[streaming] Re: VLC to stream via HTTP

[Benjamin Pracht]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005, Piero Cavalieri wrote :
> Hi all,
> 
> we are trying yo us VLC to  output stream  via http. Goal should be a 
> multicast or video on demand.
> We started to do simple things. Used a local Logitech QuickCam as source 
> and display stream from this is ok.
> Then try to use vlc as a streaming server. To keep it simple, we  use 
> single channel (don't display/duplicate), and don't change encode/remux  
> format. Encapsulation method is TS.
> So in gui we wrote this string:
> 
> :sout=#standard{access=http,mux=ts,url=localhost:2020}
> 
> Start the server and the log window give me this error:
> 
> [00000342] main private error: Cannot add this stream
> [00000344] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output
> 
> Does anyone some info about settings to give ?
> 

You cannot stream raw video. You need  to transcode it first.

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BigBen

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