Stream video to another PC with VLC Player

[JohnnyOthman]

Does streaming use internet like bandwidth or they just transfer the file wireless like Bluetooth?!

[voycham]

not bad, but can i stream videos to be watched by everybody on internet ? like megavideo or youtube ? thank you for you answer !

[Jackie00100]

Can you stream live webcam this way too?

[BrunoDzogovik]

@Jackie00100 Yes, there is an option to stream with DirectShow. Thus you can select proper video device to stream (and audio too), so you can combine something like that.

[stephmc111]

well thanks for nothing, cause it didnt work. also for those who do not know, the 8080 refers to a port on your router(netgear, d-link wireless router, etc...), i called my isp(rogers bell, the people you pay for having internet) and thay opened it for me.

[liamvg]

Is she from the renaissance faire?

[laura43fun]

VLC Player sucks for the lot of bugs and shit it contains. Just because it knows more codecs doesn't make it better. h264 and mkv are just some formats that were invented to promote VLC without them this player would be nothing!

[SharingEqualsCaring]

To stream on the internet, choose Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Not that hard.

[taylor8294]

Ohhh, I thought I'd have to actually walk into the other room! What effort! Thanks... or not.

[jahwiz1]

which version of VLC is she using?

[magicedaa]

well SHE UGLY....

[Matt00Brown]

it doesn't work on the new VLC??????

[jsanford91]

@Matt00Brown if you've figured out how to do it on the new one please tell me how

[jackjohnson]

Why stream the video? Why not simply execute the file on the local computer? \\computername\c$\file_path\fi­lename.avi

[antonprivolnov]

@jackjohnson

You don't understand client-server technology, when server stream to somewhere it can control playback, playlist... server is content creator. Your question is like : why we need radio? I may play locally my mp3 files :)

[IKEA12345678900]

I want to stream whatever is on my computer screen. For instance: I want one computer to run a game, and then let the other computer stream that.

[21wf]

All those talking about sharing are funny. Yes you can share files.

But her presentation is not about file sharing. She is demonstrating one of the features of VLC.

If you want to talk about file sharing, make your own video about it.

[apache1234657]

my vlc doesn't look like that boo

[jeromemayne]

@apache1234657 - mine doesn't either and I am so so so lost.

[rossta45]

Tanya ... I'm having trouble searching/finding any useful information on whether or not I can browse the host computer from my remote computer through the playlist, and choose which video I'd like to begin to stream. Is that even possible?

any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

[ScorchinBeats]

how about without VLC media player because it doesn't always work for me

[kakunukia]

very helpfull

[Dan38703]

VLC version used on this video is: VLC 0.8.6h

[djshuure]

Thanks, Ive been trying to hook this up for about 30mins.

[hometechpressure]

what version of vlc are you using?

[atan0k]

Oh the dumb things Windows users have to do.

In Ubuntu, you can easily have the files from one computer appear in another as if they were there.

I'm speaking of mounting with sshfs, but it can be as easy as typing sftp:// *ip of the other computer* in Nautilus (the file browser), then use any player.

Only thing you have to do is install the openssh-server package on the computer with the files, which takes like 10 seconds.

And of course, you can also do it like in the video.

[21wf]

@atan0k

This isn't file sharing. This is streaming. There's a difference, when there are many receiving computers.

UDP one-to-many multicast will allow the sending computer to only send the packet once. But you can't do that with file sharing.

Assuming you had 20 receiving computers, then the server has to send the same file 20 times. Whereas if you stream, each packet is sent just once, and the network multcasts it to the 20 receiving computers.

[atan0k]

@21wf

It's pretty much the same when there's only one client.

For multiple clients, multicasting is a Good Thing, but most home networks don't support it AFAIK.

[BlakByte]

oh she also has a zepto..

Tough luck!

[ChannelBROS]

Can you tell me the version you use in this tutorial?

[angeoll]

That is absolutely not the simpliest way to play movies over lan. You could just share the movie file over wlan or lan. Rightclick the folder where the movie file is located and go to properties->sharing. Seriously don't make things harder that they are. Ofc streaming is the right solution if you want to play the movie in another computer which is not in the same lan.

[Dan38703]

@angeoll

What is Ofc streaming?

Is it possible to stream a movie on a computer from a country to another with the method above?

[angeoll]

@Dan38703

I meant that when you want to play a movie in a computer which is not in your LAN it is best to stream it with VLC. So when you want to stream a movie to a computer which is, for example, in another country it can be done with VLC.

But when you want to play a movie in a computer which is in your LAN it is much easier to just share the file.

With "ofc" I meant "of course". I'm sorry for my comments being a bit unclear.

[masterpj55]

haha i found that out a long time ago :P

it's so simple

comeone!

[carnagerpm]

whoa....a girl that knows about computers Yum!

[mdaljev1]

much better if you share your files across the network, so other pc's can "see" them, and play them "localy" but taking the data from network pc, you have the full control.....

but VLC is in some times the only option to send media from one place to another......thanks for video...

[wickedbloodyvamp]

ok so how about streaming to a comp thats no on ur network...

[atan0k]

@wickedbloodyvamp use 0.0.0.0 in the Address, (in the router) forward external port 1234 to port 1234 of the source computer, (in destination computer) use the Internet IP address of the network of the source computer.

If both computers had a direct internet connection, you could do it like in the video, but you're usually behind a router.

[3Copson25Doughnuts]

@wickedbloodyvamp just open up the port then use the outside ipaddress then colon then the port or if you get a dydns or a no-ip you can just give your friends that

[slimhunter89]

@wickedbloodyvamp make a virtual network with hamachi, have all the computers you want to stream the video joined to that network and...voilà, you're done.

[fuduzan5562]

@wickedbloodyvamp run Hamachi and trick them into thinking they're in a LAN.

[BrunoDzogovik]

@fuduzan5562 That's called tunneling not tricking :D

[BrunoDzogovik]

@wickedbloodyvamp Then use RTSP. I was watching movies with my gf, she lives in Montenegro and I live in Macedonia. So using RTSP we watch movies "together" :)) Also there is an option, if you have dreambox, to stream with DVB-S via Satellite. Attach a video stream to Astra 28.2E and the whole world can catch up what you stream, with just using antenna and simple receiver :D

[Dan38703]

Very good tuto but how to do it with vlc 1.0.1 version coz the interface is completely different?.

Please I need a step by step explanation with 1.0.1 version.

Thank you.

Dan

[bratch96]

Interesting, but pointless. Just put the video in a shared folder. What I want to know is how to get vlc to work with my tv tuner card. Then stream the channel to my laptop.

[freaxosan]

what version are u use for this tutorial?

[guzguz21]

Thanks, i was able to stream a video thanks to this, but i'm using version 1.0.0 and the way to do it is different. I couldn't stream a playlist and the web interface shows this "404 Not found (/)" error message. :(

[johnson9dantheman]

Thanks for this guide! :)

[xagapiou]

very good.

but how about streaming through the internet? Is it working properly?Have u tested?

[fuduzan5562]

@xagapiou run Hamachi, or get a static IP. I also suggest using Google instead of being a fucking moron.

[streetsmartdude]

@fuduzan5562 HOW is he being a moron????

[sapnyosentry]

@fuduzan5562

dick

[img334]

this is very nice and easy guide thank you very mouch