Vid Extension Dictionary: vid:movie-open-remote

Opens a remote video from a website or ftp server.

Example:

vid:movie-open-remote "http://example.org/foo.mp4"

Errors:

Message "vid: no movie found": The specified URL could not be loaded or errored while loading.
Message "vid: format not supported": The file type of the remote movie is not supported.
Message "vid: protocol not supported": The movie was at an unsupported URL protocol. Supported protocols are ftp and http.