Streaming to multiple PC's on internet?

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Streaming to multiple PC's on internet?

Postby SteelRat » 03 Oct 2004 19:47

Hi!

I am playing around with VLC and it is an awesome piece of work!
I would like to be able to stream to a couple of PC's that are on the Internet from my 10Mbit internet connection.

I have searched the documentation and read the forum but still don't understand how to set it up.

It works locally when I use UDP, but how do I configure my stream to be able to be recieved on multiple PC's on the internet, like P2P connectivity.

I don't know what protocol to use for this...

Many thanks in advance for any help!
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Postby markfm » 03 Oct 2004 20:26

Use a point-to-point protocol like MMSH. Set up a stream on your PC, then other connect to it using mms to your PC's IP address and port.

You use up one set of bandwidth for each person connecting. In other words, if you're streaming 256 kbps, two users connecting will use 512 kbps of uplink from your machine.

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Postby SteelRat » 03 Oct 2004 21:26

Exfellent, many thanks!
I got it working but only with Windows Media Player 9, my friends are unable to view the stream using VLC for some reason.

I am using MMSH...

Thanks!
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Postby markfm » 03 Oct 2004 22:04

Try using the latest 0.8 test2

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Postby SteelRat » 03 Oct 2004 22:23

I tried the test 2 version but it still does not work, it is not a big problem but it is a bit annoying to have to use Windows Media Player instead of VLC.

I have a test stream running, with audio only if you want to give it a try.
mms://213.132.119.13:8000

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Postby markfm » 03 Oct 2004 23:34

Try launching vlc from a command line, at the client.
vlc mmsh://IP_of_Server:Port_of_Streamer

There was a small bug with the wxwindows client, wasn't letting you input mmsh://Server_IP:Server_Port. That's been fixed, should be OK in the next nightly build.

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Postby SteelRat » 04 Oct 2004 09:20

Thanks, that works! :D


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