[vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?

[Ricardo Kleemann]

Thanks.

I do need more info relative to linux usage, hopefully someone out there can 
help?

I'm not running linux in a windowed environment, it's a server running only 
in text mode, so therefore VLC isn't putting up any player window. I see a 
ton of just garbage output on the linux terminal window, which I didn't 
expect... I thought I could run vlc in "no playback mode" (meaning, just 
receive and retransmit the stream without playing anything).

The fact that the terminal window outputs a bunch of garbage (it's not 
messages, just garbled text) and that it only does it when the stream is 
being played, indicates to me that it actually is receiving the stream.

As for WMP, I guess the problem may be having to force it to use TCP, I'll 
give that a try.

Thanks!
Ricardo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Moriarty" <mfmbusiness at earthlink.net>
To: <vlc at videolan.org>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: [vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?


> Hopefully one of the Linux jocks will step in, since I am a Windows 
> person.
> I may be missing some minutia, that Linux wants a different command-line
> syntax.
>
> The first step is to get the video from PC1 to PC2 successfully.  On PC2,
> are you able to run
> Vlc udp://@:5010
> That should open a local VLC window on PC2, displaying the incoming stream
> from PC1.
>
> If it does come in OK, you should then be able to set up the rebroadcast 
> at
> PC2.
>
> Vlc udp://@:5010
> :sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=256,scale=1}:duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,m
> ux=asfh,url=:5012}}
>
> At that point, a PC3 running WMP should be able to do an Open URL, use:
> mms://pc2_IP_address:5012
>
> The above works well with WMP9 and 10.  There was a patch a little while 
> ago
> to make it work with WMP all the way down to WMP6, I believe.  One 
> "gotcha",
> on WMP, is that you might have to specifically enable WMP to use TCP; that
> is done by selecting Tools -- Options, the Network tab, make sure TCP is
> checked.
>
> On PC2, you might want to try changing the output stream to port 1234.  No
> reason other than that it is what I've been using. (url=:1234)
>
> Note that I have a space between the first "udp" section and the ":sout"
>
> What kind of messages are you seeing in the console window on PC2?  If it
> contains something like "decoded 152/152" messages, that's a good thing,
> means it is receiving the transmission from PC1.  If you are seeing a lot 
> of
> messages starting with "Warning" or "Error" that's important, VLC is 
> trying
> to let you know what's causing a problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Ricardo Kleemann
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 12:49 PM
> To: vlc at videolan.org
> Subject: [vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?
>
> Hi again, Mark.
>
> First, thanks again for all your help, it's really been great for me to
> understand VLC better.
>
> So on the server side (linux, for rebroadcasting) I ran this command:
>
> vlc
> udp://@:5010:sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=256,scale=1}:duplicate{dst=std{a
> ccess=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:5012}}
>
> On the original broadcast side ("PC1"), I sent a stream to the server's IP
> at port 5010, and on the server side I ran the command above. Please note
> that the server was not running X, it's text only. Once I began
> broadcasting, the server started spitting out all sorts of stuff onto the
> terminal... and also when I tried to access port 5012 on the server with
> WMP, it said the server wasn't responding.
>
> What am I doing wrong? :-)
>
> Thanks
> Ricardo
>
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