[streaming] Question about RTSP, HTTP and VLM

[Zeb]

Hi,

I was trying to setup a client/server solution in order to be able to
watch a video file over the network using random access, and thanks to
some help from the forum, I could experiment two solutions:
- the simple solution was client-side: to use the --start-time option
with VLC player, using the HTTP address of the video file.
- I found another more complicated solution, but server-side: setting up
with VLM a RTSP server, and "pilot" the streaming of the file using VLM
commands play and seek through the telnet interface.

Is there a reason to prefer one solution over another one ? The first
one is easier, however, is RTSP better if there is a higher charge ? Is
there a possibility to send commands using the GUI (for example, the
time slider in the VLC GUI would automatically send seek commands) ?

Thanks,
Eric

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