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Hey guys,

I've been using VLC to transcode a few MMS streams into H264 format and rebroadcast them over RTP. This is done correctly and I didn't encounter any errors so far. Problem is when the MMS signal is lost. And here is where my problem starts:

Whenever something happens on a mms stream, for example the end of a video playing in Windows Media Services Encoder app, VLC tends to end the process as well, saying in the console: Nothing to play.

I am wondering if there is a way, to set VLC to listen in for new content while still having the transcoder loaded? Here is the command I use:

vlc -vvv -I rc mms://XX.XX.XX.XX/channel_name --sout "#transcode{venc=x264{keyint=30},vcodec=x264,vb=650,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=96,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:rtp{dst=display,dst=***.**.**.**,sdp=file://C:\new_encoded_channel.sdp}"

Ips are no matter. I just want VLC to keep the encoding even if there is no source stream. Anyone having any ideeas?

This interesting for me too.

hi

you have to use mosaic and put an image in second stream
result : when you video stream stop for any reason, client will get your image
if video restarts, client will get video because image is behind

works like a charm

problem : since vlc 0.9, it doesn't work well

NIko

@cable007: could you please post example command? Your working command?

--loop

I had a similar problem when streaming audio. In using mp3 files the stream would stop at the end of each song. When I switched to the ogg format it just kept on playing.