[streaming] Re: streaming ;))) can i do this ..

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003, z3Ro wrote :
> i will do this : i like to play a movie (mpeg avi what ever) on my computer at home ... send the data to a server (linux) and than anyone can connect to this server and look with me ;) 
> 
> can i do this with VLC ??
> 
> sorry for bad english i am from germany
> 
> greets z3Ro

That's possible indeed...

(I  assume that  all the  client are  not n  the same  multicast enabled
network. In that case, using a server would be pointless...)

On your computer :

vlc file.avi --sout '#duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{url=your_server_address,mux=ts,access=udp}}'

This  will  play  the  stream  on your  screen  and  stream  it  towards
your_server_address at thye same time

on the server : 

vlc -I rc udp: --sout http://

That way, this vlc acts as a udp -> http proxy...

on each client :

vlc http://your_server_address

This way, each VLC will connect  to your server using http, and download
the stream while playing it.

With the CVS version of VLC, authentification is possible between server
and clients...

Please  note that  since we  are  unicasting the  streams, the  required
bandwidth on  server side  will be  (stream bandwidth*client  amount) in
upload, stream bandwidth in download.

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