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{{Howto|stream to ActiveX for [[Windows Media Player]]}}
==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:
*Use a codec that [[Windows Media Player]] recognizes, such as:

{| class="wikitable"
 ! Type
 ! Codec
|-
| Video codec
| [[DIV3]] or possibly [[WMV]]
|-
| Audio codec
| [[mp3]]
|-
| Container
| [[ASF]]
|}

*Use communication settings that Windows Media Player recognizes, such as:
{| class="wikitable"
 ! 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 [[wikipedia:Yellowdog Updater, Modified|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)
<PRE>
vlc -vvv mmsh://10.1.2.3:8123 --sout='#standard{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,url=10.4.5.6:8456}'
</PRE>
*Embed the following in a web page (e.g., in /home/myaccount/public_html/bcast.htm) to be served from computer B:

<PRE>
<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>
</PRE>

===Computer C===

*Browse the web page from computer B (e.g., <NOWIKI>http://10.4.5.6/~myaccount/bcast.htm</NOWIKI>)


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