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Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this is a dumb question or posted in the wrong place, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting things going, and I'm pretty new to this.

What I'm trying to do is set up a VOD server. I followed the guide, but it hasn't been working for me. So , I've been using the web interface to try and configure this.

The video on demand element loads up ok, but I can't seem to connect to it from other machines. I'm trying to serve video from Windows XP, and then connect with either Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux. I'm only trying to connect with the VLC player currently.

Here's how I'm trying to connect: Either, opening vlc player and choosing to connect to a network stream (then specifying "rtps://x.x.x.x:1234/Test" as what to connect to) or by using the command line in Linux (with the command "vlc rtsp://x.x.x.x:1234/Test"). I've also tried connecting on different port numbers.

When using the vlm web interface, do i need to be specifying options? I've tried adding options such as "--rstp-host" and "--port-5554" and then trying to connect on port 5554, but nothing seems to be working.

Hope all of this makes sense, and any help would be appreciated as I'm tearing my hair out.

Thanks!

Try this on your streaming server

Run VLC using:
In the Web Interface add:
If you want to change the output of your stream add something like this, otherwise don't add anything:
Access from other computers by typing in:
The default port for RTSP is 554 and thus is omitted from the address.

If all that doesn't work, try running VLC with this first (close it after it opens) and then start from the top
And if that doesn't work, make sure that you're allowing VLC through your firewall