wiki:VLCStreaming

Version 5 (modified by murphpo, 16 years ago) (diff)

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http://www.videolan.org/vlc/


Source Node

  • Open: choose a video file (most AVI & MPG files supported)
  • Stream/Save: check this, then click Settings

  • Play Locally: displays the video on the source node
  • UDP: streams the video via a UDP connection
    • Address: IP address of destination node
    • Port: UDP port to target at the destination (must match UDP port in destination node's Open Network Stream settings)
  • Transcoding Options: video compression scheme to apply to outgoing stream
    • Video Codec: WMV1 is recommended (for cross-platform compatibility)
    • Video Bitrate: Average rate of video stream; 512 - 2048 kb/s recommended
    • Audio Codec: MP3 is recommended
    • Audio Bitrate: Average data rate of audio stream; 16 - 32 kb/s recommended

Destination Node

  • UDP/RDP: Enter the port you specified at the source node (1234 by default)