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I've successfully streamed one song through the UDP protocol, but I can't seem to stream more than one file at a time, whenever I try a playlist file it opens the file then starts playing music and doesn't stream it, so does anyone know a way that I can stream a playlist of music?

Thanks.

I've been having problems streaming playlists via UDP ever since upgrading from 0.8.6i, all the way up to the current 1.0.2. Today I found a workaround, which is to use the command line interface on the server side rather than the GUI (leaving the receiver computer as-is). Hardware setup:

Receiver: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), VLC 1.0.2 (Goldeneye). Launch VLC, then Media > Open Network Stream. Protocol = UDP, Address blank, Port = 1234. Then click Play.

Streamer: MacOS 10.5.8, VLC 1.0.2 (Goldeneye)

What I'm seeing:

• On the Mac, this does NOT work: File > Advanced Open File ... > check the Streaming/Saving: box and click Settings > select Stream, UDP, IP address of the receiver, leave all else as default (TTL = 1, Port = 1234, Encapsulation Method = MPEG TS, "Display the stream locally" NOT checked, no transcoding or announcing). Finally click OK and browse to the M3U playlist file, then click Open. Result: Stream plays locally (despite the setting), nothing gets streamed. Using the Streaming/Exporting Wizard gives the same results.
• But this DOES work: in a Terminal window, do

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  /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --sout=udp://192.168.1.2:1234 my_playlist.m3u

Interestingly, the GUI method works fine for me with the exact same hardware and network setup using 0.8.6i (I kept the binary around for exactly this reason), but not on any version since.

VLC devs, I think this means the GUI method of UDP streaming is doing something extra that it shouldn't be, and this is interfering with UDP streaming. I've also tried it in the reverse direction (Ubuntu -> Mac) with similar results: individual files work OK, but playlists only play locally when the GUI is used. I started seeing this around 0.9.0, including nightlies.

Can you share the logs of differences?

Sure. If I've understood you correctly, here are the diffs between message logs:

1.0.2 GUI (plays locally, fails to stream) versus 1.0.2 commandline (streams correctly): and 1.0.2 GUI (as above) versus 0.8.6i GUI (also streams correctly): Hope I've understood you correctly and that this is useful. If not, please let me know which output log you're looking for and I'll gladly re-post.

Just tried it with 1.0.3-rc (Intel), no change -- still plays playlist locally, no streaming via UDP when launched from GUI, but works OK from command line.

I'm having the same problem with 1.0.3. Also, the problem does not seem limited to UDP; I notice the same thing occurs when you http streaming from the GUI.

Problem still exists with 1.1.0-rc7 (Intel). Updated ticket #3142 in VLC Trac with logfiles that hopefully illustrate what's going on.

You should try RTP.

Probably I'm doing something wrong, but RTP doesn't work here. If I issue the exact same commands in Terminal as described in my post above (Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:17 pm), only using RTP instead of UDP on both ends, the instance of VLC doing the streaming runs normally (and there is no local playback, which is as expected), but the instance listening for the inbound stream just sits there silently. When I do the exact same thing with UDP, it works as expected.

If I try to do either protocol directly from the GUI (whether via Advanced Open File > Streaming/Saving or using the Streaming/Exporting Wizard), I get only local playback.

Is the correct configuration on the receiving end the same with RTP as with UDP? (I did Media > Open Network Stream, Protocol = RTP, Address blank, Port = 1234, then hit play, as described above).