[vlc] streaming through command line

[Jean-Philippe André]

Hi,

On Friday 14 May 2010 14:49:33 Rohit Gupta wrote:
> I want to start a "digital radio service" by streaming audio files in my
> LAN.
> 
> At present I can stream the files through the easy to use GUI interface of
> vlc.
> 
> I want to stream the audio files through the command line. I read the
> documentation but was unable to help myself.
> It will be useful if you give me the command for the following example:
> 
> File to stream:  ~/vlc.mp3 ~/stream.mp3
> type: udp
> address: 225.0.0.0
> port: 1234
> 
> how to stream the files if i want to receive it at the client side
> through: udp://225.0.0.0:1234

I don't think 255.0.0.0 is a valid address. But here's what you can do:

$ vlc your-file.mp3 --sout='#std{dst=224.0.0.1,port=1234,mux=ts,access=udp}'

Then, on the client side, access it via:

$ vlc udp://@224.0.0.1:1234

Best,

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Jean-Philippe André (jpeg)