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runing VLC 0.8.5


this is what i get when i try


main error: Cannot resolve 127.0.0.1 port 427 : Host or service not found
main error: cannot create socket(s) for HTTP host
access_output_http error: cannot listen on 127.0.0.1:427
stream_out_standard error: no suitable sout access module for `mmsh/asfh://127.0.0.1:427'
stream_out_duplicate error: no destination given
stream_out_transcode error: cannot create chain
main error: stream chain failed for `transcode{vcodec=DIV3,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp3,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=127.0.0.1:427}}'
main error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting


so what am not doing right
i see
main error: Cannot resolve 127.0.0.1 port 427 : Host or service not found
& i dont get y it cant see 127.0.0.1


does the same thing when i put in my 192.168.0.105

i realy need this thing to work


so can some one help me

I would venture a guess that what ever format the source is can't transcode into the format you want.

I would venture a guess that what ever format the source is can't transcode into the format you want.

what do you bace this guess on??

you know what i got it working

& it had nothing to do with transcode

it was some thing dumb that i did


i new it be some thing that i was doing


i thank you for trying to help me
& i thank every who viewed my port

UPDATE

ok i can get Windows Media Player to play my VLC stream

you see if i dont put in an ip in the http box then it will play on
my host name http://PUCK:1234/ mms://PUCK:1234/

but sop-cast or TVUBroadcast v1.0.2.1build162 they will not even try to connect to VLC using http://PUCK:1234/ mms://PUCK:1234/

but if i pop http://PUCK:1234/ mms://PUCK:1234/ into my Windows Media Player it works
but if i put http://192.168.0.101:1234/ mms://192.168.0.101:1234/ or mms://127.0.0.1:1234/ mms://127.0.0.1:1234/
Windows Media Player does not work


ok so say i input an ip into the box
& play

this is what i get
so it all starts with "main: creating httpd
main debug: net: listening to 192.168.0.101 port 1234
main error: Cannot resolve 192.168.0.101 port 1234 : Host or service not found"

so im ding for someone to help me with VLC

i'm soo runing out of ideas on how to deal with this

so if any one help me me fix this or help find some info on httpd errors with VLC
that be most help full

What does VLC say when you use host, not IP (View -> Messages)?

DivX 3 in a .asf container shows up as MPEG43 in WMP 10 or any Windows Direct Show player. If this doesn't work suggest a problem on that side. However, not knowing what the source is, there still is some doubt here.

You can press ctrl i while watching the video in VLC and go to the advanced info... tab. Post that here!

ok when i do host i got this



this is when i put nothing into the box

it does this with any video file or format i use for output
heres some info on the file

code DIV3
type video
resolution 640x352
frame rate 23.976023


code mpga
type audio
channels 2
123bk/s

also so im ruing this VLC v0.8.5

can some one just point me to a help file but one that was made more for only windows VLC & not fing mac or linux

"main: creating httpd
main debug: net: listening to 192.168.0.101 port 1234
main error: Cannot resolve 192.168.0.101 port 1234 : Host or service not found"

is there a way i can get this thing to see my ip of some kind

y is it even trying to resolve an fing ip

VLC for playing videos on ones pc is fing kick a-ss.
trying to get VLC to Broadcast pain in the a-ss

i do have Windows Media Encoder but that thing eats up CPU as VLC does not this is y i want to get it working soo bad

1. In streaming there are no differences between platforms.

2. The default port of 1234 hasn't been used since VLC 0.8.4 and you say your using 0.8.5

3. http:// doesn't require a port unless it's a redirect to something else. So it might be best to post the url or command line.

4. I asked for source format not destination format. If the source is the same as destination just select the container and not the format as this will create a copy.

5. The address your quoting is local. So it's a bit vague as to what your trying to accomplish or how your trying to accomplish this.

6. When one has problems with streaming it is best to separate transcoding from streaming by creating a local file first and know this plays before trying to stream. If you are trying to receive a stream the stream must work before you try to save it.

7. If you are trying to host a file, transcoding is required for streaming. If you are sure the transcode works by making a local file and playing it back, then you can call a second instance of VLC to check the stream locally. What this does is to eliminate everything except the router so that another machine can receive the stream. Keep in mind this is for testing only.

ok heres whats im trying to accomplish

i did not want to say to much about what i was trying to because some ppl have toled me VLC ppl dont like it when use there prog to do this



im trying to get VLC to take a Divx movie & stream it on mms://127.0.0.1:427 so then i can input it into Sop-Cast or TVUBroadcast

no what your saying about the port thing 1234 that whats in there by default & i did not change it because im just trying to get it to work
now i think i need it be streaming on 127.0.0.1 & not the host name
but it will not

now i want to VLC 0.8.5 like 2 weeks ago from a way older VLC
vlc 0.8.1

now i did keep my setings, you know how when you install VLC 0.8.5 it asks you do you want to keep your old setings etc
so i did & may be thats y it all Fed up

and as far as transcoding i have tryed every one there is i get the same thing so i dont think it has any thing to do with that

whats going on here has to do with the ip/host

sry about giving you worng info
640x352
123kbps
MP@

23 fps
124kbps
24bit
Divx YV12

Hmm! Looking at the documentation for Sop Cast it depends on the formats they support which I couldn't find. But in order to join their network you need their software. This has little to nothing to do with VLC.

TVUBroadcast sounds similar. This is a subscription service using their software. Again I couldn't find supported formats and there is no dedicated player. They say it's due out later this year????

Assuming you must use these services, about the only thing VLC may be good for is transcoding and assuming you can find the proper formats and if VLC supports this.

no your not geting it

when i can get it to play

it only work when i input no ip
mms://PUCK:1234/ & only Windows Media Player works with it

now if i want to have my laptop on my LAN play it
it does not

so we know that when it does work its only play on the host name of my pc PUCK
i cant get VLC to use any ip what so ever
this is some thing to do with an ip it its not format
i have been trying ti get this working for days now

something is not working in my VLC

i think may be i will remove all of it & re install

Either there is a gross lack of communication here or you are changing the usage of VLC. I wrote about trying to use VLC as a host or server and made suggestions in this regard. If you can't receive any URL on the web or local network this is another issue and probably associated with the way your system or router and or firewall is configured. But really I made suggestions as to how to determine this too by trying to use VLC as a host or server to a local network where another machine would be a client.

I'm really not sure where you are confused or again what exactly it is you are trying to do??? When you tried to describe this last time it was really scattered and I responded the best I could. When you came back the story is different???

i was right after i fully removed all of VLC & reinstalled it
its all working 100% of it

& it had nothing to do with what you thought it was

so in the end thanks for nothing LOL!!!

I didn't think it was anything! You never gave enough information to make any valid judgments. Oh! and next time try erasing VLC's preferences first. Like before coming here. After all it's easier to do than reinstall the program.

i will try one more time

ok ever use Windows Media Encoder9

if you have then you know that what it does is reencode a movie & stream it out


now VLC can do that as well


now both can stream out on local ip
127.0.0.1

then i use some thing like TVUBroadcast or SopCast
& input the local ip & port

& thos prog buffer the stream then Broadcasts it over the network

& i'm doing it now as im typing this replay

i new that it would work because ppl on board for P2P streaming toled me it would.

it seem that some thing left over from my way old VLC was fing up the new VLC

ppl had toled me VLC hates the ppl who amde thos progs

because tho use sp,e pf the DLL files