Use case
- Stream from a webcam on computer A (running Microsoft Windows) to
- Computer B (running Linux) which broadcasts the stream to
- Computer C (running Microsoft Windows) with a web browser and Windows Media Player
Procedure
Computer A
Configure your capture device as follows:
| Type
|
Codec
|
| Video codec
|
DIV3 or possibly WMV
|
| Audio codec
|
mp3
|
| Container
|
ASF
|
- Use communication settings that Windows Media Player recognizes, such as:
| Item
|
Suggested value
|
| Transport
|
MMSH
|
| Address
|
Computer A's IP address, say 10.1.2.3
|
| Port
|
Any value over 8000, say 8123
|
Computer B
- Install vlc (e.g., via yum) or build from source
- Invoke vlc with the command line options to stream to via a port (e.g., 8456) on computer B (with IP address 10.4.5.6)
vlc -vvv mmsh://10.1.2.3:8123 --sout='#standard{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=10.4.5.6:8456}'
- Embed the following in a web page (e.g., in /home/myaccount/public_html/bcast.htm) to be served from computer B:
<OBJECT id="Player" width="320" height="240" CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="mms://10.4.5.6:8456">
<PARAM NAME="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" VALUE="True">
<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="True">
<PARAM name="uiMode" value="full">
<PARAM name="PlayCount" value="9999">
<PARAM NAME="stretchtofit" value="true">
</OBJECT>
Computer C
- Browse the web page from computer B (e.g., http://10.4.5.6/~myaccount/bcast.htm)
