Hi I don't have very much experience doing network streaming with vlc but I've been attempting to follow a guide to do a stream to a smart tv at this link
http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=stream_pc_vlc3. My problem is that after doing everything in the process to set this up I just can't tell that anything is actually being streamed at all. The stream configuration is from a bat file included in the guide and its contents may be helpful for others to know the stream type and how it's configured to run so I'll post the contents of that file here
@echo off
start "" /min /d "H:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC" "vlc.exe" -vvv dshow:// --sout=#transcode{venc=ffmpeg,vcodec=mp2v,vb=8000,fps=30,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:8085} --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep :dshow-vdev=screen-capture-recorder :dshow-adev=virtual-audio-capturer :dshow-aspect-ratio=16\:9 :dshow-caching=2000
Note: I have to add height and width to these options like so width=1280,height=720 when I run this or I get an error
Streaming / Transcoding failed: VLC could not open the mp2v video encoder.
After adding the options to the bat file vlc opens and seems to be streaming the desktop like it should be (vlc logo on player with numbers going up on the bottom right of the window) but the majority of the media information statistics shown is 0's
https://pasteboard.co/8KfhsGF13.jpg and I don't know how to test that it is actually streaming. I've tried entering the url address into other media players on this same computer and none of them open a video stream and because it is streaming to a web address I can't find a file to open so how would I test that the video stream is being produced correctly?
