Simple Streaming Instructions for a Noob?

[mcentyre]

I'm trying to stream live video across a network. The video is coming in from a TV tuner card and I want there to be a single client viewing. I may want to add additional clients later, but for now, one would be great.

I'm using 1.0.0 and I'm trying to setup the stream using the GUI.

I've confirmed that VLC can see the video input and *I believe* I confirmed that I can send and receive the stream on the same machine. However, when I try to connect, the client gets the error that it cannot connect to the server. I've tried UDP and HTTP. Can someone put simple instructions on setting up a stream. Such as, when using UDP, I put the same IP on both the server and the client? Or is it that I put the server IP in the client and the client IP in the server? Which protocol is best to use? I'm new to network streaming and haven't been able to located a good beginner's FAQ or instruction list. Is there any settings on the router that might effect my ability to connect even though I'm not going out to the internet?

Thanks!

[MrLou]

Windows or Linux?

Under linux with the V4L drivers, this is a pretty simple task at the command line something like:

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vlc -vvv /dev/dvb/adapter0 --sout '#standard{access=udp,mux=ts,url=239.16.0.32:1234}'

I guess a similar command should work under windows, but I don't use it so can't give you an example.

Cheers,

Lou