Overview of the VideoLAN streaming solution
The VideoLAN streaming solution includes two programs:
- VLC media player which can be used as aserver and as a client to stream and receive networkstreams. VLC is able to stream all that it can read.
- VLS (VideoLAN Server), which can stream MPEG-1, MPEG-2 andMPEG-4 files, DVDs, digital satellite channels, digital terrestialtelevision channels and live videos on the network in unicast ormulticast. Most of the VLS functionality can now be found VLC.Usage of VLC instead of VLS is advised.
Complete details of thestreaming features are available.
- To download VLC, go to the VLC download page.
- To download VLS, you can browse our FTParchive.
- To download miniSAPserver, you can browse our FTParchive.
See Also
What is RTSP?
The network on which you setup the VideoLAN solution can be assmall as one ethernet 10/100Mb switch or hub, and as big as the wholeInternet.
The VideoLAN streaming solution has full IPv6support.
Examples of needed bandwidth are:
- 0.5 to 4 Mbit/s for a MPEG-4 stream,
- 3 to 4 Mbit/s for an MPEG-2 stream read from a satellite card, adigital television card or a MPEG-2 encoding card,
- 6 to 9 Mbit/s for a DVD.
VLC is able to announce its streams using the SAP/SDP standard, or using Zeroconf (also known as Bonjour).
Documentation
The VideoLAN streaming solution is documented in our documentation section
