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

[Jean-Paul Saman]

yc_maniezt wrote:

>hi anand.s thanks for reply my message..
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>my problem is when i run vlc in multihop ad hoc network, the playback never start..each node i set in different subnetwork...when i tested in two node (end-to-end) vlc can run successfully..but when i tested in 3 node, it's not success..
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>>b4 that could u tell that ur streaming is thru multicast & u can't able to receive on a different >network
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>my streaming is on multihop ad hoc network, so in 3 node..node 1 send streaming to node 3 through node 2....in 2 node i can able to receive although on a different network cause i used AODV protocol handler as the routing protocol..the name of the protocol handler is UobJadhoc..
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>my question is why vlc can not playback in my ad hoc network..is vlc can not use in multihop ad hoc network?is vlc just can in end-to-end connectivity?
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Before blaming VLC can you see any udp packets coming in through the 
network on the clientside? (Use iptraf or ethereal for this testing.)
Apart from that you have not provided us with the commandline used at 
the server for VLC and the commandline at the VLC client.

>>Hi Yessi,
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>>>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?
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>>i don't know how to configure VLC in the intermediate node on
>>>the ad hoc network..is that configure needed?
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>>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.
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>>Hope this helps. If you need any more details, let me know.
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>>Regards,
>>- Harshal
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>Anand,
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