Receive and save a stream
Receive a stream with VLC
Receive an unicast stream
% vlc -vvv rtp://@:5004
Receive a multicast stream
% vlc -vvv rtp://@239.255.12.42:5004
where 239.255.12.42 is the
multicast IP address you want to join,
and 5004 UDP port number.
Receive an HTTP/FTP/MMS stream
Use one of the following command lines:
% vlc -vvv http://example/stream.xyz
where http://example/stream.xyz
is the HTTP address of the stream;
% vlc -vvv ftp://example/stream.xyz
where ftp://example/stream.xyz
is the FTP address of the stream;
% vlc -vvv mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo
where
mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo is the MMS
address of the stream.
Receive a RTP stream available through RTSP
% vlc -vvv rtsp://www.hardradio.com/tonbeme.mov
where rtsp://www.hardradio.com/tonbeme.mov is the address of the stream.
Receive a stream described by an SDP file
% vlc -vvv http://server.example.org/stream.sdp
Save a stream with VLC
VLC can save the stream to the disk. In order
to do this, use the Stream Output of VLC : you can do it via the
graphical interface, or you can add to the command line the following
argument:
--sout file/muxer:stream.xyz
where:
muxer
is one of the formats supported by VLC's stream
output, i.e. :
ogg
for OGG format,
ps
for MPEG2-PS format,
ts
for MPEG2-PS format.
and stream.xyz is the name of
the file you want to save the stream to, with the right extension.
Receive a stream with a set-top-box
Some set-top-boxes with Ethernet cards can receive
MPEG2-TS streams over UDP and support multicast.
Set-top-boxes known to work with VLC are :
Pace set top boxes. (Pace Micro DSL 4000)
Aminocom set top boxes. (all the models with mpeg2)
tuxia / gct-allwell (mpeg4 and mpeg2) sigma designs8174 chipset
i3micro mood200 (mpeg4 and mpeg2 in transport streams)