[vlc] Re: Video display on VLC

[Gildas Bazin]

On Tuesday 14 October 2003 20:09, Itsik Boger wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I am using VLS version 0.5.3 on a Red Hat Linux platform and a VLC media 
> player version 0.6.2 (vxWindows interface) on a Windows XP machine.
> I am able to stream Mpeg-2 PS and Mpeg1-PS programs over a RTP/UDP 
channel.
> The VLS is configured to loop the programs it streams.
> 
> The problem I have is the following:
> As soon as the program streaming starts, I can hear the Audio on the VLC 
> player but no Video is displayed. As soon as the clip (program) restarts 
> again (loops), Video appears on the VLS.
> I don't understand why the video doesn't appear instantly on the VLC as 
> soon as the stream is sent by the VLS.
> 

This problem is specific to some MPEG 1 videos which only have the 1 
sequence header at the beginning of the stream. Without this sequence 
header, the client can't decode the video.

You can use VLC to stream these files as it contains a workaround and will 
resend the sequence header every second or so.

--
Gildas

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