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K. I'll get back to you

I dunno what I did, but VLC decided to pick up the stream for a few minutes before the sending computer had VLC decide to crash. So I suppose that's working...how do I get it to work over the internet?

And how do I know which transcoding options to use?

File plays fine normally. How do I check VLC logs?

Using VLC as a client didn't work either; Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://192.168.1.115' check the log for details

I'm using the default settings because I don't know what encoding or transcoding options to use. I just go to Media menu > streaming > add file > stream button > next > add (HTTP) > next > stream I just tried your suggestion, transcoding with the wmv profile. I used firefox to go to 192.168.115:8080...

I can't seem to pick up the stream. On the receiving computer I directed the browser(firefox) to 192.168.1.115:8080. It timed out. I also tried to use VLC's 'open network stream', and I get the message: Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://192.168.1.115' check the log fo...

The receiving computer is inside the network I'm streaming from. I only do this so I can test it. In the end I want to stream to another computer on an external network, over the internet. I did check the port forwarding, and it seems to be forwarded correctly.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was trying to access the stream using the external IP from another computer. The streaming computer is behind a router; port forwarding is set up.
Change probably to definitely; the login page is for the router.

Well, I tried HTTP streaming, however whenever I open the stream on the receiving computer (with VLC, or firefox), it asks me to login (probably to the router). I already have my router forwarding port 8080 to my computer which is on a static IP. Help?

I'll try with HTTP streaming then; thank you for your help. Most of my research was done the last couple of days, so I missed that if it was just this evening.

If I stream via HTTP, how would the receiving computer view the stream?

Seriously? No one?

So I'll say up front, while I'm fairly tech savvy, I've never streamed before. I can forward ports on my router but I don't know which encapsulation settings to use or which transcoding options to use. Basically, all I want to do is use VLC to stream videos from one computer to another (1 to 1) over...