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Title: VideoLAN
Post by: judgej on August 13, 2007, 12:26:57 AM

This is a topic that comes up now and then: videoLAN (http://www.videolan.org) - anyone got any experience installing it on SME Server?

It looks like VideoLAN is mainly designed for a server with GUI capabilities, but it can be operated from the command line too. However, perhaps I would be better using a GUI-based distro, just for ease of installation?

Anyway - can it be done, i.e. can video be streamed using VideoLAN installed on SME Server?

-- Jason

Title: Re: VideoLAN
Post by: TrevorB on August 13, 2007, 12:25:01 PM

Quote from: "judgej"

Anyway - can it be done, i.e. can video be streamed using VideoLAN installed on SME Server?

You can certainly install it, but I don't know how well it will work...

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yum --enablerepo=dag install vlcand it will resolve all the dependencies etc.

To add the dag repository (http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Yum_Repository)

Good Luck
Trevor B
PS. Debian has a vlc-nox package (as in no X), but converting it to run on smeserver/centos may be very difficult

Title: VideoLAN
Post by: william_syd on August 13, 2007, 04:11:46 PM

Go on...  give it a go.

Start it with

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vlc --extraintf httpand then go to http://server-ip:8080

You might have to put a hole in iptables.

Title: Re: VideoLAN
Post by: judgej on August 19, 2007, 02:27:44 PM

Thanks. I will give that a go. Just need to sort out a crashing server first, but I'll report back on the outcome.

-- Jason

Title: Re: VideoLAN
Post by: william_syd on August 20, 2007, 02:34:49 PM

Quote from: judgej on August 19, 2007, 02:27:44 PM

Thanks. I will give that a go. Just need to sort out a crashing server first, but I'll report back on the outcome.

-- Jason

I've only installed it on in a VM without streaming anything yet.