If you mount the AFP share via GVFS, it should work just fine in VLC (and if it fails, it's more likely a bug in GVFS). Regarding native support of AFP in VLC, I think nobody is really interested.
If you mount the AFP share via GVFS, it should work just fine in VLC (and if it fails, it's more likely a bug in GVFS). Regarding native support of AFP in VLC, I think nobody is really interested.