http stream only lasts 2 mins

[homerjay]

hi

im trying to stream my webcam from my laptop to another pc on my lan.

ive created a .bat file as a shortcut.

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start vlc dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Integrated Webcam" -V dummy --intf=dummy --dummy-quiet :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV1,vb=500,fps=15,width=320,acodec=none}:http{mux=asf,dst=:8080/} :no-sout-rtp-sap :no-sout-standard-sap :ttl=1 :sout-keep

i can connect to the http stream from the other pc, but the connection only last 2 min or so.

i can connect again sometimes, but not all the time. but again it only lasts a couple of mins.

any ideas?

thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use h264 and ts

[homerjay]

ive tried that, but the i only get the vlc logo on screen and no video on the client.

nothing in codec information tab either, but no message saying no connection either?

thanks

[homerjay]

ignore the above, it seems to working, not sure what changed from the 1st couple of attempts though

thanks jean-baptiste

[homerjay]

hmm, seems a bit hit and miss now.

sometimes it wont connect at all, and when it does connect it still only last 2 mins or so.

what am i doing wrong?

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start vlc dshow:// :dshow-vdev="Integrated Webcam" -V dummy --intf=dummy --dummy-quiet :sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=250,fps=15,width=320,acodec=none}:duplicate{dst=http{mux=ts,dst=:8080/},dst=display} :no-sout-rtp-sap :no-sout-standard-sap :ttl=1 :sout-keep

[homerjay]

does anybody have any further ideas on this problem?

the stream only lasts about 2:20 every time with wmv and ive timed to be about 1 minute with h264 (although it doesnt show the time on vlc)

when i can reconnect using wmv by pressing play, it usually fails and i have to restart the server, but sometimes it connects with at about 1 fps

when using h254 if i only restart the client vlc and connect, i get "vlc does not support the audio or video format "undf". unfortunatley there is no way for you to fix this"

any help would be extremely appreciated

thanks

[homerjay]

after a couple of hours testing last night, it seems it not the client, its the server.

if i run through the api rather than cli, then i click to display output, the stream out freezes after 2 mins. cause the clients to disconnect.

if i leave the server stream for a min, it starts again.

the clients would not reconnect before, because the server stream was up and running again.

if i leave it a min the client will reconnect.

hope that makes sense.

so

how do i stop the server from dying after 2 mins?