VideoLAN Streaming HowtoAlexis de LattreJohan BilienAnil DaoudClément StenacAntoine CellerierJean-Paul Saman

Chapter 2. Easy streamingThe Wizard DialogInput selectionSelect a stream (such as a file, a network stream, a disk, a capture device ...) by selecting

Chapter 2. Easy streamingWizard input selection7

Chapter 2. Easy streamingWizard input selection from playlistStreaming methodsIf you chose Stream to network option, you can now specify the streaming

Chapter 2. Easy streamingFor instance, 192.168.0.1:80/stream will make VLC listen on the interface carrying the 192.168.0.1 IP address, on the80 TCP p

Chapter 2. Easy streamingWizard transcodeEncapsulation methodChoose the method format. The UDP streaming methods require MPEG TS encapsulation. The HT

Chapter 2. Easy streamingWizard encapsulation methodStreaming optionsIf you chose to Stream to network you can now specify several options.• Time To L

Chapter 2. Easy streaming• SAP Announce To advertise your stream over the network when using the UDP streaming method, using the SAPprotocol, enter th

Chapter 2. Easy streamingWizard save file - wxWindows interfaceYou can now select the Finish button to start streaming/converting the source.Streaming

Chapter 2. Easy streamingand options used 99% of time should be available in this panel.To stream the opened media, check the "Stream output"

Chapter 2. Easy streamingOpen file dialog - Mac OS X interface15

VideoLAN Streaming Howtoby Alexis de Lattre, Johan Bilien, Anil Daoud, Clément Stenac, Antoine Cellerier, and Jean-Paul SamanCopyright © 2002-2005 the

Chapter 2. Easy streamingThe Stream Output dialogStream output dialog - wxWindows interface16

Chapter 2. Easy streamingStream output dialog - wxWindows interfaceStream Output MRLOn the wxWindows interface, a text box displays the Stream Output

Chapter 2. Easy streamingOutput methods• Play localy: display the stream on your screen. This allows to display the stream you are actually streaming.

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the commandlineStructure of stream outputStream output is the name of the feature of VLC that allows to output any

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command lineThe available options are:access=This option allows to set the medium used to save or send the str

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command lineThe only available item option is dst-delay=<delay in ms>. It allows to delay PTS (Presentat

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linegroup=This option allows to specify the name of an optional group of streams. A VLC used as a clie

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linedelay=You can use this option to introduce a delay in the display of the stream. Delay has to be g

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command lineNote: The local interface IP argument is optional. If not given, VLC will listen on all available

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command lineemail=This options allows to give a contact e-mail addressesThe es module can be used to separate

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Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linedst-audio=Use this option to set the location where the audio elementary streams should be saved,

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linefixed quantizer scale for VBR encodings, i-quant-factor=<quantization factor> allows to set t

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linecropright=This option allows to crop the right part of the source video. The argument is the X coo

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linechannels=This option allows to set the number of channels of the resulting audio stream. This is u

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command linedst=This options allows to give the chain through which the duplicated stream should be processed.

Chapter 3. Advanced streaming using the command line--sout-keep, --no-sout-keepKeep sout open (default disabled) : use the same sout instance across t

Chapter 4. Examples for advanced use of VLC’sstream output (transcoding, multiple streaming, etc...)TranscodingTranscode the input stream and send it

Chapter 4. Examples for advanced use of VLC’s stream output (transcoding, multiple streaming, etc...)% vlc -vvv input_stream --sout ’#transcode{vcodec

Chapter 4. Examples for advanced use of VLC’s stream output (transcoding, multiple streaming, etc...)RTSPSee VLM - Multiple streaming and Video on dem

Chapter 5. VLM - Multiple streaming and Video ondemandVLMVideoLAN Manager is a small media manager designed to control multiple streams with only one

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Chapter 5. VLM - Multiple streaming and Video on demandVLM ElementsMediasA Media is composed with a list of inputs (the video and audio streams you wa

