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The codec in question is H.264 also known as MPEG4 part 10 or AVC. VLC can en-code this using the x264 library and de-code this using FFmpeg library. So when you want to increase performance for viewing in your case then you have to be somewhere else: Preferences, Input / Codecs, Demuxers, Other cod...

works with 0.9.0. probably related to the fact that this is not a true mms stream but some sort of redirect (reflector).

it's libgcrypt and it's under Libs.

You don't use std but the rtp module (and no need for the duplicate either) so something like this..

:sout=#transcode{vcodec=DIV1,vb=1024,scale=1}:rtp{port-video=1240,dst=192.168.22.182,ttl=64,sdp="file:///test.sdp"}

Then place the .sdp file on DSS

As you said indeed you create the .sdp file locally and put it on the DSS server. Various improvements have been made in the development/nightly builds to create proper sdp files. VLC server itself cannot do RTSP-TCP streaming yet (clients do support RTSP-TCP), so for that you can rely on a DSS serv...

Experimental multipass encoding with x264 should be available as of 20070305 in the nightly builds. There's no way of doing multipass from the GUI in one go yet but basically you need to set up a 1st and 2nd pass using the x264 options, whilst using the generated stats file. Multipass only works wit...

I've added a new howto to the wiki which should cover the existing problems with Cygwin and work with latest svn again: http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwin

Maybe increasing --file-caching.

Could be the system is too slow and can't keep up.. or there is some timing/buffering issue on the input. Try lowering resolution and quality settings and increase input caching (i.e. --file-caching 5000 for 5 sec. of file cache or --udp-caching 5000 for udp input etc.)

Also make sure you have reset your preferences. You can try disabling some hardware acceleration or use the Direct3D video mode (see Quick Settings in Programs shortcut). I don't think --disable-screensaver was fixed in OpenGL mode yet..

VLC doesn't use any codec packs. So either it works or it doesn't and there's nothing to change about that

VLC uses FFmpeg library to decode H.264.

I'd recommend staying away from Helix as far as possible. The universal file format imho is a myth. The only thing that seems to work is Real. Personally I've had problems with mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, wmv, Helix in combination with Flip4Mac. Helix wmv support is based on reverse engineering and my gues...

settings, preferences, advanced, select advanced options, deselect allow one instance when starting from file

DRM is not supported. The "individualization" proces which is done in windows media player just isn't there in VLC, this is a requirement in DRM. Sometimes VLC is able to decode but then shows the encrypted (garbled) video..

There is already a trouble ticket on the issue: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/948

"main error : cannot prefill buffer"

This one means there is no data coming in.. (could be firewall issue, or no multicast enabled network etc.)

There's a problem with starting 0.9.0 on win32 if sub autodetect is on (which it is by default). Try turning it off using this option in commandline: --no-sub-autodetect-file

Try one of the other video output modules, there is now Direct3D, DirectX and OpenGL. You can select them on win32 through the Quick Settings shortcuts in the Programs menu.

Try resetting your preferences and/or try: http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... 0.8.6-rc1/

The final release should be just around the corner..

Nothing extra like codec packs is used at all. VLC comes with its internal codecs. On Windows VLC is able to use the .dll from Windows Media to decode WMV files through the so called dmo (direct media objects) method but if you use a recent version (0.8.6 development or newer) it includes recent FFm...

VLC does not fully support MBR (multi bitrate). For streaming this has the side effect of all data coming in (noticable by the "packet loss" warnings produced by data from the 2nd stream) and sometimes it will show all individual video streams when opened from file.. On Windows you could t...

Using K-lite would be like blindly taking all the pills you can find in a cabinet for just heaving a headache and hoping for the best.. And VLC comes with its own internal codecs so installing codec packs won't help. If this is indeed MPEG4 part 10 / H.264 / AVC (with all quality turned on) then it ...

-The volume bar is not very precise. (And you cannot remote it whis the middle mouse button) -When you click somewhere further, it jump to a part. Both are related to a current limitation in the wxWidgets interface (jumps to 10% intervals) and is being addressed in the upcoming 0.9.0 version in a b...

Try using qcomp=0.01

Or not allow the interface to be switched when a video is in play mode