+static int vlclua_stream_new( lua_State *L )
+{
+ vlc_object_t * p_this = vlclua_get_this( L );
+ const char * psz_url = luaL_checkstring( L, 1 );
+ stream_t *p_stream = stream_UrlNew( p_this, psz_url );
+ return vlclua_stream_new_inner( L, p_stream );
+}
+
+static int vlclua_memory_stream_new( lua_State *L )
+{
+ vlc_object_t * p_this = vlclua_get_this( L );
+ /* FIXME: duplicating the whole buffer is suboptimal. Keeping a reference to the string so that it doesn't get garbage collected would be better */
+ const char * psz_content = strdup( luaL_checkstring( L, 1 ) );
+ stream_t *p_stream = stream_MemoryNew( p_this, psz_content, strlen( psz_content ), false );
+ return vlclua_stream_new_inner( L, p_stream );
+}
+