[streaming] Re: Using VideoLAN VLS for immersive distance education

Tue Nov 25 11:38:42 CET 2003

Damien LUCAS wrote:

> Ray Moro wrote:
>
>> The video will be played simultaneously (video files are in 
>> time-sync) such that the main monitor shows the instructor, another 
>> monitor the lecture materials (such as slides), and another monitor 
>> the students in the class.
>>  
>> Does VideoLAN support such a solution? We are very interested in 
>> working with you if it does.
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> What Benjamin means is that you cannot open more than one file in one 
> VLC.
>
> But, in case the video streams are in the same file (or same stream), 
> with some demuxers of vlc (AVI,TS, ...), you will be able to do what 
> you want.
>
It doesn't seem like that's what Benjamin is asking -
he just seems to want 3 monitors, which can be
done using the vlc plugin in one Web browser window
with 3 URL's simultaneously, depending on the speed
of the machine, etc.

While I used frames in my previous posting, this isn't required -
the following works as well.

<html>
<head><title>Demo of VLC mozilla plugin</title></head>

<body>

<h1>Demo of VLC mozilla plugin - Example 1</h1>

<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin"
         name="video1"
         autoplay="yes" loop="yes" width="400" height="300"
         target="http://127.0.0.1:8080/testbroadway.vlp" />
<br />
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video1.play()'>Play video1</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video1.pause()'>Pause video1</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video1.stop()'>Stop video1</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" 
onclick='document.video1.fullscreen()'>Fullscreen</a>

<h1>Demo of VLC mozilla plugin - Example 1 again</h1>

<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin"
         name="video2"
         autoplay="yes" loop="yes" width="400" height="300"
         target="http://127.0.0.1:8080/niceday.asf" />
<br />
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video2.play()'>Play video2</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video2.pause()'>Pause video2</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" onclick='document.video2.stop()'>Stop video2</a>
  <a href="javascript:;" 
onclick='document.video2.fullscreen()'>Fullscreen</a>

</body>
</html>

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