[vlc] Re: streaming for MS media player?

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004, Michael Renner wrote :
> Moin,
> 
> I want to stream a file for all of my Linux-Users as well as for the Windows 
> users. While the Linux Users with xine can receive the stream, I have no idea 
> how to send it to the Windows Users with theire Microsoft Windows Media 
> Player.
> 
> vlc -vvv --loop /export/video/Die_Welt-Sehen.mpg --sout 
> '#standard{access=http,mux=ts,url=turnip.kyb.local:8081}'
> 
> For Windows I tried
> 
> $ vlc -vvv /export/video/Die_Welt-Sehen.mpg --sout 
> '#standard{access=udp,mux=ts,url=moss.ad.kyb.local,sap,name="TestStream"}'
> 
> but that's not working. And instead of unicast I need a multicast stream. I'm 
> not familiar with Windows, so I'm a little bit helpless with this. I wonder: 
> how to setup the stream, and howto open this stream with the media layer?
> 

Well, the only output method from VLC WMP can handle is MMSH, AFAIK.
HTTP could perhaps work too, but with the asf muxer, not ts. I don't
know if Xine can handle MMSH streams (it probably does...)

-- 
BigBen

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