4.1. Stream a file with VLC
% vlc -vvv video1.xyz --sout udp:192.168.0.42 --ttl 12
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where
:
video1.xyz
is the file you want to stream
,
192.168.0.42
is either
:
the IP address of the machine you want to unicast
to
;
or the DNS name the machine you want to unicast
to
;
or a multicast IP address
.
12
is the value of the TTL (Time To
Live) of your IP packets (which means that the stream will be
able to cross 11 routers)
.
If you want to stream the file continuously, add the
--loop option
.