VLC rtsp streaming question. (reposted)

[Orcephrye]

Hey guys! Quick question. Can I transcode across a VOD? If I remember correctly i got that to work on 0.9.6 build. However I am now using 0.9.8a and can't seam to get it going. The tutorials http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-h ... /ch05.html only show how to set it up in telnet. I have used both that and in the nice new VLM gui to no luck. Heres what I do in telnet...

I fallow the instructions posted at the end of the page linked above to get me started.

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cvlc --ttl 12 -vvv --color -I telnet --telnet-password videolan --rtsp-host 0.0.0.0:5554

and then log into telnet and

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new Test vod enabled setup Test input /path/to/video.avi

that works YAY! But then i wanna out a change to the output right?
this no worky

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#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128}

Now guys I hope I am just doing something dumb.. like forgeting something.. i tried setting the muxer i tried doing a rain dance... but alias to no avail!
Thanks for your help!

Oh btw I reposted this from viewtopic.php?f=13&t=55262 sorry if thats a problem but i haven't got a response in the last 24 hours or so... so.. yeah. HELP ME PLEASE!

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

In theory, you can transcode to VOD, but that's a silly idea. If you have a VOD-prone input, it's best to transcode it once first, then stream the transcoded result.

[Orcephrye]

True but what if you have say... 3 terebytes worth of completely differently formated video and audio... and you wanna be able to select something and stream it on the fly... and the client wants to be able to control the stream... hence a vod. And I kinda got it to work.. the funny thing is I dont' know what I did differently but it isn't giving me a live5555 error.
So yeah i don't thing transcoding a vod a silly thing though I understand your reasoning.