What are the limitations of using header redirects in PHP for video streaming with VLC?

Using header redirects in PHP for video streaming with VLC can cause issues because VLC does not handle redirects well when streaming video. To solve this issue, you can use the readfile() function in PHP to read and output the video file directly to the browser without using header redirects. 

<?php
$video_file = "path/to/video.mp4";

header('Content-Type: video/mp4');
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . basename($video_file) . '"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($video_file));

readfile($video_file);
exit;
?>

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