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questions about streaming video and saving stream

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 14:49
by pengyou54
Now I have two question about streaming functions of VLC 1.1.4

1. In the VLC 1.1.4 streaming output function, there is an option in choosing new destination: RTP Audio/Video Profile. What is the difference between it and RTP/MPEG Transport Stream? Can we use VLC to stream a h.264 encoded video file? Or we have to convert the H.264 video file into the MPEG TS file if we want to stream it?

2.Now I want to save the received video stream into a file. In the previous version of VLC, there was an option: dump raw input.But in the new version there is no such option. Now I use a VLC 1.1.4 to stream a MPEG-2 transport stream over the IP network and another VLC to save the received MPEG-2 video in a file. I would like VLC to save the input stream as it read. That is to say the saved video should be the same the original video in the server side. Then I choose file as new destination, "test.ts" as a filename and disable activate transcoding. Although the VLC can save the input stream into the file, the received video is not TS format, but PS format. How can I make VLC save the input stream in TS format?

Thank you very much. I need any help on these questions very much.

Re: questions about streaming video and saving stream

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 18:16
by jackachan
1. In the VLC 1.1.4 streaming output function, there is an option in choosing new destination: RTP Audio/Video Profile. What is the difference between it and RTP/MPEG Transport Stream? Can we use VLC to stream a h.264 encoded video file? Or we have to convert the H.264 video file into the MPEG TS file if we want to stream it?
I have the same question.
I tried both. But, only with RTP/MPEG Transport Stream, my receiver can display the video I stream. By setting RTP Audio/Video Profile, the receiver side cannot display anything, I'm not sure there are something being received though.
Can anyone help?

Re: questions about streaming video and saving stream

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 14:56
by rogerdpack
looking at the exact command line string generated might help see if there are any differences.
http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... m_with_VLC might help
http://wiki.videolan.org/Transcode#Tran ... the_Wizard might help