[streaming] Re: [help] vlc on ad hoc network

[anand.s at etv.co.in]

HI,
 i think the problem is very simple. b4 that could u tell that ur
streaming it thru Multicast & u can't able 2 receive on a different
network? is that ur question? if  so i can clear ur doubt.



>
> Hi Yessi,
>
>> i use VLC for my thesis, i runned video streaming using VLC
>> in ad hoc network on widows...but that streaming is not succes..
>> can anyone tell me why?
>
> Can you give some more detail on what problems you see? Does the
> receiving PC start the play back but is unable to continue? Or
> does the playback never start?
>
> Have you tested end-to-end connectivity on your network using
> other applications like ping or ftp? This is the first test
> you need to do. If you can, successfully send packets from
> one PC to another over your network, then we can start
> looking at why you cannot stream using VLC. However,
> if you cannot reliably send other data over the network, you
> need to study your network before spending time with VLC.
>
> I am guessing that you are working with a wireless ad-hoc
> network. If so, how are you implementing the multi-hop
> routing? Is it all layer-2 or at layer-3?
>
>> i don't know how to configure VLC in the intermediate node on
>> the ad hoc network..is that configure needed?
>
> If it is a true multi-hop ad-hoc network, you don't need to
> configure VLC on the intermediate nodes. However, you can
> *emulate* a multi-hop network by using VLC on an intermedia
> node to receive the stream from the source node and then
> re-send to the destination node. This can be done over
> point-to-point links and does not really demonstrate an ad-hoc
> network.
>
> Hope this helps. If you need any more details, let me know.
>
> Regards,
> - Harshal
>
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