VideoLAN HOWTO

Alexis de Lattre

Bill Eldridge

Anil Daoud

Mathieu Gautier

Clément Stenac

Copyright © 2002, 2003 the VideoLAN project

v1.6, 2003-04-28

This document describes how to use the complete VideoLAN streaming solution.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. What is the VideoLAN project ?
1.2. How can I use VideoLAN ?
1.3. Convention

2. Install the required software and hardware

2.1. Install VLC
2.2. Install VLS

3. Receive a stream

3.1. Receive a stream with VLC
3.2. Receive a stream with a Set Top Box

4. Stream a file

4.1. Stream a file with VLC
4.2. Stream a file with VLS

5. Stream a DVD

5.1. Stream a DVD with VLC
5.2. Stream a DVD with VLS

6. Stream a DVB channel (satellite or digital terrestial TV)

6.1. Install the DVB drivers
6.2. Stream with VLS

7. Stream from an MPEG encoding card

7.1. Install the drivers
7.2. Stream with VLC
7.3. Stream with VLS

8. Stream from an acquisition card

8.1. Install the Video for Linux drivers
8.2. Stream with VLC
8.3. Stream with VLS

9. Video On Demand

9.1. Overview
9.2. On the server side
9.3. On the client side

10. Add a channel information service

10.1. Install and configure the mini-SAP-server
10.2. Run the mini-SAP-server
10.3. Configure VLC(s) to listen to the SAP announces

A. GNU Free Documentation License

A.1. PREAMBLE
A.2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
A.3. VERBATIM COPYING
A.4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
A.5. MODIFICATIONS
A.6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
A.7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
A.8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
A.9. TRANSLATION
A.10. TERMINATION
A.11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
A.12. ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents

List of Figures
1-1. Global VideoLAN solution

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