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I am looking for a nox version for VLC 2.1 an above for uBuntu Server 12.04. Where can I download that from? Also I am planning to use my server as a video on demand streaming machine running strictly over command line. What are the packages that I will need for solve this purpose?

Also, can I use VLC for a production grade product where I may have about 1000 concurrent streams or more? What I wish to know is that can VLC be used as a reliable streaming server for a production grade video on demand product like Netflix?

Thanks!

Check a PPA for 2.1.0.
For VOD, why not using nginx or lighttpd?

Thank you Jean, I will surely give these two a try. I hope nginx is able to do HTTP streaming of MPEG2-TS content. I did not find a mention of how to use this as a video on demand server for MP2T content just for MP4.

It also mentioned that Netflix uses this server. Are they using this for streaming content? I have begun to fall in love with the simplicity of VLC. Can I not use it as a production grade streaming system?

VoD streaming is just plain HTTP serving.