[vlc] Re: vlc streaming howto?

[Ricardo Kleemann]

Spoke too soon... in WMP I have all of the protocols checked... but when I 
try to access the mms stream, I get "server is not responding".

I'm guessing something is wrong with the linux setup then.

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
>
> -- 
> This is the vlc mailing-list, see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
> To unsubscribe, please read http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html
>
> 

-- 
This is the vlc mailing-list, see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
To unsubscribe, please read http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html