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Solved. :) Added "clear" command (it was missing in rc interface). Added "i_id" field in "playlist" command output. Added "goto <i_id>" command. Added "remove <i_id>" command. Added "sweep" command (removes all playlist items except current...

Heh... I know what to change but I don't know how. :) What I do really need is the way to find the current input's position in playlist to try deletion loops on items before and after the currently playing one. I was surprised when I discovered that current version of rc.c does not have the "re...

Hi! I'm rewriting the rc console interface to implement special functionality for my Internet-TV channel. Now I need one function, that is not straightforward. I need a special command (I call it "sweep") to delete all playlist contents except the currently playing file. There are two hurd...

You have to get local playback working before you can stream anything. As you do not see the local output it seems that your dshow input is configured incorrectly.

Maybe this could help:

DirectX audio output
--directx-audio-device=<integer>
Output device
DirectX device number: 0 default device, 1..N device by number(Note that the default device appears as 0 AND another number).

Not sure what you're trying to do, but I guess you may get what you need by specifying "screen:" as a source for input.

If you can view stream from your camera vith vlc, then, in most cases, you can rebroadcast it. You don't need WME, vlc can do transcoding for you, if needed. Using vlc you're only limited by your upstream bandwidth, not the number of viewers. The back side of the coin is that they'll be unable to co...

Did you try to launch multiple copies of vlc with corresponding URLs of the streams, separated by server?
Or you just need help in separation of the input streams on the server?
Please clarify your task.

You should specify necessary transcode options (vcodec, vb, acodec, ab, etc) to encode your new output stream.

Put "START /MIN vlc" in your .bat file

Excuse me, I should be more detailed. I suppose vb=96 is too low, though.

Post your command line, we'll try to give a hint.

Remove the square bracket.

You need to enable transcoding to embed subs into picture. This can substantially affect the quality of output. Are you sure you want to do this?

I suppose it's not possible with vlc.
It's easier to engineer more reliable input stream source, than to embed the functionality you had requested.

Just build it from src. It's not too hard as it seems. Take a stable release and disable everything you don't need.

I suppose an "STB" stands for some kind of IP-TV set-top. What access protocol, codec and format it uses then?

I think I can understand what you wrote, but still I cannot understand what you are trying to do. You need to allow users select files and play them with possibility to seek? Then you don't need streaming, you're just need progressive download. This can be done without using vlc for server, any http...

What codec, access protocol and mux are you using?
Try wmv3/wma, http and asf respectively, these should work.

Please clarify what do you want to achieve. For now your question too general, there's no marketing people to make PowerPoint presentations on VLC design. :) In two words the scheme is simple: for each input VLC creates the separate thread which takes care of driving the data from input down to outp...

Try to use the URI syntax - file://comutername/sharename/file.iso

All you need is just file sharing. When vlc takes file as input it (obviously) does not try to load it, but read the file progressively (plus use some caching ahead, if configured) and plays the movie from start. Vlc takes care of bitrate management. The streaming method lays the burden of bitrate m...

YAAAAAHOWWW! Bingo!
I'm just stupid lame. Searched source right to left and upside down to find that solution is just to use --sout-asf-bitrate-override option!
Anyway now I know how sout works. Or at least I think so.

First you have to be quite sure that your codec won't produce the stream of more than your channel's bandwidth. Check the settings and play the stream in another vlc to see the actual bandwidth (it'll be higher than codec's output because of the container and packetizing overhead. Lower the codec's ...

I want to put the emphasis on the fact, that, unless you are transcoding, you'll be the only one who see your logo - as network users do not have the logo graphics file and they do not ask their vlc's to add it.