provide open, free and interoperable solutions on a par with other proprietary streaming applications. All LScube software is released under Free Software licenses.
// about the timer, i believe you need a properly encode video to get the timer, some old avi mpg are not encoded right so no time stamp on them i think. modern encoded video have modern video container like mkv which vlc understands very well.
what the hell is Libre Streaming, Libre Software, Libre Standards ? how can i use when i dont understand what i need first
anyways. i will be reading this thread again, since i also want to fix the issue you had, hfs and vlc is great with bittorrent haha u know what i mean. utorrent web interface with hfs vlc !