Chapter 5. VLM - Multiple streaming and Video on demand• load (config_file) : Load a configuration file. The config file path is relative to the directory i

Chapter 5. VLM - Multiple streaming and Video on demand• date (year)/(month)/(day)-(hour):(minutes):(seconds)|now : Specify the first date the schedule

Chapter 5. VLM - Multiple streaming and Video on demandScheduled broadcastingnew my_media broadcast enabledsetup my_media input my_video.mpeg input my

Chapter 6. Receive and save a streamReceive a stream with VLCReceive an unicast stream% vlc -vvv rtp://@:5004Receive a multicast stream% vlc -vvv rtp:

Chapter 6. Receive and save a streamwhere:• muxer is one of the formats supported by VLC’s stream output, i.e. :• ogg for OGG format,• ps for MPEG2-PS

Chapter 7. Stream a fileStream a file with VLC% vlc -vvv video1.xyz --sout udp:192.168.0.42 --ttl 12where:• video1.xyz is the file you want to stream,• 1

Chapter 8. Stream a DVDNote: Under Unix/Linux, you must have write access to the device corresponding to your DVD drive. For that, youshould be in the

Chapter 9. Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digitalterrestial TV)Note: This is possible under GNU/Linux only.Install the DVB driversIf you want to b

Chapter 9. Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV)Stream with VLCNote: VLC has many more features than VLS. First you can use the ad

Chapter 1. Streaming, Muxers and CodecsIntroductionOverviewVideoLAN is a complete software solution for video streaming, developed by students of the

Chapter 9. Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV)• cable frontend (QAM)• dvb-frequency : specifies the frequency to tune to in Hz; i

Chapter 10. Stream from encoding cards and othercapture peripheralsHardware encoding cardsNote: This is possible under GNU/Linux only.VideoLAN support

Chapter 10. Stream from encoding cards and other capture peripherals• 1000 is a secret value to work around a bug of the card.• 192.168.0.42 is either

Chapter 10. Stream from encoding cards and other capture peripheralsSoftware encoding cardsUnder GNU/LinuxInstall the Video for Linux driversIf you wa

Chapter 10. Stream from encoding cards and other capture peripherals• hurry-up allows the encoder to decrease the quality of the stream if the CPU can

Chapter 10. Stream from encoding cards and other capture peripherals• the IP address of the machine you want to unicast to• or the DNS name the machin

Chapter 11. Stream from a DV camcorderNote: This is possible under GNU/Linux only.Install the libraw1394 and libavc1394If you want to be able to strea

Chapter 12. Streaming over IPv6Streaming over IPv6This chapter covers the specifics of streaming over IPv6. You should still read the previous chapters

Chapter 12. Streaming over IPv6Streaming with VLCWith the Streaming Wizard (GUI)The streaming wizard accepts IPv6 addresses between braces, for exampl

Chapter 12. Streaming over IPv6UDP/RTP Multicast option, and specify the multicast address to subscribe to inside square brackets. The IPv6 addressess

Chapter 1. Streaming, Muxers and CodecsGlobal VideoLAN solutionMore details about the project can be found on the VideoLAN Web site (http://www.videol

Appendix A. GNU General Public LicensePreambleThe licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contras

Appendix A. GNU General Public Licensework based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends

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Appendix A. GNU General Public LicenseSection 7If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (

Appendix A. GNU General Public LicenseWARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK ASTO THE QUALITY AND PERFORM

Appendix A. GNU General Public LicenseThis General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your progra

Chapter 1. Streaming, Muxers and CodecsVideoLAN softwareVLC Media PlayerVLC works on many platforms: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, *BSD, Solaris, Fa

Chapter 1. Streaming, Muxers and CodecsA codec is a compression algorithm, used to reduce the size of a stream. There are audio codecs and video codec

Chapter 2. Easy streamingIntroThe easier way to start streaming with VLC is by using one of the graphical user interfaces: wxwindows for Windows andGN