[vlc] Re: [vlc] RTSP + VOD

Hussain P. hussain at mytum.de
Fri Sep 3 07:02:21 CEST 2004


Hi, 

--- AndromedE182 at aol.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i'm aiming to build a Video-On-Demand server,
> intranet, probably using RTSP protocol.
> Now i'm wondering about using RTSP protocol, is it a
> lot better than HTTP ? what does it gives ?

RTSP allows you to use UDP ports, which are usually preffered for video streaming. 

> 
> And that's why i'm also wondering how to use VLC as
> a RTSP server.

Also as far as I know, VLC cannot act as an RTSP server. You might want to try the Darwin server.



Hussain


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