[streaming] Re: Streaming video across a network

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Thu, May 29, 2003, Cameron McCormack wrote :
> 
> 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.
> 
That's not currently possible. VlC stream output allows to transcode à stream, but the required bandwidth can't dynamically tuned. If bandwidth becomes insufficient, packet will be dumped, and you'll have discontinuity in the recieved stream.

> 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?
> 
It's possible to make some capturing under windows, using the stream output function of the vlc

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<< Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? >>
Oui, pourquoi ?
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