[streaming] Re: unexpected change in bitrate

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 30-jun-2006, at 7:59, Antonio Querubin wrote:
> I'm using VLC to replicate a Windows Media stream coming from a  
> Windows Media Server.  The original stream is broadcast from the  
> server using a 300 kbps video channel and a 32 kbps audio channel  
> and when the original source is viewed by Windows Media Player, it  
> sees the same bitrates.
>
> But when I use VLC to replicate the stream, the bitrate from VLC  
> (as seen by Windows Media Player) is at 1 Mbps.  And the audio  
> bitrate is unspecified.  I'm unable to change it by specifying  
> either ab and/or vb parameters to VLC as these seem to have no effect.

VLC does not set these values in the ASF stream when it streams.  
basically they are unknown to WMP, so WMP just fills in "something".  
If you want to fix this, you probably need to delve into the code a  
bit to find where this info is supposed to be written.

DJ

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