From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 9 16:53:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9719D16A400 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 16:53:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE2C13C45D for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 16:53:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so314523ugh for ; Wed, 09 May 2007 09:53:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ETRQkNbT4vTfX1eUZLB5Prqrp1GKZQUCsnZ6cXd1oyagwSDkglBmG6K24wBaaVKyVNm1QY9o8N1jJByNmcqoVosH+jHqH1WuX/ZGSiW33L5o2Yuk10YzE1H/9k7wz9ol1YNG3GQ9pqyrcr0g+caKPK02j8WJBg4hCq2KHyfaAa8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VxxE49VQfFmGFiAXqMpWOAdchm+l7pyyQ+7U4PnuDNw3fK2biCXjJ91m0ye60VbDixGY7xlJuxMhJS5N0JHuuB5ouzFJyIx3CWZNyJwQtcHyPnHpYWN/5rHxmbhN0h08bgMHTFXFA4B02JXde4zDF6RK3NmlMAALbgCLAEEtKIU= Received: by 10.67.50.7 with SMTP id c7mr1352178ugk.1178728058431; Wed, 09 May 2007 09:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.101.15 with HTTP; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0705090927w144468f4x6cda503397120e3c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:27:38 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" To: multimedia@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <46411261.1030603@elischer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46411261.1030603@elischer.org> Cc: Subject: Re: streaming guru needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:53:11 -0000 On 5/8/07, Julian Elischer wrote: > So, to continue on the topic of my last email, > I'll be webcasting from BSDCan and teh FreeBSD devsummit that is with it. > however I'll be using my Mac because I've used it before > and I don't have time to experiment.. (Hey it's BSD ok?) > > I'm currently (and often) broadcasting > a test stream at rtsp://jello.ironport.com:80/Bsdtest.sdp > > > I do have several questions. > > 1/ what is the best protocol/codec/etc. > I'm currently using mpeg-4 audio and video .. is that ok? > also for ease of coping with firewalls I'm using RTP over RTSP > (I think that's right) on port 80 though others might work....? > > 2/ does anyone know how to get mplayer to show this stuff? > > 3/ people have had success using VLC. does anyone have an > definative description of how to set it up to work? > > 4/ has anyone recently figured out how to stream from BSD? > I've heard rumours of VLC being able to do it but I'm > not an expert in all this. > > I wish there was a good reference on this.. http://streaming411.com/wiki/Main_Page vlc can do it. The main difficulty I have run into is getting video from whatever capture card to vlc. -- "The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." G. B. Shaw www.thelastcitadel.com