[vlc] Re: vlc options on a windows box
David Ball
davidtball at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 04:14:04 CEST 2005
Hi Keir. Glad you got it working....I spent the better part of this
past weekend figuring out that same thing. My command line ended up
resembling this:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLan\VLC\vlc.exe" -vvv --noaudio --time-format
"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S MST" --time-x 1 --time-y 1 --time-size 12
--time-position 5 --time-color 0 --time-opacity 255 dshow://
vdev="Logitech QuickCam Zoom" adev="none" size="320 x 240"
--sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=96,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=32,channels=2,sfilter=time}:duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=:8081},dst=std{access=file,mux=asf{title="
Office: reception",author="David",comment="Created with VLC -
www.videolan.org/vlc"},url="C:\CameraStreams\testvid.asf"}}
I'm streaming in ASF format so it's viewable in a remote Windows
Media player (the only mux I could get to work for Windows Media
player). The stream is also duplicated to a file for archival
purposes.
Out of curiosity, where did you place the startup .bat file ?
There appears to be no autoexec.bat file in XP, but there's an
autoexec.nt instead, though placing my line there didn't help at all.
How did you reference it in your setup?
David
On 8/2/05, Keir Vaughan-Taylor <keirvt at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Thankyou for your most helpful suggestions. I finally got it to work.
> The syntax that worked took the entries from the "edit boxes" at the top
> of the various GUIs. The final working syntax was
>
> "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Conexant's
> BtPCI Capture" :dshow-adev="Creative Sound Blaster PCI" :dshow-size=""
> :no-dshow-config :no-dshow-tuner
> :sout="#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,url=:1234}}"
>
> It appears not to work at first because none of the entries in the
> streaming GUI are filled. I guess they are still operating inside VLC.
> The double quotes have to be added to the transcode option as briefly
> mentioned in the Streaming Documentation. It all fires up automatically
> and I can receive the images on Mozilla. Thank you for your help and
> suggestions.
>
> CUTMAN ~CW~ wrote:
>
> > ok, I do apologize about that.. I'm really not up on the streaming
> > situation, but thought I could reveal some help there.
> >
> > The best thing I can think to help you is to get the options from the
> > commandline help.. ala':
> > vlc --help
> > then you can dig deeper by getting a list of the modules:
> > vlc --list
> > and you could get the help on a specific module:
> > vlc --module stream_out_XXX
> > where XXX is one of the specific names of a module.. there are prolly
> > 10 or so for stream_out, but also there's at least another 3 or 4 for
> > stream related modules and parameters. :)
> >
> > I'd save these on file too, for a handy reference. It seems like the
> > design of VLC is such that the --help output is a huge necessity(like
> > most any *nix style program).
> >
> > And noting all the various documention on all the options for this
> > situation you can get a better handle of what parameters belong to
> > what module, etc. -what catagorically belongs together. And then
> > trying to interpret how the commandline should be designed will be
> > much easier.
> >
> > And also, there is some info on the vlc::wiki site here:
> > http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/Main_Page#VideoLAN_Streaming_solution
> > ..and don't forget the forums for streaming:
> > http://forum.videolan.org/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=73cb70051d6591ee5e8e5962abdb4388
> > ..and the streaming docs:
> > http://videolan.org/doc/
> > http://videolan.org./doc/streaming-howto/en/streaming-howto-en.html
> >
> > I'm just putting this out there since I don't know how to exactly give
> > you an answer, :/ and I'm hoping something will be more useful for you. :)
> >
> > Anyhow, here is some more detail I do know:
> > vlc --sout-display
> > (will give you the local display.. default is disabled)
> > vlc --sout-all
> > (will give you the same as --sout-audio and --sout-video and more)
> >
> > You should be able to use this(port 1234, and a local video window):
> > vlc mediafile.ext --sout
> > '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,url=192.168.1.101:1234},dst=std{access=http,mux=ts,url=192.168.1.102:1234}}'
> >
> > -streaming to 2 nearby boxes..
> >
> > You *MAY* even want to look into the VLM file scenerios..
> >
> >
> > 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: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:03:34 +1000
> >>
> >> 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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