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Posted: **23 Nov 2005 11:40**

This question may seem trivial, but searching the docs and the forum I couldn't find any enlighting information.
I want to mux a H.264 ES and a AC-3 ES into a TS.
Using the GUI (File->Streaming Assistant->Transcode...) I couldn't find a way to do this. Is there another place to do this? I'm not familiar with VLC yet.
Also, the cmd-line syntax is

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vlc input_stream --sout "#module1{option1=parameter1{parameter-option1},option2=parameter2}:#module2{option1=...,option2=...}:..."

since here only 1 "inpute_stream"-parameter is allowed, I also don't see how to do this here. I guess there may be a module which can do that, but I didn't find one...

Posted: **23 Nov 2005 15:50**

you need to do that with the bridge-out and bridge-in sout elements using the vlm interface. Have a look at the Mosaic howto on the wiki for more info : http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/Mosaic

Posted: **23 Nov 2005 19:32**

That doesn't look as simple as I hoped (at a first look). Maybe I'll try this out, thanks.

Posted: **23 Nov 2005 22:26**

an example vlm config would be :

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# this sends the 1st es to the bridge system
new es1 broadcast enabled input <your input> output #bridge-out

# this grabs the 1st es and groups it with the 2nd es.
# you can change display to any normal sout element.
# see streaming howto chapter 3
new es2 broadcast enabled input <your other input> output #bridge-in:display

(this hasn't been tested so their might still be some things to tweak)

Posted: **24 Nov 2005 09:49**

I tried this out now.

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 new es1 broadcast enabled input "/server/nfs/testfiles/SD-sample-video.264" output #bridge-out 
 
 new es2 broadcast enabled input "/server/nfs/testfiles/SD-sample-audio.mp3" output '#bridge-in:display

control es1 play
control es2 play

I tried to add the "control play" commands seen in the howto, but doesn't do nothing.
I saved the config file in the directory where I launched vlc with:

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vlc -vvv --vlm-conf config.vlm

I don't get any console output indicating that something is to be done (only interface related debug).

I also tried with output module standard{mux=ts,url=mux.ts,access=file}.

Is the way I tried correct or did I miss something?

I also tried this config:

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new my_mux broadcast enabled
setup my_mix input input "SD-sample-video.264" input "SD-sample-audio.mp3"
setup my_mux output '#standard{mux=ts,access=file,url=mux.ts}'

control my_mux play

seen in chapter 5. I guess this way the 2 streams are muxed without sync info (timestamps or whatever...), Is that correct?

Salut a Paris et merci beaucoup

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Posted: **26 Nov 2005 00:14**

to load vlm stuff you need to use the telnet or http interface. Just add "-I telnet" to your vlc command line.

bonne chance,

Posted: **26 Nov 2005 13:49**

Well, that was a good hint

Now I get a lot more output of vlc. Again the vlm config I uesd:

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 new es1 broadcast enabled input "/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264" output #bridge-out

 new es2 broadcast enabled input "/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-audio.mp3" output '#bridge-in:standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}'

after doing

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control es1 play
control es2 play

in telnet terminal, I get all that debug output attached. I don't understand if I still miss something in the vlm script or if it simply can't handle H.264 muxing:

