Problems streaming VLC over WAN

[terryduckworth]

Hello

I am trying to get streaming via vlc working over the WAN, I have set up port forwarding and can see the webif over the WAN but when I open the M3U file in vlc I get error messages saying the stream cannot be opened.

I have it working in VLC over the LAN, have set up port forwarding, DynDns etc, but just cant get over this last hurdle.

Di I need to change some settings in vlc, Im currently on version 0.86 of vlc as I have seen in other posts that people have had issues with the later versions epecially on dreamboxes.

I have tried opening vlc over more than 1 location but it doesnt work

Any ideas on what it could be or detailed tutorials..?

Aalso I can never get the webx-tv working either on the LAN or Wan not sure if its related, but as I say vlc works on the LAN

Thanks

[mrgee]

Hi,

I guess you are trying to stream over the internet. It won't work unles you transcode it first via another vlc server... or have at least a 10Mbit upload speed.

mrgee

[terryduckworth]

Thanks mrgee

I don't suppose theres any tutorials knocking around explaining how to do it?

I assume you stream from the duo to vlc on another pc which then streams back to the net.

Any tutorials advice on settings would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks

[bassethound]

Try this tutorial from bobonthejob

http://www.vuplus-support.co.uk/showthread.php?656-Remote-Access-Remotely-access-your-reciever

[terryduckworth]

Thanks bassethound. Problem is Ive done all that and it works

Its the next step in the chain to get it stream locallyover the web via vlc. I believe you need to have vlc acting as a server locally and then have vlc running remotely but I am unsure as how to set vlc as a server locally...?

[spaceman]

I use the following steps from a linux machine.. and sure you can run it on windows and osx.

* Using web interface download the channel vlc file
* Open it in notepad
* Copy the line - e.g http://192.168.1.2:8001/1:0:1:283E:7FE:2:11A0000:0:0:0:
* Install vlc-wrapper which allows you to run via terminal
* I use the following script to run the stream

#!/bin/sh
vlc-wrapper -I dummy http://192.168.1.2:8001/1:0:1:283E:7FE:2:11A0000:0:0:0: --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=500,scale=0.75,aco dec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=1}:std{access=http,mux=ts, dst=192.168.1.3:8090}'

* Make sure the dst=ip part of the script address is pointing to the machine that you use to run the script
* Save the file
* Open the firewall rule on your router to open the port that you want to use - e.g 8090
* Run script ./filename.sh (make sure its executable - chmod 755)
* Final step on your client machine open vlc > open network stream > Network > http://publicip:8090


Hope this helps.

[terryduckworth]

Spaceman

Thanks for the response, but thats gone a bit above my skills. I dont suppose there's more of a tutorial for the following bits of your post anywhere..? Ive looked for vlc wrapper but cant find it to download. Any more of a dummies guide for these bits would be useful if possible?

Install vlc-wrapper which allows you to run via terminal
* I use the following script to run the stream

#!/bin/sh
vlc-wrapper -I dummy http://192.168.1.2:8001/1:0:1:283E:7FE:2:11A0000:0:0:0: --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=500,scale=0.75,aco dec=mp4a,ab=64,channels=1}:std{access=http,mux=ts, dst=192.168.1.3:8090}'


* Run script ./filename.sh (make sure its executable - chmod 755)

[spaceman]

You can find more info in installing vlc at following links
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/run-vlc-using-root-account-703319/#post3588912

Save the script part into a text file and then save it which you then run script via terminal.