[vlc] Re: vlc options on a windows box

[Keir Vaughan-Taylor]

Your suggestion is sensible but that is already what I'm doing. Sorry I 
may not have been clea enough. As you can see the syntax in your example 
is different to the command line . The command line should be (I think) 
--sout-transcode-vcodec="mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1". Not altogether obvious.

If the check the box that says stream output is ticked, there is no 
apparent change to the "edit box". That might be okay  if some of the 
options from the settings window are set and is therefore no command 
required foir the check box.
In the setting window, the "play locally" check box produces 
:sout=#duplicate{dst=display} in the edit box.
I am then guessing that the translation should be just  --sout-display. 
But then if I try this the command doesn't produce the locally playing 
window and none on the options that might relate to the settings window 
seem to work either. When VLC fires up none of these latter options are 
set in the gui.....at least the way I'm interpreting what the command 
line might possibly be.

CUTMAN ~CW~ wrote:

> Try opening vlc manually and open the dialog to load a file, then go 
> futher into the streaming settings(check-mark and button at the 
> bottom).  Within that dialog you can check and uncheck various opens 
> and they will be posted in the edit box along the top of the window.  
> I would suggest you take a look at this because it shows the proper 
> structuring of alot of these variations.
>
> But for example here's a similar line like you might use:
> :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,url=127.0.0.1:5150}}
>
>
> hth,
> zcot
>
>
>
>> From: Keir Vaughan-Taylor <keirvt at optusnet.com.au>
>> Reply-To: vlc at videolan.org
>> To: vlc at videolan.org
>> Subject: [vlc] Re: vlc options on a windows box
>> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:36:38 +1000
>>
>> Thanks for that it is mosty helpful. The bat file is working and I 
>> hadn't come across the options list and would have been flumuxed for 
>> some time without the hints. Thanks!
>>
>> I can get the option format from the information field at the top of 
>> the GUI but there is still some judicious translating to get it into 
>> the syntax from the options page. I might work it out given enough 
>> time but it would be really nice if the documentation explained the 
>> correlation between the gui feedback syntax and the command line syntax
>>
>> Using the bat command file by adding appropriate options I've got the 
>> program to run. Looking at the VLC GUI after it starts running shows 
>> that it knows the correct capture card. This is a good start.  I so 
>> far haven't deduced the option syntax to get it to stream locally. 
>> Also  to set the streaming to be say http with a particular port number.
>>
>> I tried --sout-display to get local display but this isn't working  I 
>> tried --access="http,mux=ts,url=192.168.1.100" to get http streaming 
>> and --sout-transcode-vcodec="mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1"    What am I doing 
>> wrong? A few more hints would be very appreciated.
>>
>> For your interest:     I am doing a job for a university laboratory. 
>> We have the camera observing a robot that is performing scientific 
>> experiments. Users can control the robot using VNC but VNC video 
>> feedback is poor so I am using VLC and "broadcasting" as http and the 
>> users can watch the robot operation on Mozilla. The users are all 
>> chemists and I don't want them to have to learn the GUI entries. I 
>> need the VLC to start up automatically with all the appropriate settings.
>>
>> I agree that  the Windows operating system is pretty confining.
>>
>> Christophe Mutricy wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 05 at 10:01 +1000, Keir Vaughan-Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I wish to start VLC when a Windows machine starts so that a number 
>>>> of options usually selected with the GUI are in place on start up. 
>>>> Easy to put an alias in the start up folder but there is a problem.
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that there is a limit on the string length of 
>>>> options that you can pass and more complex streaming options can't 
>>>> be added.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Crappy OS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is there a way of specifying a file where the start up options can 
>>>> be put. Can anyone suggest a method to do this
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You can do a .bat file ie a simple text file with your command in it.
>>> And then made a link to this file in startup.
>>>
>>> Btw, i don't know if you already found that, but could be useful
>>> http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/VLC_command-line_help
>>>
>>>
>>> hth,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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