[vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?

[Ricardo Kleemann]

Thank you so much, Mark.

I'm still not quite sure about something... Let me try to see if I 
understand how it works...

1. VLC runs as the broadcaster, say connected to a video camera. It sends a 
network stream to the server.
2. The server receives the stream and re-transmits it on a local port
3. VLC (or any other compatible player) run as clients for the retransmitted 
stream.

I think that's how it's supposed to be, correct? The question is, how is #2 
"triggered"? Since VLC doesn't run as a daemon, it needs to be started 
somehow in order to retransmit the stream...

Also, once VLC is retransmitting, can it accept multiple connections on the 
port?

Thanks
Ricardo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Moriarty" <mfmbusiness at earthlink.net>
To: <vlc at videolan.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: [vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?


> Yes, you can.
>
> Do you use the wxwindows graphical interface, or the command line?
>
> I put together a short step-by-step, with screenshots, precisely for
> restreaming a network stream. It's based on the use of wxwindows.  A 
> command
> line restream is pretty straight-forward:
>
> Vlc mmsh://192.168.2.90:4567
> :sout=#duplicate{dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,url=239.20.30.40:1234}}
>
> = take what's available as an mmsh stream from the device located at
> 192.168.2.90, port 4567.  Multicast that incoming stream back out again,
> MPEG TS encapsulation, on multicast addres 239.20.30.40, port 1234.
>
> Vlc udp://@:5678
> :sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=512,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=192,channels=2}:du
> plicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:1234}}
>
> = take something that is being sent to you via UDP on port 5678. 
> Transform
> the incoming UDP stream, make it a 512 kbps DIV3 video, 192 kbps 2-channel
> mp3 audio, ASF encapsulation, and make it available via mmsh on LocalHost
> port 1234.  (Another VLC user would connect to you by using
> mmsh://your_ip_address:1234, while a Windows Media Player user would 
> select
> Open URL and enter mms://your_IP_address:1234)
>
> PM me on the VLC forum (markfm), and I'll send you the information to pull
> the wxwindows guide off of my FTP site, if you want it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Ricardo Kleemann
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:05 PM
> To: vlc at videolan.org
> Subject: [vlc] vlc streaming howto?
>
> Hi,
>
> I took a look at the vlc streaming howto, but I'm wondering if VLC is
> capable of being used as a streaming server, more specifically for live
> content?
>
> Can I stream (broadcast) content to a server running VLC and have it act 
> as
> a streaming server?
>
> Can someone give me pointers for that?
>
> Thanks
> Ricardo
>
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