[vlc] Streaming from VLC to Quicktime

[allamistakeo18 at mac.com]

Hi, 

I realize now that I should have been more precise upfront about what I am trying to achieve in the end. Here is my goal: I want VLC to capture a part of my screen, and I want to stream it to Quicktime, by embedding the stream into a .qtl file. 

Forgetting about the .qtl file for now, and using a capture of my iSight instead of my screen just for testing purposes, here is what I have been trying: I tell VLC via the GUI to stream my iSight, using HTTP, and using the Theora codec + OGG (following your suggestion, but as I mentioned, I have tried many other settings before). I get the following MRL: 

:sout=#duplicate{dst=display,dst="transcode{vcodec=theo,vb=1024}:standard{mux=ogg,dst=,access=http}"} 

Then I tell Quicktime to open the following URL, using the CMD + U command: 

http://myip:8080/

Nothing happens: Quicktime is stuck on "Loading video..." 

Now, I also want to embed the stream in a .qtl file. I have written the following file: 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?quicktime type="application/x-quicktime-media-link"?>
<embed src="http://myip:8080" />

Attempting to open the file makes Quicktime throw the error I mentioned. I am wondering whether this is because Quicktime does not support streaming via HTTP in .qtl files, and whether the source has to be an RTSP stream. Is there a way to create an RTSP stream with VLC? 

Thanks again 

Op 25-sep-2011, om 18:22 heeft gonzague het volgende geschreven:

> Hi.
> You can not try "all combinations of codecs and containers" like this, but according to this document : http://www.videolan.org/streaming-features.html .
> I'm sure that an ogg muxer with theora and vorbis codecs should work.
> Regards
> 3o3
> 
> 
> On 25/09/2011 17:42, allamistakeo18 at mac.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have been unsuccessfully attempting to stream my webcam from VLC to Quicktime. I have tried almost all combinations of codecs and containers, and it never works. I can read the stream using VLC, but Quicktime always displays an error "The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands."
>> 
>> Mac OS 10.6.8
>> Quicktime 10.0
>> VLC 1.1.11
>> MacBook Pro
>> Built-in iSight
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your suggestions