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I've been running a vlc streaming server for a little over a year now, and I have a list of about 200 avi files that it just shuffles through.

The problem I've been unable to solve so far is how to get VLC to create one continuous stream, instead of having the clients drop between files every time.

Anyone know if VLC can do this? Something like a crossfade, perhaps?


Thanks,
Raketemensch

The problem I've been unable to solve so far is how to get VLC to create one continuous stream, instead of having the clients drop between files every time.

Anyone know if VLC can do this? Something like a crossfade, perhaps?

Try using the --sout-keep flag.

Well, when I add -keep to --sout, it then tries to display the movie right there in the console. It looks pretty cool, but isn't especially helpful. The http stream never becomes available. Here's the command line I'm using:

vlc -vvv --extraintf logger -I http --http-src /usr/share/vlc/http/ --http-host
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8090 --logfile /var/www/stream.html --logmode {html} /mnt/space/experiment.m3u --sout-keep '#standard{access=http,mux=asf,url=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080}'

Any ideas?


Thanks,
Raketemensch

The --sout-keep argument is separate to --sout - Try this:

vlc -vvv --extraintf logger -I http --http-src /usr/share/vlc/http/ --http-host
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8090 --logfile /var/www/stream.html --logmode {html} /mnt/space/experiment.m3u --sout-keep --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=asf,url=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080}'

OK, that got me a little bit closer, but now the stream dies completely, with this error:

[00000293] main private error: cannot add a new stream (unsupported while muxing to this format)
[00000355] main packetizer error: cannot create packetizer output (mpga)


Thanks,
Raketemensch

Trying to look for a solution to my post here:
viewtopic.php?t=22195&highlight=continuous+streaming

Is there a GUI flag for sout keep ?

Thanks vm

under options > Stream Output (advanced mode) you can set "streamoutput keep open" or something like that to active.

I have the same problem "cannot create packetizer output (mpga)". This happens if you use the afs container. Dont know why but i am searching for a solution too.

Hi, I am also wondering, if there is an option to crossfade audio (mp3) playlist?

nope