Transcode and stream over http with python

[postelrich]

I'm new to VLC and trying to use it transcode and stream video over http. I figured out how to do this from the command line but having trouble figuring how to do this with the python lib.

Here's the command:

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C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" hannibal.mkv --sout="#transcode{vcodec=theo,vb=1024,channels=2,samplerate=44100,ab=128,acodec=vorb}:http{mux=ogg,dst=:8080/hannibal.ogg}" :sout-all :sout-keep -I dummy

Here's what I have in python:

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import vlc inst = vlc.Instance() med = inst.media_new("D:\\Rich\\Videos\\hannibal.mkv", "sout=#transcode(vcodec=theo,vb=1024,channels=2,samplerate=44100,ab=128,acodec=vorb):http(mux=ogg,dst=:8080/hannibal.ogg)", "sout-all", "sout-keep", "I=dummy") p = med.player_new_from_media() p.play()

That's as best as I've been able to figure out from the docs and examples. This just causes a window to open to play the video. What's the proper way to do this?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Not familiar with the Python bindings but missing colons, maybe?

[postelrich]

I figured out what I believe is the correct way:

Just need to start instance with the params:

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inst = vlc.Instance("""--sout=#transcode{vcodec=theo,vb=1024,channels=2,samplerate=44100,ab=128,acodec=vorb}:http{mux=ogg,dst=:8080/stream} :sout-all :sout-keep -I dummy""")