Re: Re: [OTish] Streaming Server

["Shaf Ali" <shaf@xxxxxxxx>]

Yeh I just worked that out : Holy Molly vlc is well impressive (even on
windoze) ;)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OTish] Streaming Server


> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Shaf Ali" <shaf@s...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What can I use to stream video to the LAN (something like real
server).
> > Except that the input will be dirctly captured from a video card.
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> www.videolan.org
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> You actually need the _client_ not the server.
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> The difference is historical - all the useful functionality, including
> streaming TO a network has been moved over into the client now.
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> Runs under linux and Windows. I use it under Windows, and it will
> stream any DirectShow input (which should mean pretty much any capture
> card, AIUI.)
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> I use it, albeit to stream pre-captured video and audio, and find it
> works well. One of the _really_ nice features is that it will do a
> multicast stream, so you can stream to multiple clients round the
> house with only a single stream (and thus no material extra network
load.)
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> Regards,
>
> Mark
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