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Hmmm, just found the following topic: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=18640&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc Turns out the way to find the name of your device is to select it within the gui. I've now tried the following: setup a1 input dshow://:dshow-adev=SB_Live!_Audio_[E800] ...

Ok. Well if I really don't want to restart vlc, I could always stream the file from the other computer to the main computer, and then stream it to everyone from there!

Just tried it, and still no luck. I was trying:
I just copied the name of the device from device manager. Is that right?

Is it possible to control the netsync properties through the Telnet or RC interfaces, rather than at startup?

I occasionally play stuff from a different computer to my master, so will need to change the netsync stuff to point to that one, and don't really want to have to restart vlc to do it!

Thanks

Ooh didn't know anything about that. I'll check it out. Thanks!

I'm trying to set up a multicast stream, playing mp3s to various computers around my house. Have managed to get it working, but of course the audio comes out of the computers out of sync. Is there any way of syncing the outputs, or is this a well-known problem with streaming?

Hi, I did write a longer post a few days ago, but have done some experimenting tonight and answered some of my questions. So have replaced that post with this shorter one. A few questions: a) Can you use a CD as an input to a VLM broadcast? b) Can you use a sound card line in as an input to a VLM br...

Ok. Thanks for letting me know!

Hi, I've been doing loads of research tonight on the RC and Telnet interfaces, and keep hearing talk of them being merged in future releases. Now I can only _imagine_ how difficult it is for developers to predict when things will be ready, but that's exactly what I'm going to do :P Basically, I need...

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Hi, I'm new to the world of VideoLAN. I've just read the manuals for the play and streaming uses of it and I still have a few questions. 1) Is it possible to run VideoLAN as a server on one computer (that I can then hide away in a cupboard), and use my main computer with a videolan gui (or similar) ...

Hi, I'm new to the world of VideoLAN. I've just read the manuals for the play and streaming uses of it and I still have a few questions. 1) Is it possible to run VideoLAN as a server on one computer (that I can then hide away in a cupboard), and use my main computer with a videolan gui (or similar) ...