[streaming] Re: Streaming mpeg4

[Tore Erntsen]

Thanks for the fast response !

So if I remove the transcoding, and also use VLC as the client, it shall be 
the same as viewing the file on the server.

Do you have a example for the server and client?

Have a nice day !

/ Tore


>From: Benjamin Pracht <bigben+spam at videolan.org>
>Reply-To: streaming at videolan.org
>To: streaming at videolan.org
>Subject: [streaming] Re: Streaming mpeg4
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:25:19 +0100
>
>Le vendredi 27 janvier 2006 à 10:15 +0100, Tore Erntsen a écrit :
> > Hi there !
> >
> > I want to stream MPEG4 video on network between winxp and 2003 servers. 
>I
> > have downloaded VLC, and have successfully startet to use the software.
> >
> > I have used several interfaces, and it seems to be working. But I 
>struggle
> > with the quality of the video. I have used the following command :
> >
> > "C:\Program Files\VideoLan\VLC\VLC.exe"  -vvv
> > d:\iScan\iscan1_20060123_141915.avi
> > 
>:sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=2000,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=96,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:5000}}
> > --file-caching=5000  --sout-keep --repeat
> >
> > I connect with a WMP (on a xp machine), and it works, but the quality is
> > bad. How is it possible to stream data with a higher quality. If I open 
>the
> > .avi file directly in WMP or VLC without streaming, the quality of the 
>video
> > is good....
> >
>
>Well, you'll always loose quality when transcoding. You may want to try
>to stream without transcoding. Depending on the original codec, WMP
>might be unable to read the stream however. An alternative to achieve an
>at least a slightly better quality would be to transcode your file to
>DIV3 once for all, using another tool than VLC, and using a 2 pass
>encoding (your bitrate will vary along the file that way however).
>
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