[vlc] Re: VOD on wireless network (RTSP, HTTP ... ?)

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 5-jan-2006, at 9:40, Veedis wrote:
> I've some problem with several protocols to serve video on demand  
> with VLC on wireless network.
>
> RTSP : I've problem with RTSP on a wireless network because there  
> are lost of packets with UDP/RTP protocol and quality of the video  
> is bad at some moment

the network is unreliable, so that is logical

> HTTP : With an apache server, I've a very good quality but don't  
> have the progress bar to go directly on a moment of the video.

No, because VLC would have to seek a lot within the stream if it were  
to treat it as a file instead of a stream. This is highly annoying  
for webservers.

> NFS : With NFS there is no problem of quality and progress bar  
> because it's like playing a local file. But NFS is a weighty  
> protocol on a wireless network and have always an active connection.

NFS is the best solution for fast access to files over a network.

> How can I solve my problems with this protocols ? I think the best  
> would be to have a progress bar with HTTP protocol. Can I use  
> directly VLC as an HTTP server ?
> For RTSP, I've seen the RTSP-over-HTTP option in the new 0.8.5-svn  
> version but after contacting the developper, this method is not  
> completly implemented for VOD.
>

The best way to deal with it, is to NOT use a wireless connection.  
WLAN is truly a terrible invention when it comes to videostreaming.

DJ

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