H.264 streaming

[rodolfocartas]

Hi all! I've ben having streaming h.264. I compiled the x264 development tree into VLC and I'm able to transcode video to this codec and play it locally. The next thing I wanted to do was to stream the encoded content with the following command:

vlc -vvv hipo.264 --sout '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,url=148.205.209.1:1234}'

The client plays the audio but has never played video. I'd like to know if VLC supports playing streamed h.264 or something is wrong.

thanks

rodolfo

[haasviktor]

Hi
I have a same problem too.
I stream x264 content and at the client side i have audio but no video.
I saved the stream to file and it contain only audio.
I think VLC lack of support of streaming x264 content.
Is it a bug or not?
Please somebody tell me.

Viktor

[dionoea]

until 1 or 2 days ago, video that you wanted to encode with x264 in VLC had to have a width and a height that were multiples of 16. (VLC will now crop the video to the closest multiple of 16 size). That could explain the problems you've had.

[haasviktor]

My video's width and a height were multiples of 16.
I can stream xvid and divx contents.
I think problem is somewhere else.
I tried http rtsp udp and many encapsulation format.
Did you succeed to stream x264 content?

[dionoea]

1) you should try a developement version ( http://vthr.videolan.org/~videolan )

2) you shouldn't do live h264 transcoding unless you are using a low resolution (since its really CPU intensive)

[haasviktor]

I always use the latest nightly builds.
I encode with VLC and virtualdub.
I tried live transcoding too.
I can't stream x264 content.
I don't know why.