Is there any way to stream a playlist?

[RickyKohler]

I have been trying for two days to stream a playlist, but I can only get it to stream a single MP3. If I start one MP3 and then add more to the play list, as soon as the first one is done streaming, it starts playing the next song locally. If I choose a playlist to begin with, it will ONLY play locally.

Is there any way to play a list of media files (MP3 or other), preferably shuffled, and stream the result? So far I can't figure out how to do more than one at a time.

Thanks!

[RickyKohler]

I think I figured it out. Apparently I can't use a playlist when setting up streaming through the GUI, but from the command-line it seems to work fine:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --loop --random
"c:\Playlists\christmas-playlist.m3u" --sout-keep
--sout "#standard{access=http,mux=raw,url=:8080}"

[Kikan]

Man, you just made my day!

I was just trying to do the same and spent a few hours on the net trying to find an answer. Just made a menu shortcut with the command, so I don't have to type it all each time, and it works perfect!

Congrats to the videolan team for their great job!

Kikan.

[Silex]

Hey guys! Works great fo rme too. Found this solution after doing a search, but I'm still wondering how come it doesn't work through the gui? I have no problem with doing a command line setup, but it's flaky at best. The one issue I have with doing this is when I send through udp to port 1234 and the first stream ends, the client won't pickup and streams thereafter, even though the client keeps playing through the playlist, unless I manually ctrl+n and hit enter to reconnect to the udp port. Any reason this is and any ways around it?

[SuperMeg]

Sorry. I still cannot catch up. Are you guys working on XP? I encounter the same problem. But i am working it on windows XP. So is that means, i have to type the command at command prompt? But the... may i know.... where to type the C:\...\playlist.m3u --sout-keep --sout "#stand ....... ? Because i do not know how to continue after i stop at the command prompt C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC>vlc.exe --loop --random. Please help !!!

[SuperMeg]

Errr... Sorry again is me.

I finally figure out how to use the command line. It actually only need to add vlc in front of the command prompt. To be more precisely , it is ....

In windows XP

Step 1:
Start-> run -> type cmd

Step 2:
go to the your vlc directory. This means in the cmd, "cd .." all until you are in C:\
then type
C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC>

Step 3:
After that continue type this command after the ">"
So it will becomes like this
C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC>vlc "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --loop --random "c:\Playlists\christmas-playlist.m3u" --sout-keep
--sout "#standard{access=udp,mux=ts,url=your url:your port number}"
Then press enter

Your VLC will start immediately as a server to stream your files but you will not be able to hear any sound because in your command line you do not include play locally.

Step 4:
In VLC client
goto file->open network stream
choose udp , port : your port number
Press ok.

As for Silex problem, i encounter at first as well ( we are using udp) but then i find that it actually delay. It means vlc client actually " pick " the next stream but just delay only. Erm.. may be you just need to be patient and wait for a little longer only.