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I am trying to setup a stream that allows a person to view a stream that is captured from a capture card and output to http stream, i have done this by using the vlc player but what i want to acheive now is if the pc is switched off i can simply turn the pc back on and the stream will start back up again

i have tried going through the gui and copying the code into notepad and creating a startup command line but when i run it it says that the commands are not valid

here is a sample commandline i am playing with which doesnt work,

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --:dshow-vdev=WebCam SCB-0340N :dshow-adev=Realtek HD Audio Input :dshow-caching=200 :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=wma2,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=http{mux=asf,dst=:8080/},ds

i am going quite wrong somewhere but cant quite see my issue

Can anyone help

Thanks in advance
chris

Missing and inappropriate syntax-quotations around devices & sout command string, also a --: ( -- or : Not both)

Example of GUI to command line here in Appendix section

http://wiki.videolan.org/Stream_VLC_to_ ... h#Appendix

Hi Greg

Thanks for the help, have done quite a bit of reading today and have got the following command line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dshow://:dshow-vdev="713x BDA Analog Capture":dshow-adev="Capture (Creatix SAA7131, Hybri" :dshow-caching="200" input_stream :sout="#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=wma2,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}" "#standard{access=http,mux=asf,dst=192.168.1.3:8080}"

I can run this is a cmd prompt and get the video running as a dshow but it doesnt say streaming at the bottom of the window just dshow so i am assuming this is only playing the video and not streaming the video fo other pc's to view

also when i try and access from another pc on the lan it says unable to open the MRL http://192.168.1.3:8080

most of the code above is taken from the gui when setting up a stream and the guide you pointed me to.

Hope you can help

thanks
chris

Your input section looks a bit ?? Extra ""? But if it is working/playing, then....

The sout has syntax errors eg extra "" ....

Something like this should work (direct copy from GUI + one pair of "")
Suggest you prove out input (to play), then prove out Sout to transcode/stream .. Keep it simple and basic while you are troubleshooting command line. ... Step by step.

Use the messages box GUI (log) at verbosity 2 for info or --vvv prefix for command line info/errors

Hi Greg

Thanks so much for the help

i know have a working stream, one little snag is that it is playing in black and white now,

i know the issue is the video crossbar properties as if i use the gui to setup a stream and goto advanced properties and select device properties just before the stream it lets me select the composite input, as by default the svideo input is selected

is there a commandline for this or do i just go and buy a composite to svideo converter?

Regards

Chris

Should be able to select & save Video input in Preferences - Show Settings " All" button checked

Input / codecs
Access Modules
Direct Show
Video Input pin

Hi Greg

I think i am there, i have purchased a svideo cable and converter so i just have it now using the svideo input,

Thanks for all of your help, the stream is now working great.

One last thing, on the pc i am using to connect to the stream i am getting a break in the audio every 2-3 seconds, shouldnt be a big issue as it is only being used to watch a bird nest but would be good to find out what may be causing it.

Chris

Difficult to say, could be some other process on your pc interupting, especially if your cpu is a bit stretched.

Could try increasing caching to say 2000

WMV/WMA is a somewhat less than best for encoding and streaming. If you need .asf output you could try divx/mp3.
Otherwise try some of the others Eg h264/mp3 or 4a etc

Newbie here... having the same issue Chris was...

Attempting to stream audio only. My command line is:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" dshow:// :dshow-vdev="none" :dshow-adev="SoundMAX Digital Audio" :dshow-caching="200" input_stream :sout="#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=96,channels=1,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=http{dst=:8080/stream.mp3},dst=display} :no-sout-rtp-sap :no-sout-standard-sap :ttl=1 :sout-keep"

I can get a dshow display locally, but can not seem to get a stream rolling.

Not quite sure what I'm missing.
Thanks in advance!
--Grayson