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Hello,

Problem:
first of all, I would like to stream a video file via multicast with the VLC software. This works fine.
To open the stream I try it out with different players. Qicktime, Realmedia etc...
all can open that stream without, the Windows Media Player from Microsoft.

Encoder system:
- VLC software (create a mulicast stream)
- Batch script

Decoder system:
- Windows Media Player (with MP4 plugin)

Specification:
- OS: Win XP Pro
- VLC: 0.8.6.0 (batch script works perfect "do not change a running system!" )
- MP4 plug-in is installed
- Windows Media Player 9.0 (local machine)
- Windows Media Player 11 (Workstation)

I have also to try it out with the plug in from "Envivio".
source: http://www.nordunet2005.no/advstreaming.html
After the installation of this plugin the result is, a black screen if I open the .m4e (only change the extansion from .sdp to .m4e)

- Any other ideas to realise that?
- Any special plug's available?
- Quicktime and Realmedia is no alternative for me!

I hope other people have the same problem but could fix that


Kind regards,

JeFFrY

What transcoding options you use?

Hi,

here is the source code of my batch file:

1. transcode a MP4 file into h.264: 2. transcode a MPG-2 file into a MPG4:

acodec=mp4a or acodec=mp3 might be a little better option. And if you create a normal MP4 file as output, can WMP open it correctly?

Hi,

acodec=mp4a or acodec=mp3 might be a little better option. And if you create a normal MP4 file as output, can WMP open it correctly?

Unfortunately no changes... take a look on the screenshot...
It is possible to create with the VLC a .nsc file? The .nsc is the official multicast container from Microsoft.
Any ideas?



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I have an another question to the VLC.
Why I can not open a MPEG-4v/MPEG-2/H.264 Unicast stream with the WMP? I installed the FFDSHOW codec pack. I found in the configuration from the ffdshow programm all codecs that I need. But the wmp says, I must download and install the "mpgv" (for a mpeg-2 stream) or the MP4S (for a mpeg-4 stream) codec...
Screenshot of ffdshow configuration:



I have transcoded the video into the differents formats. If I start the video "over file", I can watch the video files... Thats the proof that the codecs work, or not?

The test files:
MPEG-4: transcoded with VLC from a mpeg-2 file <----- Playback with the wmp works fine
MPEG-2: VisCom software <----- Playback with the wmp works fine
H.264: transcoded with VLC from a mpeg-2 file <----- Playback with the wmp works fine
WMV7: transcoded with VLC from a mpeg-2 file <----- Playback with the wmp works fine
WMV9: transcoded with VLC from a mpeg-2 file <----- Playback with the wmp works fine

Can not open stream, reason codec not installed! This works fine... Without transcoding... Maybe the mpeg-4, mpeg-2 codec is not compatible to the ffdshow codec's?

I don't think VLC supports .nsc file creation. And the supported fourcc showed in FFDshow have to match to one that WMP displays. VLC will send mpeg-4 fourcc as MP4S which isn't good for all decoders.