Problem in streaming h264 encoded video files.

[harirulez]

I used transcode option in VLC [on linux shell] to convert an AVI file [H264 video and mp3 audio] into ASF and tried to stream it using the command:

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vlc -vvv filename.avi --sout '#standard{access=rtp,mux=ts,url=192.168.xxx.xxx}'

The client machine doesn't receive any of the videos encoded using H264 format.
I tried the folllowing mux options:

• mux=ts
• mux=mp4

I used the command below at client side:

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vlc rtp:

I know that it is possible to stream H264 encoded videos, but don't know what is going wrong.
Am I using wrong mux option or is the command wrong [though it did work for other video formats].
Hoping for a quick reply.

[bpowell]

Can you run tcpdump on port 1234 on the client side to verify that packets are not arriving?

[teo]

Which version of VLC are you using?

I have never got anything newer than 0.8.5 to work with UDP streaming of H264 content... Not sure if that's you're problem though.

[harirulez]

Can you run tcpdump on port 1234 on the client side to verify that packets are not arriving?

Hi!
There was no problem in receiving packets.
Giving the command below opens up a VLC player window, but shows no video.

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vlc rtp:

[harirulez]

Which version of VLC are you using?

I have never got anything newer than 0.8.5 to work with UDP streaming of H264 content... Not sure if that's you're problem though.

Hi!

I am using version 0.8.6a of VLC.
It does support UDP streaming.

What I want to know is, does it support streaming of H264 encoded videos:?:
And if yes, which would be the right mux to use, because I suppose the error is due to usage of wrong mux.

Thanks to both of you for your prompt reply.

[teo]

Which version of VLC are you using?

I have never got anything newer than 0.8.5 to work with UDP streaming of H264 content... Not sure if that's you're problem though.

Hi!

I am using version 0.8.6a of VLC.
It does support UDP streaming.

What I want to know is, does it support streaming of H264 encoded videos:?:
And if yes, which would be the right mux to use, because I suppose the error is due to usage of wrong mux.

Thanks to both of you for your prompt reply.

Yes it should support it. But like I said, I used 0.8.5 to stream H264 files and when upgraded to 0.8.6 newer got it to work. I've only used TS mux.

[harirulez]

Thanks teo.

One more thing.. what other players are capable of receiving (and playing too) streaming media (specially H264 encoded mpeg videos) on client side?