[vlc] Re: Problem streaming over wireless link

[JB]

Something to check would be the wireless signal quality.  Unfortunately, 
not all wireless devices are able to give you those statistics though.  
Using the UDP protocol over a poor quality wireless link will, of 
course, cause some issues as you will suffer some crazy packet loss.  
Consider higher-gain and/or directional antennas if you don't use them 
already; signal quality would improve significantly.  Also consider 
trying TCP streaming.  The HTTP and MMS streams work well for me, 
although I'm not sure if the MMS functionality in VLC supports protocol 
rollover into TCP as Microsoft specifies:  
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/advanced/help/ns_overview_cbgu.htm?id=4587).

I wirelessly transmit a TV stream over HTTP and MMS with no problems 
whatsoever.  Using a Hauppage card I am able to cut the hardware encoded 
stream down to around 1 MByte/s and then use software transcoding into 
DivX/mp3 for further compression.  Using Media Player on a wireless 
laptop, I checked the bitrate which maxed at around 390 KByte/s.  
Although, I do not transmit between buildings, I still can receive a 
pretty good stream on my laptop out and around my house.

Hope this helps...

JB



Kevin wrote:

>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* anirban patnaik <mailto:anirban_patnaik at yahoo.co.in>
>     *To:* vlc at videolan.org <mailto:vlc at videolan.org>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2005 5:36 AM
>     *Subject:* [vlc] Re: Problem streaming over wireless link
>
>     hi,
>      
>     i faced the same problame.
>      
>     what i did ---- i just changed my access point seting to "Wireless
>     Access point" and directly conect to the computer with strate cable.
>      
>     this is the basic
>      
>     and i tried for continuous  10 hours streeming over wireless.
>      
>     if u ve any other problem just feel free to ask
>      
>     with regards
>      
>     abnirban
>       
>
>     */Petr Hroudny <Petr.Hroudny at seznam.cz>/* wrote:
>
>         Hello!
>
>         I like to stream over wireless link conecting 2 buildings. The
>         link is able to give me 1,2 MByte/s downloads over FTP.
>         I used UDP stream option, but the result is very bad. The
>         picture is distorted and VLC prints several discontinuity and
>         other errors.
>         Even very low bandwidth videos don't work correctly.
>
>         Is there some special setting for wireless links necessary?
>
>         VLC version is 0.8.2
>
>         Thanks,Petr
>
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