[vlc-devel] Re: hi...problem with vls multicast

[Jean-Paul Saman]

sujay koduri wrote:

>hi,
>
>when  used vls to stream a mpeg2-ps file, it is
>working file if i use a unicast..but i am not able to
>get the thing through multicast....
>
>start sometest client1 local1 --loop
>//it is working fine..client1 is for unicast channel..
>start sometest multicast1 local1 --loop
>//it is not working...and the error it is giving i am
>showng it down....
>i am using the multicast adress as 239.2.12.42
>i also tried giving the broadcast adress 172.22.1.255
>
>
>plez help me how to do that...
>
>
>sujay at vls> start sometest multicast1 local1 --loop
>Provider: Manager
>Error: -1
>                                                      
>                         
>  Provider: local1
>  Error: -1
>  Info: Unable to start program sometest
>  Info: Error: unable to start streaming of program
>sometest
>                                                      
>     Error: Unable to create thread
>          Error: Unable to init streamer
>                                        Error:
>Net4Output initialisation failed
>                                                      
>                        Error: Unable to change value
>for option 35: Invalid argument
> 
>  
>
You need a multicast route on your box. Some distributions put it there 
by default other don't. Anyway use this;
/sbin/route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev eth0

If there is a router in your network or a gateway/firewall where the 
multicast has to travel through, then you need multicast router software 
too.

Grtz,
Jean-Paul Saman.


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