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HI,

is there anyway to display the filename and running time of the video that i stream? so that people who watches it know what it currently playing and when its ending.

Thanks

You could use Marquee.

here is the link to the vlc wiki page

http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/marq

i'm using linux side stuff.. here is my example as to how I get it to work:

vlc --freetype-font=/usr/share/vlc/skins2/fonts/FreeSans.ttf --sub-filter=marq --marq-size=15 --marq-position=9 --marq-marquee="Live: My show" http://localhost:9070 --sout "#transcode{vcodec=FLV1,height=250,width=300,fps=15,acodec=mp3,vb=100,ab=64,sfilter=marq}:std{access=http,mux=ffmpeg{mux=flv},dst=everydayjunglist.org:8081/stream.flv}"


this allows me to display the marq as I transcode the video into my output flv.

Based on the Wiki page you could change the command in my example to something like:

from:

--marq-marquee="Live: My show"

to

--marq-marquee="Currently playing: \$t"

that should give a display of whats playing.

HI, thanks for the reply i've look it up but i am not using the command line but the gui. My files are all in a playlist, i just have to right click and choose stream so where am i suppose to add the:

--sub-filter=marq --marq-size=15 --marq-position=9 --marq-marquee="Currently playing: \$t"

Thanks

Hi,

i've foudn the correct setting which is:
This will display the name of the video i am streaming but how do i add it to a stream? the following is my stream:
I'm streaming a playlist which i right click and choose stream and the above is the only options i have for any manual input.

Thanks

Hi,
Doesn't work, no marquee is displayed but streaming works fine.
Works displaying the name of the file but is local only.

Please help me see what i did wrong with the streaming code above thanks alot.

make your command look like this:
and it should pop up. The sfilter=marq should add it to your transcode stream.

hey

thanks it works but now i wantd to add this $L which will show the duration, where can i insert it? and i think i need to specify the position as well as i already have the title shown.

thanks

i would guess something like this would work.
--marq-size=15 --marq-position=9 will set the text size and where the position. I use position 9 that way its in the the lower left corner of the page.