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Streaming local file through http with VLC

original question for reference using vlc -I qt a.mp4 '#http{mux=ffmpeg{mux=mp4},dst=:8080/stream}' --sout-all --sout-keep the video is playing locally fine with both audio and video but I got some ...
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Cannot play video stream from FFMPEG to VLC

I'm trying to stream my local webcam using FFMPEG. For test purposes, I'm doing this locally and try to open the stream using VLC (3.0.8, Windows 10). This is how I stream from FFMPEG: ffmpeg -f ...
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Using ffmpeg to (re)stream camera feed to RTMP server

Here's the deal, I have multiple cheap chinese WiFi cameras that i'm trying to livestream. The camera's have a web interface and (for my knowledge) lack an RTSP stream. The camera's output a MJPEG ...
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Capturing and processing a live RTMP stream

I'm trying to download a live stream (not a file) coming from a live camera feed available at the following website: http://www.dot.ca.gov/video/. I used Wireshark for sniffing the TCP packets and ...
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I have two M3U8 files that can be played, but don't have URLs in them. Why?

Here are the files; Z05_USEng.m3u8 and Z05_JPJpn.m3u8. I can use the command ffmpeg -i x -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vcodec copy -c copy -crf 50 file.mp4 , with x being the URL to the m3u8, to download the ...
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How to download RTMP stream from Stanford Math?

I would like to download the Tadashi Tokieda lectue https://mrc.stanford.edu/content/science-sheet-paper-0 inspecting the page, I discovered the following <script type="text/javascript"> ...
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How to stream MPEG video using RTP using VLC command line

I'm attempting to convert the following vlc command line which is streaming an MPEG video over UDP ( no RTP ): cvlc -vvv /vlc/attract.mpg :norm=ntsc :v4l2-width=320 :v4l2-height=240 :v4l2-standard=...
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How to reduce latency on FFmpeg video streaming?

On a video streaming application between Linux server (FFmpeg) and Windows client (VLC player), there is a noticeable latency of about 10 seconds. FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -re -f v4l2 -i /dev/video0 ...
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Video streaming fails over rtp protocol

Video streaming between Unix Server (ffmpeg) and Windows client (vlc) completed without errors. Server side: ffmpeg -f v4l2 -r 25 -i /dev/video0 http://192.168.1.114:27018/feed1.ffm Client side: ...
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Stream mp4 video via ffmpeg and rtmp using red5

I need to stream mp4 video file via FFMPEG and stream the output to RED5 using RTMP protocol. I am using the following command to do this. It's encoding perfectly, but it does not play when I embed ...
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Streaming Video From Server Using VLC CLI

Currently, I have a server with a bunch of home movies on it. These home movies are anywhere from 720p to 1080p. The bit rate of these videos is too high for me to stream via a simple "open the http ...
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FFMPEG: Stream a file with original playing rate

I want to stream a file to the network using ffmpeg in it's original frame rate; so I can play the generated UDP stream using some receiver client such as VLC. I used this command: ffmpeg -i "...
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Playing and recording a live stream from another computer webcam using VLC/FFmpeg

I was trying lately to set a video server on one machine and play it in a differen machine, it works with me.. but the problem is that it always stuck and become jammed in the middle .. and it is very ...
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DTS to AC3 conversion for LG TV using mediatomb DLNA server

I want to convert a MKV video file containing DTS audio to a stream with AC3 audio. I want to pass this resulting stream to mediatomb's transcoding feature. Mediatomb will transfer the stream via DLNA ...
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FFMPEG command to stream video to a Multicast address

I need to stream a video to a Multicast address. I heard using FFMPEG we can stream the content. I used the following command to stream to the multicast address ffmpeg.exe -i input -vcodec copy -...
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