VLC Direct Streaming Example

[alexander0296]

it wont work over 3g :OOOOOOOOO

[scienide77]

Can it handle live tv from my tvheadend server? HD h264 high profile 4.1 ... I want that to play on my tablet ...

[MrVipul90]

hey! does this works on wifi?? or can also be worked on 3g?

[EclipseRealEstate]

It would help if you would talk



[pablobesada]

@EclipseRealEstate Hi,

I don't speak english, so it wouldn't help much :-)

Anyway, please refer to vlc direct blog. You will find a lot of info and user questions/answers.

Alsoyou can send me an email to

qdevplus @ gmail . com

if you have a specific question. Cheers!

[alvarez5150]

For future videos, make sure all steps are visible. i could not clearly see how you enabled web interface (very blury in 480p). Also the captions were a nice touch but added with voice instructions would have been better.

[chrisjjwilson]

I cant find my files on my pc :/ I have 6.8

[pablobesada]

@chrisjjwilson Hi, please send me a email to

qdevplus @ gmail. com

I will help you.

[12345678951974]

hi pablobesada. i tried doing this on my phone but it wont let me do it. it keeps saying that ''VLC not found in your network'' can you please help me out a bit. by the way does this work on Android 2.1 let me knw. thanks

[pablobesada]

@12345678951974

Hi, Yes, it should work in android 2.1

Youtube doesn't allows urls in comments, but please go to vlcdirect blog (w w w . vlcdirect . com) and see the section: Connecting to VLC Media Player

if after following the guide, you still can't connect, please send me an email to qdevplus@gmail.com

Regards!

[metalupyourassposers]

Can I use it with Linux? If so how. Thanks

[pablobesada]

@metalupyourassposers Yes, you can have VLC installed in a Linux. Regards.

[metalupyourassposers]

@pablobesada thats not what i meant, using your app i get "VLC not found in your network" thats why i asked that silly question. can you help me to config it?

[pablobesada]

@metalupyourassposers The message means that VLC Direct can not find your PC VLC. You can follow the guide "Connecting to VLC Media Player" in VLC Direct blog. Sorry I don't put the URL, but youtube doesn't allow me to insert urls in comments.if after following the guide you still can't connect, then try disabling your firewall, if that don't work either, send me an email to qdevplus@gmail

[gkdude1]

hi buddy, i know there a is way to permenantly enable web interface in vlc but i am unable to find it in the preference of the new vlc update. can you please help me....?

[Mopark25]

I have a problem. I do exactly what you do in the video, but for some reason, after I change the target to Android, it still controls the PC. Suggestions?

[pablobesada]

@Mopark25 Hi, after you toggle the target to "android", you must tap on a video file to start the streaming. Swiching target while a video is playing has no effect.

[gtube83]

hi this seems cool, i tried streaming from phone to pc's vlc and all ok,

but when i select target as phone and i use the icon to browse for videos on my pc its empty...how do i set it to find folders on my desktop pc?

thanks mate

[pablobesada]

@gtube83 Hi, in the third tab you should see your pc files? If that tab is empty, then there is a problem in the connection between VLC Direct and VLC Media Player

[doyouwantaspoon]

Great app, I just got the Pro version, but I have a serious problem. I have the Target thing set to Android, and when I try to open up the "My Videos" folder, it just doesn't open! I can open almost any other folder within My Documents, but when I tap on My Videos, it just does nothing. How the hell can I open the folder to browse my movies? Please help!

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon Hi, this is strange, maybe you have too much files in "My Videos" Folder? Other options is that you maybe have a file in the folder with strange characters in it name? If you could move some files to other folder and find more clues about the problem, I will be able to fix the issue. Thanks

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada Thanks for the fast reply. I moved one of the videos from My Videos to the root of My Documents, and was able to play it just fine. Just for whatever reason, when I tap My Videos, it briefly turns orange, showing that I've selected it, but then the folder just doesn't open. Nothing happens.

Also, is there a way to make VLC automatically set up a Web Interface every time it opens?

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon

Ok, How many files do you have in My Videos folder?

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada Over 1100, lots of movies and several complete TV shows, but they are organized very neatly in to different folders, not just all jumbled in the root. About 375GB worth of stuff.

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon Ok, the I am afraid this is the problem. I will see what can I do for the next version.

