[vlc] Re: Useable format for VLC as a VoD

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 15:31 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> 	Just wanted clarification. The features page
> (http://www.videolan.org/streaming/features.html) doesn't do much
> justice to my understanding.
> 
> I want to find out what sort of formats are acceptable to be used for
> VoD. All the references I've seen is for playing either MPEG1/2 files
> and there's no reference to AVI formats or WMV or any other formats.
> 
> Would like to know what exactly are the formats which are supported for
> both broadcast and VoD using RTP/RTSP.

I just tried it out using an AVI/MOV/RMVB/WMV/MPG file and of the
formats, only AVI and MPG will play properly.

RMVB and WMV will not be recognised at all
MOV will play but audio will be distorted. 

So, I guess I answered my own question. 

Thanks. and sorry for the noise

> 
> As I understand it, RTP/RTSP streaming cannot use WMV files as it's
> base. (Is my understanding correct?)
> 
> 
> 
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