H264 support in older versions was truly highly experimental. Only since this week, I would trust it for like 80% of the streaming cases. Support for earlier version is simply not feasable.
DJ VLC developer -- VLC crashes when playing full HD over RTP https://launchpad.net/bugs/83428 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