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada well thats pretty weak. alright, guess i'll just have to wait.

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon Question: How many files and folders do you have in "My Videos"? (not including files and folders that are inside subfolders of My Videos)

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada 10 folders in the root of My Videos right now.

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada DUUUUUUDE I got it to work. I guess I was trying to open an empty folder within My Documents, which was titled "My Videos". I went back to the root of /C and went straight to the correct Videos folder, and everything is right there.. User error on my part, your software works amazingly.

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon cool!, anyway there's a problem with empty folders. I will fix it in next version.

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada One request in your next update! I have a lot of anime with two channels of audio, one english, one japanese. The app doesn't play any audio at all on these videos, I guess since there are two channels of audio, it doesn't know which to select so there is none.. If you could set up a way to switch between channels, that would be awesome! I'm sure a lot of other people would love this feature!

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon could you please send me an email to qdevplus@gmail.com so we can discuss the feature? thanks!

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada I know that .mkv support isn't perfect, but some 720p anime I had was making VLC crash on my PC when I was trying to watch it on my phone. Just thought you might want to know what types of errors are happening.

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon Yes, this is a VLC Problem, try checking "Avoid Audio Transconding" for those files in VLC Direct->menu->settings->stream­ing settings->audio settings section

[doyouwantaspoon]

@pablobesada well that got the first channel of audio to work, but it would be nice to be able to switch between channels depending on what language i want. subtitle support would be great too.. and i noticed that there is hardcore video lag.. it's about 3 full seconds behind the audio.

[pablobesada]

@doyouwantaspoon Yes, you can start VLC Direct with web interface enabled, just create a shortcut vlc

and add to it the following command line

vlc.exe -I h.t.t.p (without the dots -youtube doest allow that word in comments, sorry-)

[excelx213]

does this support/play mkv files from the pc to the tablet/phone?

[pablobesada]

@excelx213 Yes, VLC Direct supports streaming of a wide variety of mkv files

[excelx213]

@pablobesada kool! thank you! I'm gonna go buy the pro version for my asus transformer.

please keep up the excellent work and i hope you keep updating the program. thank you.

[acid9757]

one question

i hav a netbook,a pc n a phone i can connect my netbook n my phone to my wifi

so can i use this app to play videos from netbook to phone or the other way around??

[pablobesada]

@acid9757 yes, you can stream videos from netbook to phone and from phone to netbook.

[acid9757]

@pablobesada thanks man netbook to phone and phone to netbook works perfectly :D

[GerbenMa123]

If I want to stream to my android tablet VLC crash.

[pablobesada]

@GerbenMa123 Which file format are you trying to stream? can you send me (or upload to megaupload, dropbox, etc.) the video, so I can try to reproduce the problem and fix it? thanks! (pablobesada@gmail.com)

[pablobesada]

yes, you can adjust frames per second and video bitrate in menu->settings->streaming settings

[rogermorsee]

Ok wonderful video. I got the dvd quality clips very smooth on my phone over the wifi. My problem is that most of my videos on the pc are 720p. Is there a way to play them back fine? Is there a way to like 'downgrade' the bitrate of the video on-the-fly so that the phone can stream the video properly?

[thesamnani]

Mr. Pablo Besada... You ROCK ... !

[fangbe2]

i have a question i have this program but can u also use it on an other wifi network or can u only use it on your home network?

thx for helping me :)

[pablobesada]

You can use it in any wifi network as long both devices (pc and phone) are able to connect each other though ports 8080, 4444, 5554, and any other port required by the rtsp streaming protocol (rtsp uses random udp packets through ports 1024-65553)

[pablobesada]

yes it works. You will need to be able to make a vpn between your device and your pc (with the corresponding router port forwarding). And your carrier must have streaming ports open (some carriers dont allow vpns or block streaming ports).

[CPL337]

does this work over 3g/4g?

[pablobesada]

yes it works. You will need to be able to make a vpn between your device and your pc (with the corresponding router port forwarding). And your carrier must have streaming ports open (some carriers dont allow vpns or block streaming ports).

[CPL337]

@pablobesada The screen stays black but the time moves forward when I try to use 3g, I forward 8080 on my router. Should I try a different port?

[pablobesada]

@CPL337 The thing is that the rtsp protocol uses random ports so try forwading all ports to your pc for both tcp and upd.