Transcoding on the fly

[Tumi]

Hello everyone

I am a noob in Vlc, and I'm trying to stream an avi movie to my amino stb.
Since the amion stb can only receive mpeg2 I need to transcode the avi to mpeg2 on the fly (or at least that was my intention)

I have been able to stream a DVD so I know the streaming works, but when I try to stream the Avi I get blank screen. So my questions are these:

1. Is it possible to transcode avi on the fly?
2. Can anyone help me do it?

I did try this on win XP, but I also have ubuntu 6.10 edgy eft, so if it is easier on either os, I have no problem with either.

Thanks in advance
Tumi

[funman]

Hello,

it's possible to transcode avi on the fly, and it works on all operating system
you can make it with the wizard: "File/Streaming Wizard"

[Tumi]

Hello Funman, and thanks for the reply. I did use the Wizard when I was trying this, but I did not succeed. I selected the file and chose unicast. Then I chose MPEG TS, and time to live 3, since I am routing the stream through a switch. What I am wondering... does this give me a mpeg2 stream, or does it just stream the avi file directly?

I also tried to open a file and then click on Advanced options, used udp and chose MPEG TS and the videocodecs mp2v and mp2a. That didn't do anything for me either.

Any advise? I really want this to work, so I am very grateful for all advise anyone can give me

Tumi

[DJ]

Try using fps=<framerate> on the command line. You won't be able to use the Wizard for this transcode.