Difference between revisions of "Control VLC via a browser"

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1) Start vlc on the server with vlc -I dummy --extraintf http
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1) Start vlc on the server with vlc -I dummy --extraintf http   <br>
 
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2) If you want to bind vlc to a specific host or port use --http-host host:port<br>
2) If you want to bind vlc to a specific host or port use --http-host host:port
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3 Open your favorite webbrowser on the client<br>
 
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4) Load vlc http interface from browser with http://host:port (will default to hostname:8080)<br>
3) Open your favorite webbrowser on the client
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5) Add the files to be streamed to the playlist like /home/file.mpg<br>
 
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6) Add streaming destination in the sout field udp://<linux client>:1234<br>
4) Load vlc http interface from browser with http://host:port (will default to hostname:8080)
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7) Open vlc on the client, with vlc udp://@:1234<br>
 
 
5) Add the files to be streamed to the playlist like /home/file.mpg
 
 
 
6) Add streaming destination in the sout field udp://<linux client>:1234
 
 
 
7) Open vlc on the client, with vlc udp://@:1234
 

Revision as of 19:35, 28 January 2005

1) Start vlc on the server with vlc -I dummy --extraintf http
2) If you want to bind vlc to a specific host or port use --http-host host:port
3 Open your favorite webbrowser on the client
4) Load vlc http interface from browser with http://host:port (will default to hostname:8080)
5) Add the files to be streamed to the playlist like /home/file.mpg
6) Add streaming destination in the sout field udp://<linux client>:1234
7) Open vlc on the client, with vlc udp://@:1234