Documentation:Modules/udp

Access

Module: udp
Type	Access
First VLC version	-
Last VLC version	-
Operating system(s)	all
Description	UDP input
Shortcut(s)	udp, udpstream, udp4, udp6

The options --server-port and --udp-buffer were deprecated in 2.0.0 and 3.0.0. --udp-timeout was added in 3.0.0.

• udp-timeout <integer> : UDP Source timeout (sec) default value: -1

Access output

Module: udp
Type	Access output
First VLC version	-
Last VLC version	-
Operating system(s)	all
Description	UDP stream output
Shortcut(s)	udp

• sout-udp-caching <integer> : Default caching value for outbound UDP streams. This value should be set in milliseconds default value: DEFAULT_PTS_DELAY / 1000
• sout-udp-group <integer> : Packets can be sent one by one at the right time or by groups. You can choose the number of packets that will be sent at a time. It helps reducing the scheduling load on heavily-loaded systems default value: 1

Source code

• modules/access/udp.c
• modules/access_output/udp.c

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