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[00000253] main input debug: set input option: sout to #bridge-out
[00000253] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000253] main input debug: thread 1096129456 (input) created at priority 0 (src/input/input.c:249)
[00000254] main stream output debug: stream=`bridge-out'
[00000255] main private debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate
[00000182] main module debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_bridge"
[00000253] main input debug: `/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264' gives access `' demux `' path `/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264'
[00000253] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264'
[00000259] main demuxer debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
[00000259] main demuxer warning: no access_demux module matched "any"
[00000253] main input debug: creating access '' path='/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264'
[00000260] main access debug: looking for access2 module: 4 candidates
[00000260] vcd access debug: trying .cue file: /server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.cue
[00000260] access_file access debug: opening file `/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264'
[00000138] main module debug: using access2 module "access_file"
[00000265] main private debug: pre buffering
[00000265] main private debug: received first data for our buffer
[00000265] main private debug: prebuffering done 1408981 bytes in 0s - 145789 kbytes/s
[00000253] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264'
[00000266] main demuxer debug: looking for demux2 module: 38 candidates
[00000266] ts demuxer warning: TS module discarded (lost sync)
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug: detected format: h264
[00000253] main input debug: selecting program id=0
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug: adding es: video codec = h264
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug: AVFormat supported stream
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug:     - format = h264 (raw H264 video format)
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug:     - start time = -1
[00000266] ffmpeg demuxer debug:     - duration = -1
[00000016] main module debug: using demux2 module "ffmpeg"
[00000253] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/
[00000303] main packetizer debug: looking for packetizer module: 15 candidates
[00000303] packetizer_h264 packetizer debug: found NAL_SPS
[00000233] main module debug: using packetizer module "packetizer_h264"
[00000253] main input debug: stream out mode -> no decoder thread
[00000253] main input debug: starting in synch mode
[00000253] main input debug: `/server/nfs/testfiles/encoding/ts/SD-sample-video.264' successfully opened
[00000303] packetizer_h264 packetizer debug: found NAL_PPS
[00000254] main stream output debug: adding a new input
[00000255] stream_out_bridge private debug: bridging out input codec=h264 id=0 pos=0
[00000254] main stream output warning: trying to send non-dated packet to stream output!
[00000254] main stream output warning: trying to send non-dated packet to stream output!
[00000321] main input debug: set input option: sout to '#bridge-in:standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}'
[00000321] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000321] main input debug: thread 1117023152 (input) created at priority 0 (src/input/input.c:249)
[00000322] main stream output debug: using sout chain=`std{mux="",access="'#bridge-in",url="standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}'"}'
[00000322] main stream output debug: stream=`std'
[00000323] main private debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate
[00000323] main private warning: missing value for option mux
[00000323] main private debug: set sout option: sout-standard-access to '#bridge-in
[00000323] main private debug: set sout option: sout-standard-url to standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}'
[00000323] stream_out_standard private debug: creating `'#bridge-in/(null)://standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}''
[00000323] stream_out_standard private debug: extention is out,mux=ts}'
[00000323] stream_out_standard private debug: extention -> mux=(null)
[00000323] stream_out_standard private error: no mux specified or found by extention
[00000323] main private warning: no sout stream module matching "std" could be loaded
[00000323] main private debug: destroying chain... (name=std)
[00000323] main private debug: destroying chain done
[00000322] main stream output error: stream chained failed for `std{mux="",access="'#bridge-in",url="standard{access=file,url=mux-es.out,mux=ts}'"}'
[00000321] main input error: cannot start stream output instance, aborting
[00000321] main input debug: thread 1117023152 joined (src/input/input.c:386)
[00000253] main input debug: EOF reached
[00000253] main input debug: closing input
[00000016] main module debug: unlocking module "ffmpeg"
[00000138] main module debug: unlocking module "access_file"
[00000233] main module debug: unlocking module "packetizer_h264"
[00000303] main packetizer debug: killing decoder fourcc `h264', 0 PES in FIFO
[00000254] main stream output debug: removing an input
[00000253] main input debug: destroying sout
[00000255] main private debug: destroying chain... (name=bridge-out)
[00000182] main module debug: unlocking module "stream_out_bridge"
[00000255] main private debug: destroying chain done
[00000253] main input debug: thread 1096129456 joined (src/input/input.c:386)

Posted: **26 Nov 2005 19:13**

try removing the quotes arrond '#bridge-in ....'

Posted: **28 Nov 2005 12:32**

yeah, that was it, thanks.
Now in the resulting mux the video stream plays to fast, but that's another issue...

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