Stream with VLC for instore demo

[aaronp]

Hi all, new user.. been using basic features of VLC for some time tho

I'm setting up an instore display with multiple PC's, I tried using the setup wizard to do the multicast via http, but nothing seemed to work. Can anyone give me a guide to do this, it would be a great help!

Many thanks,

Aaron

[mrgoblin]

Multicast needs to use UDP.. try rtp:// or udp://

[aaronp]

Thanks for that.. I've never used the telnet interface before, I'm guessing I need to go there for this?

What I'm trying to achieve essentially is to have music etc playing from a main PC in the store and the stream picked up on any PC, laptop, tablet and Mac device I have in store as a demo of media capabilities, is multicast the right idea? I want to be able to just open a browser or media program and have the same video showing across all screens.

Still stumped...

Aaron

[mrgoblin]

No you can do that via the GUI.

And yes Multicast sounds like the right way for what you are doing.
Look for the VLC streaming HowTo it steps you through setting a stream up.

You'll need to output on a multicast address like this :rtp{mux=ts,dst=224.1.1.1,port=5004} and then in the client set it to play a stream with the address.

rtp://@224.1.1.1:5004

All via the gui.

[aaronp]

thanks again, been away a bit and on the trail again now

i'm using vlc 1.1.11 and the guides i've read all seem to work with older verions, should i go back to an older version?

1.1.11 seems pretty different and i'm not sure how to follow the guides in relation to it. i cant even find multicast in the new version

any and all help appreciated.. really!

[BobH2]

Ditto - need newbe help with the latest version.

I think I'm close but Idon't know what protocols to use on host and clients

Media - Streaming - Capture Device - Mode:desktop - Show more - Stream button - Source Screen:// - Next (getting in the weeds here)...

What destination (protocol?) should I use?

Following the post above I think I would use RTP / MPEG Transport Stream - is the address any random IP address or the IP address of the PC doing the streaming?

Do I use Active Transcoding? Which one?

If I accept most of the defaults I get:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=0,scale=0,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:rtp{dst=224.1.1.1,port=5004,mux=ts} :no-sout-rtp-sap :no-sout-standard-sap :ttl=1 :sout-keep

Do I just click Stream and go on-air?

How does a client get to the stream? Is VLC requried? Can I use Windows Media? WM didn't like the suggested rtp://@224.1.1.1:5004

Similar to the post my goal is to broadcast a desktop over a LAN. The desktop will be displaying a video but the quality isn't important - audio is what I really need.