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Hello everyone

I am a noob in Vlc, and I'm trying to stream an avi movie to my amino stb.
Since the amion stb can only receive mpeg2 I need to transcode the avi to mpeg2 on the fly (or at least that was my intention)

I have been able to stream a DVD so I know the streaming works, but when I try to stream the Avi I get blank screen. So my questions are these:

1. Is it possible to transcode avi on the fly?
2. Can anyone help me do it?

I did try this on win XP, but I also have ubuntu 6.10 edgy eft, so if it is easier on either os, I have no problem with either.

Thanks in advance
Tumi

1. Is it possible to transcode avi on the fly?

yes.

2. Can anyone help me do it?

Hmmm, not me. But here's my two cents:
Once you configured VLC to correctly open the source (no matter if its a DVD or an avi file), then you can process the video according to the VLC output formats. VLC is "decoding" the file/stream first, and then it either "encodes" the file/stream again, or simply displays it on the screen. And these are tasks (decoding/encoding) that happen independently from each other. In other words: if you can play a file with VLC, then you can encode it, too.
If you haven't yet tried it, you might want to have a look at the "stream/save" options of the VLC GUI that you can find at the "Open File" dialogue.