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Hello, Guys!
Need help...
I have:
Sony z7E
http://www.sony.ru/biz/view/ShowProduct ... Camcorders (TechnicalSpecs)

that connected to Laptop with 'Windows 7 Home Premium system.
I want in real-time:
- convert input video from camcorder to mpeg4 or AVI format
- stream converted video and audio for 1-2 MAC-OS users
- save copy streamed video to HDD

1)should i use VLC for this?
2)i saw many input\output formats and streaming protocols supported by VLC. What exactly i should use?

thanks!

1. You can use VLC for that.
2. Many. For video I would suggest x264 video encoder (H.264) and for audio AAC. If you want to store, I would suggest container format MP4. If you want to stream, use TS container and HTTP streaming.

Hi:

If a Want a Multicast Streaming, y can use that cam too? via UDP or RTP Multicast?

Thanks

Multicast - that VLC feature, not cam.

VLC get input stream from cam and stream it via RTP Multicast.
http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... ng_samples

that example shows how to stream from file, if you want stream from cam you should replace
file:////home/vlc/Jumper.avi -> dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Your cam device name"

you should connect cam to pc, start VLC player -> Media -> Open Capture Device -> and there you get you cam device name and also check capture video/audio from cam.