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I need help writing a command line to match the streaming setup I've established using the Windows VLC GUI. Other volunteers at our church could never follow the steps needed by the GUI so I need to create a batch file that'll just run VLC with all streaming configuration baked in. Are there any gurus on this subject that would accept a Paypal contribution?

Please share the messages that you have when using the VLC Gui

Thank you for replying, Jean-Baptiste. No error messages, per se; I just can't get VLC to go into streaming mode with a command line argument.

Last night, figuring I might not receive any responses, I looked into VLC's Preferences | All Settings section. It would appear that one could configure VLC's default behavior to get close to my goal of simplicity for the average user. Maybe it wouldn't be as simple as running a batch file but if the user could run VLC and then click the play button or some other simple action, that would be easy enough. In your experience, is it better to use a batch file or could one configure the defaults so that VLC would begin streaming upon execution or at the click of a button in its GUI?

I was particularly intrigued by the Preferences | Stream Output section, where the user can enter a "Default stream output chain". The help bubble says this is documented somewhere but I cannot find anything via Google; only cryptic references to this term as it relates to the command line but nothing about it in Preferences. Maybe I should stick with the command line but I am curious whether this "default stream output chain" preference would be applicable, and if so, where is it documented?

I appreciate your responding but don't want to be accused of duplicate posts. (My goal with this Coffee Corner post was to seek a consultant and give up trying to figure this out on my own). Previously I posted a request for specific help with the command line arguments here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=101964#wrap. I had hoped that the "Generated stream output string" from the GUI might be a guide to what's needed in a command line but obviously there's more needed go get streaming from a capture device working. As you'll see if you visit my other post a member named VLC_help replied with an example, but that lead to the obvious (to a VLC noob) next question: how does one figure out the proper Direct Show device name to use in the :dshow-adev= argument? Maybe I'm getting closer to a solution but I'm not there yet.

If I ultimately fail at formulating the proper command line I'll reply back to you in my pursuit of a consultant. Thank you again for replying.

There is always debug messages, with verbosity to 2.

There is always debug messages, with verbosity to 2.

Merci, Jean-Baptiste. Your tip helped me arrive at a command argument that works. See my last post at viewtopic.php?f=14&t=101964#wrap

I also found one error using your suggestion and posted a question about it in the Windows section.

Thank you again for steering me in the right direction. It's slightly painful to slog through this but gratifying when it works.

There is always debug messages, with verbosity to 2.

Merci, Jean-Baptiste. Your tip helped me arrive at a command argument that works. See my last post at viewtopic.php?f=14&t=101964#wrap

De rien.

No need for the paypal contribution. Have fun at your church