Streaming with VLC 1.1.0

[kj90]

I open up a local file in vlc player and then stream it through udp, giving it a multicast address and port. However, I can't open up the network stream in a different vlc player. This works perfectly fine when I stream on VLC 0.8.6. Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Try rtp

[kj90]

I'm getting the same problem with rtp.

[kj90]

So I realized that this is only a problem when I try to stream a local file. When I restream a stream, it works fine. Any ideas why? Do I need to activate transcoding? Am I setting some options wrong? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[kj90]

Maybe I'm setting something wrong with the transcoding?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

maybe input isn't fast enough...

[kj90]

I'm not sure what you mean...? It works fine with vlc 0.8.6 though.

This is what shows up in messages:

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qt4 debug: MRL passed to the Sout: C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg qt4 debug: Adding option: file-caching=300 qt4 debug: Adding option: :sout=#duplicate{dst=rtp{dst=239.255.0.12,port=1234,mux=ts},dst=display} qt4 debug: Adding option: no-sout-rtp-sap qt4 debug: Adding option: no-sout-standard-sap qt4 debug: Adding option: sout-keep main debug: adding item `Streaming' ( C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg ) qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg main debug: Creating an input for 'Streaming' main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 8 items, index 6 main debug: processing request item Streaming node null skip 0 main debug: resyncing on Streaming main debug: Streaming is at 7 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'Streaming' main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:214) main debug: thread started main debug: reusing sout main debug: you probably want to use gather stream_out main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\DOCUME~1\kjoseph\LOCALS~1\Temp' main debug: `C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' gives access `' demux `' path `C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 4 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms) main debug: creating access '' path='C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' main debug: looking for access module: 5 candidates vcd debug: trying .cue file: C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.cue vcd debug: could not find .cue file filesystem debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' main debug: using access module "filesystem" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms) main debug: Using AStream*Stream main debug: pre buffering main debug: received first data after 0 ms main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 2 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' main debug: looking for demux module: 50 candidates main debug: using demux module "ps" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: starting in async mode main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 3.000 ms - Total 3.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3.000 ms) main debug: `C:\Documents and Settings\kjoseph\Desktop\output.mpg' successfully opened ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync... ps warning: found sync code ps debug: we found a length of: 1488880000 main debug: selecting program id=0 main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates main debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_mpegvideo" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: thread started main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) main debug: Buffering 0% main debug: switching to sync mode packetizer_mpegvideo debug: size 256x256 fps=25.000 main debug: adding a new sout input (sout_input:0168f4f0) stream_out_duplicate debug: duplicated a new stream codec=mpgv (es=0 group=0) main debug: adding a new input mux_ts debug: adding input codec=mpgv pid=70 mux_ts debug: new PCR PID is 70 stream_out_duplicate debug: - added for output 0 main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-1/2 Video) started main debug: using decoder module "avcodec" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2.000 ms - Total 2.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.000 ms) main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301) main debug: thread started stream_out_duplicate debug: - added for output 1 main debug: Stream buffering done (360 ms in 6 ms) main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms main debug: no usable vout present, spawning one main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates freetype debug: Building font databases. qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input mux_ts warning: packet with too strange dts (dts=12273637000,old=107717314688,pcr=107717314688) freetype debug: Took 194000 microseconds freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:/WINDOWS/fonts/arial.ttf freetype debug: using fontsize: 2 main debug: using text renderer module "freetype" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 195.000 ms - Total 195.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 195.000 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: YUVA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality) main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: window size: 256x256 main debug: Deinterlacing available main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0 main debug: looking for video output module: 1 candidate vout_wrapper debug: Opening vout display wrapper main debug: looking for vout display module: 8 candidates directx debug: creating Vout EventThread directx debug: DirectXCreateWindow main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module: 3 candidates qt4 debug: requesting video... qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0 main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 42.000 ms - Total 42.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 42.000 ms) directx debug: created video sub-window directx debug: Vout EventThread running directx debug: disabling screen saver directx debug: directx-device: directx debug: DirectXEnumCallback: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: selecting NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M, \\.\DISPLAY1 directx debug: DirectXEnumCallback: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M, \\.\DISPLAY2 directx debug: screen dimensions (0x0,1280x1024) directx debug: DirectDraw Capabilities: overlay=1 yuvoverlay=1 can_deinterlace_overlay=1 colorkey=1 stretch=1 bltfourcc=1 directx debug: align_boundary_src=0,0 align_boundary_dest=1,1 align_size_src=0,0 align_size_dest=0,0 main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 264x283 window directx debug: YUV plain surface created successfully main debug: using vout display module "directx" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 88.000 ms - Total 88.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 88.000 ms) main debug: using video output module "vout_wrapper" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 88.000 ms - Total 88.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 88.000 ms) main debug: got 1 direct buffer(s) main debug: pic render sz 256x256, of (0,0), vsz 256x256, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic in sz 256x256, of (0,0), vsz 256x256, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: pic out sz 256x256, of (0,0), vsz 256x256, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0 main debug: direct render, mapping render pictures 0-23 to system pictures 1-24 avcodec debug: using direct rendering main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 427x256 window freetype debug: using fontsize: 16 main debug: looking for video blending module: 1 candidate blend debug: chroma: YUVA -> I420 main debug: using video blending module "blend" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: Post-processing available main warning: vlc_object_find_name(postproc) is not safe! main debug: auto hidding mouse

[Cweord]

I am having similar issues,

I used to stream on UDP on 224.0.0.1:1234

I cant make UDP work at all in the new win VLC, but thought ok, try HTTP or RTP - but no luck - I cant get anything to work

the main things I am sending are in DivX avi, and used to stream fine (I have used the same video for testing I used before), I have tried transcoding to mpeg, with little success

I could be using the wrong settings, when it starts asking for a path I am not sure what it is looking for - but all I am looking for is a multicast stream that can be watched simultaneously on multiple machines (in sync). My wife and I tend to watch at the same time, in the same room on 2 different computers while we work, so I have the sound on on one machine and the video on both - with UDP this worked fine, even had lip sync.

I cant find any docs that cover 1.1 or describe what you can or cant do - or even how to do it

Can anyone help.