streaming a file and webcam

[developprograms]

I have read through the documentation and am still having a tough time understanding how to use the command line, and was looking for some help or clarification. What I am trying to do is to stream a file from server to a client, and then I would also like to stream a webcam to the server, write the file of the webcam stream and then also multicast the webcam to another client.

I understand most of the syntax to stream from the server to the client, and here is my syntax to stream a file to a client

stream --sout '#rtp{dst=192.168.1.103,port=1234,sdp=file://c:/HouseMD113-Cursed.avi}'

it launches the vlc player, but it doesn't show that it is doing any streaming. I am unsure how to replicate this process on the client as well.

Also if there is any references on how to stream a webcam that would also be greatly appreciated. I understand the documentation but just need some more examples of uses to help understand the syntax.

Thanks for help in advance