New to VLC Streaming

[keillorr]

Hi,

I am running VLC on a Suse9.1 box, and I am trying to stream a live tv feed over the lan/wan. I am not sure how to do this. I have tried various things, but I guess that I am missing some pieces.

My Goal is to be able to stream from Suse9.1 and recieve the stream on an XP box. My question is really about the stream settings - I am not sure what to put in for a host (I have been using localhost) or do I need something else.


Am insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[markfm]

If it's VLC - VLC, simplest thing is a UDP stream, using MPEG TS Encapsulation method.

If the TV tuner output is already encoded (e.g., MPEG2), you don't have to do anything -- just stream it. If it is "raw" video, you need transcoding options -- encode the video and audio.

For VLC-VLC, mp4v video and mpga audio are good CODECs.

If you have clients that are Windows Media Player, you're stuck -- need to stream using MMS Output, ASF encapsulation Method, DIV3 video, mp3 audio. (the div3 and mp3 can be varied a bit, but WMP doesn't understand MP4V/mpga, best I can tell).

[keillorr]

Thanks for the response.

This may be trivial but what do I put in for the address of the UDP box - localhost or another server?

Thanks

[markfm]

At the server side, you put in either the single intended client's IP address, else a multicast address.

At the client side, if you use the wxwindows interface (GUI), the client does a File -- Open Network Stream. You pick the first UDP choice if it's addressed mode (the Server had plugged in the client's address). You pick the second UDP choice if it's connecting to a multicast from the Server -- then you type in the multicast address, in the space provided.

[Guest]

Hi,

I tried the UDP and entered in the client's address and it works, but if I wanted to connect from a unknown (office, friends, etc) ip over the net to view the stream, I would need a multicast server. What is a decent reliable multicast server. Could I use something like the Darwin server from Apple?

Again, any insight would be great.

Thanks again

[dumarjo]

i think in that cawee you need to use the http methode instead of the udp.

But i really new to vlc too

Jonathan

[markfm]

Dumarjo sounds about right.

If the Server is static, but the client shifts, unknown, configure the server to stream using, say, mmsh. The client then does a connect to network stream, mmsh to the Server's IP address, to tap the stream.