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hi everyone ...!!!!!
i have a project about streaming with video lan server but when i download the 0.5.6 version for windows i don't fin the setup.exe file
i have windows vista as operating system and i don't know how to do....
any answer is welcome plz help........

Use VLC

then if i use VLC......tell me where i have to use the command line
like this one:
% vlc -vvv input_stream --sout ’#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga,vb=800,ab=128,deinterlace}:
standard{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.12.42,sap,name="TestStream"}’

Using DOS emulator or whatever it is called (cmd) and something like that: @see Command_line wiki page.

thanks for the help...
but i'm on vista and the access to where vlc is different and when i specify it in the command prompt it doesn't find it

On Vista it is C:\Programs\ I think. Anyway, try this (more portable):

thanks for the help
i was wondering if there is a way to regroup many vlc commands on one file and then be executed
i heard about things called scripts...
then if you have any information about it it would be great

On Windows, write all your commands into a simple text file naming it whatever.bat (not whatever.bat.txt).

Its icon will become a program one. Running this script will open a terminal which will execute your commands as if you were typing them.

it's great then
but i don't think this the wright place for them
where can i have answers about all the streaming issues

where can i have answers about all the streaming issues

It will take place in forum "VLC stream-output (sout)" )viewforum.php?f=4), on the Documentation:Streaming_HowTo wiki page and on the mailing lists (http://www.videolan.org/developers/lists.html).

NB: Many answers for many questions are already easy to find in the forum, the wiki, mailing list archives (aka google :), etc.

thanks again
well when i put the commands in the .bat file and excute it...there is a little problem is that the command prompt appairs and desappairs instantly...and when i execute it as administrator only the CD commands and vlc.exe are executed but the other commands about vlc are not even shown in the command prompt...

You can add a pause at the end of your script to check what it is doing (it will not disappear), or you can run it from a command line.

It will execute each line after the previous one ends. So if VLC starts, the script will wait for it to stop before executing the next line.

ok then there is a problem its that the vlc related commands are not recognized in the command prompt
can you give ma an example of a suite of commands that you have already tried and workend and thanks again
don't forget a little explanation of that commands

I don't use Windows as a daily basis. But those lines are an example. To get information about what is a bat file, better is to browser the internet and get more familiar with them. There are very simple.
If you have a problem, it is probably in VLC usage. For this, refer to Command_line as said earlier and try things with a pause command at the end to have logs printed.

myScript.bat:

great this totally works thanks again mr thannoy i can now focus on my streaming project
i hope you'll be there if i have any other quetion

You can also replace "c:\your\vide\file.avi" by "%1". Then you should be able to drag&drop a file on the .bat script and %1 will refer to the dropped file-name.