Using screen:// with multicast

[axiomx11]

This looks like it should be possible, but I can't get it to work.

Multicast runs great

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vlc "EarlyLig2001.mpeg" :sout=#duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=224.0.0.0:1234}}

That displays both places as it should.

But when I try to run my screen over multicast:

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vlc screen:// :sout=#duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=224.0.0.0:1234}}

It only shows locally.

Should this work?

[dionoea]

you need to encode the video

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--sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=2048}:std{...blabla...}"

[axiomx11]

I am pretty new to using VideoLAN on the commandline.

I tried:

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vlc screen:// :sout='#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=2048}:std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=224.0.0.0:1234}'

But that just brings up a VLC player that does not apper to be broadcasting anything. If I click 'play' it will say 'screen' in the status bar for a split second, but then disapear and stop.

I tried this from the streaming docs:

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vlc -vvv screen:// --sout '#duplicate{dst=standard{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,sap,name="OriginalStream"}, dst="transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga,vb=800,ab=128}: standard{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.3,sap,name="TranscodedStream"}"}'

But I get the same result.

Surely I am close?

EDIT:
This command appears to be trying, but I am getting a black screen on the client VLC

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vlc screen:// --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=2048}: std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=224.0.0.0:1234}"

EDIT AGAIN:

This command works, but is horrendously slow. Need to study bitrates.

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vlc screen:// --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga,vb=800,ab=128}: std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=224.0.0.0:1234}"

[dionoea]

screen:// is kind of slow. You can change the number of fps it gets. --screen-fps i think.