Comment 2 for bug 1504547

Hi Fotis,

this is my procedure for multicasting videos using VLC:

1. In my clients, run "vlc rtp://@239.255.100.100" (replace 239.255.100.100 with any suitable address for multicasting, if you want it). Use option -f for fullscreen. I don't remember now why is that @ needed.

2. In my server, run "vlc <video-path-or-MRL> ':file-caching=300' '<VLC-multicast-options>' ':sout-keep'

Replace <VLC-multicast-options> with any of the following:

a) No live transcoding, no local playback
:sout=#rtp{dst=239.255.100.100,port=5004,mux=ts}

b) No live transcoding, local playback
:sout=#duplicate{dst=rtp{dst=239.255.100.100,port=5004,mux=ts},dst=display}

c) Live transcoding, no local playback
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:rtp{dst=239.255.100.100,port=5004,mux=ts}

d) Live transcoding, local playback
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:duplicate{dst=rtp{dst=239.255.100.100,port=5004,mux=ts},dst=display}

It works pretty fine for local files, but for some Youtube streams I need to enable live transcoding, which may slow down the multicast if original video resolution is high (720p and higher).

With these options, I can only multicast a single video. I still can't make it multicast an entire playlist.