Live Streaming Question

[Neko]

Its my first time to use VLC v0.8.6c , and I have been on it all day. On my computer, I can flawlessly view the video in IE but in firefox... there's nothing. When I tried to view my streaming live video thru a webpage from another computer, it just doesn't show both on IE and Firefox. Here is a portion of my code (i'm not a professional web developer though)...

<!--[if IE]>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:E23FE9C6-778E-49D4-B537-38FCDE4887D8"
codebase="http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/video ... /axvlc.cab"
id="vlc" width="320" height="240" events="False">
<param name="Src" value="http://x.x.x.x:8080" />
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="True" />
<param name="AutoLoop" value="False" />
<param name="AutoPlay" value="TRUE" />
</OBJECT><![endif]-->
<![if !IE]>
<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin" name="video1" autoplay="yes"
loop="no" width="320" height="240"
target="http://x.x.x.x:8080" /><![endif]>
<![if !IE]>
<script> document.video1.play();</script>
<![endif]>

I tried this on another PC without VLC installed. In IE the plugin doesn't seem to install, while on Firefox... it said that the plugin was not found or unavailable.

Can someone please help me on the codes and the files needed to view my live video from another computer without having expertise? I intend to share my live videos with my families and friends abroad without them having the hassle of installing and configuring softwares in their computers (they're not techie). I would appreciate very much if anyone can help me do this... please.

Thank you very much and happy foruming!

Neko (Philippines)

[Neko]

anyone please?

[alrama]

versions above 0.8.5 require a different HTML embed syntax: (from VLC user Guide)

<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin" pluginspage="http://www.videolan.org" version="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2"
width="640"
height="480"
id="vlc">
</embed>

[Neko]

versions above 0.8.5 require a different HTML embed syntax: (from VLC user Guide)

<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin" pluginspage="http://www.videolan.org" version="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2"
width="640"
height="480"
id="vlc">
</embed>

Thank alrama for the reply! Appreciate it.

I tried revising my html but nothing appeared on the webpage. I've read the link you gave a couple of times and I think my problem was the plugin. It said in the documentation that the plugin is in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\mozilla... sadly, in my installation of VLC I don't have a folder MOZILLA inside VLC. I'm using 0.8.6c and installed the software successfully. Any ideas on where can I get the two files mention in the documentation?

I've experimented a couple of things before this. I've downloaded the npvlc.dll on some site. I tried using it in IE and it worked... but no luck on FIREFOX.

Maybe this is the missing link on my search to stream live video on the net. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

[alrama]

You can check navigating url: about:plugins in Firefox.
Simplest way to install plugin is reinstall VLC again. Check in "mozilla plugin" option during install (default is clear) . An other way to get it is copy some DLL in Firefox plugin directory without reinstall. I dont remeber details of this, you can search somewhere on wiki.videolan.org

[Neko]

You can check navigating url: about:plugins in Firefox.
Simplest way to install plugin is reinstall VLC again. Check in "mozilla plugin" option during install (default is clear) . An other way to get it is copy some DLL in Firefox plugin directory without reinstall. I dont remeber details of this, you can search somewhere on wiki.videolan.org

Will do that... thanks alrama!

[just-do-it]

your code in the original post was ok for me.
The only thing I had to do in ie was 'allow unsigned activex controls' in ie;tools;internet options;security;internet;cusomise

Code: Select all

[http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/vlc-plugin-demo/plugin.php?url=http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/vlc-plugin-demo/streams/sw_3M.mov&width=320&height=180

has another control if you have not seen and rejected it for your needs
Chris