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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

Hello,

it's possible to transcode avi on the fly, and it works on all operating system
you can make it with the wizard: "File/Streaming Wizard"

Hello Funman, and thanks for the reply. I did use the Wizard when I was trying this, but I did not succeed. I selected the file and chose unicast. Then I chose MPEG TS, and time to live 3, since I am routing the stream through a switch. What I am wondering... does this give me a mpeg2 stream, or does it just stream the avi file directly?

I also tried to open a file and then click on Advanced options, used udp and chose MPEG TS and the videocodecs mp2v and mp2a. That didn't do anything for me either.

Any advise? I really want this to work, so I am very grateful for all advise anyone can give me

Tumi

Try using fps=<framerate> on the command line. You won't be able to use the Wizard for this transcode.