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Revision as of 12:21, 11 January 2007
| This page describes how to use the HTTP interface to control VLC from a web browser. | Other "how to" pages |
vlc -I http
You can use --extraintf if you want to specify more than one interface (see interface for details)
- If you want to bind VLC to a specific host and port use --http-host host:port
- Open your favourite web browser on the client
- Type the IP address (or URL) of the host in the location field (address bar). You may need to specify the port (VLC defalts to using port 8080)
- An example is http://127.0.0.1:8080 - 127.0.0.1 refers to the local machine.
- Add the files to be streamed to the playlist like /home/file.mpg
- Add streaming destination in the sout field udp://<client>:1234
- Open VLC on the client, with VLC udp://@:1234
