[streaming] Streaming video across a network

[Cameron McCormack]

Hi everyone.

I'm new to the list and VLC/VLS.

I'm currently looking at a couple of different programs/libraries to see
which one would best suit my needs.  And my needs are that I want to
have a LAN where each computer has multiple input sources,

  - video
    + from capture card
    + from files (DivXs, MPEGs, ...)
    + from DVD
  - audio
    + from sound card inputs (microphone, CD audio, ...)
    + from files (MP3s, ...)

and outputs,

  - video
    + to video card frame buffer (for TV-outing or displaying on a monitor)
    + to files (for storing captured video)
  - audio
    + to sound card ouptuts (speaker out, line out, S/PDIF out, ...)
    + to files (for storing capture audio)

so that basically any input source can go to any number of output
sources on the network at one time.

The only thing I am worried about is the transport of the audio/video
over the network.  I would like video and audio quality to degrade
gracefully if the network bandwidth is being maxed out.  Is there a way
I can do this with VLS or VLC?  From the examples given in the HOWTO
it's not clear.

Other needs I have (which aren't as important yet) are that I'd like to
be able to do this capturing and output on Windows as well as Linux.
 From the "Streaming features" page it seems that output to Windows
will be fine, but I notice that there's no mention of video or audio
capture support for Windows.  Though the central computer on the LAN
will be running Linux, it'd be nice if the resources on the Windows
computers could be used as well.  If VLC/VLS won't work on Windows to
do any capturing, are there plugins that will let me talk to NetMeeting
or other video conferencing programs?

Forgive my not having read thoroughly through the list archives to see
if my questions have already been answered.  :-)

Thanks,

Cameron

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Cameron McCormack
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