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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN'
[
<!ENTITY % magic-entities SYSTEM "magic.sgml">
%magic-entities;
<!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.sgml">
<!ENTITY vlc SYSTEM "vlc.sgml">
<!ENTITY vlc-streamoutput SYSTEM "vlc-streamoutput.sgml">
<!ENTITY vod SYSTEM "vod.sgml">
<!ENTITY vlcs SYSTEM "vlcs.sgml">
<!ENTITY conclusion SYSTEM "conclusion.sgml">
<!ENTITY install-vlc SYSTEM "install-vlc.sgml">
<!ENTITY install-vlcs SYSTEM "install-vlcs.sgml">
<!ENTITY fdl SYSTEM "fdl.sgml">
]>
<book>
<bookinfo>
<title>VideoLAN Quickstart</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Alexis</firstname>
<surname>de Lattre</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Bill</firstname>
<surname>Eldridge</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Anil</firstname>
<surname>Daoud</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Mathieu</firstname>
<surname>Gautier</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Clément</firstname>
<surname>Stenac</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>2002, 2003</year>
<holder>the VideoLAN project</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation ;
with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
Back-Cover Texts. The text of the license can be found in the appendix
<xref linkend="gfdl" endterm="tgfdl">. </para>
</legalnotice>
<keywordset>
<keyword>VideoLAN</keyword>
<keyword>Quickstart</keyword>
<keyword>vlc</keyword>
<keyword>vls</keyword>
<keyword>vod</keyword>
<keyword>vlcs</keyword>
<keyword>stream</keyword>
<keyword>multicast</keyword>
<keyword>MPEG 1</keyword>
<keyword>MPEG 2</keyword>
<keyword>MPEG 4</keyword>
<keyword>DVD</keyword>
<keyword>DivX</keyword>
</keywordset>
<abstract>
<para>This document describes how to start using VideoLAN quickly.</para>
</abstract>
</bookinfo>
<toc></toc>
&intro;
&vlc;
&vlc-streamoutput;
&vod;
&vlcs;
&conclusion;
&fdl;
</book>

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<chapter id="conclusion"><title id="tconclusion">Conclusion</title>
<para>
VideoLAN can do much more than what is explained in this Quickstart.
For example, you can use VLS to stream digital satellite channels,
digital terrestial television channels and live videos. To know about
the full streaming possibilities of VideoLAN, please read the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto-old/videolan-howto.html"
>VideoLAN HOWTO</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
VLC also have very interesting features that are not explained in
this Quickstart. For example, VLC can be used to do image walls !
To know about the full possibilities of VLC, please read the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/vlc-user-guide/">VLC user guide</ulink>.
</para>

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<para>There are VLC binaries available for the many OSes, but not for
all supported OSes. If there are no binaries for your OS or if you want
to change the default settings, you can compile VLC from sources.</para>
<sect2><title>Under Windows</title>
<para>VLC works under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.
Download the Zipip file from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html">VLC Windows
download page</ulink>. Unzip the file in a directory to install
VLC.</para>
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<sect2><title>Under BeOS</title>
<para>
Download the Zip file from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-beos.html">VLC BeOS download
page</ulink>. Unzip the file in a directory to install VLC.
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<sect2><title>Under Mac OS X</title>
<para>
Download the Mac OS X package from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html">VLC
MacOS X download page</ulink> . Double-click on the icon of the
package : an icon will appear on your Desktop, right beside your
drive(s). Open it and drag the VLC application from the resulting
window to the place where you want to install it (it should be
<filename>/Applications</filename>).
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Linux Debian</title>
<para>Edit as root <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> and add
the following lines :</para>
<programlisting>
deb http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian $(ARCH)/
deb-src http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sources/
</programlisting>
<para>Then install the packages :</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get update</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get install gnome-vlc vlc-plugin-a52 vlc-plugin-mad vlc-plugin-ogg libdvdcss2</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Linux Redhat, Mandrake and SuSE</title>
<para>For these distributions, use the RPM packages.</para>
<para>First, install the packages <emphasis>liba52</emphasis> and
<emphasis>libmad0</emphasis> that should be packaged in your
distribution. If they are not, try to find the RPMs on <ulink
url="http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/">RPMfind.net</ulink> or search
the Internet.</para>
<para>
Download the RPM packages of <emphasis>libdvdcss2</emphasis>,
<emphasis>libdvdpsi1</emphasis>, <emphasis>vlc</emphasis>
<emphasis>gnome-vlc</emphasis>, <emphasis>vlc-plugin-mad</emphasis>, <emphasis>vlc-plugin-ogg</emphasis>, <emphasis>vlc-plugin-a52</emphasis> from the
<ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-linux.html">VLC Linux
download page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Then install the RPM packages you have downloaded:
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>rpm -Uhv vlc-version.i586.rpm gnome-vlc-version.i586.rpm vlc-plugin-mad-version.i586.rpm
vlc-plugin-ogg-version.i586.rpm vlc-plugin-a52-version.i586.rpm libdvdcss2-version.i586.rpm libdvdpsi1-version.i586.rpm</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Compile the sources by yourself (for every other OS)</title>
<para>The method below is for any Unix system supported by VLC, for
which there is no packages available. It explains how to compile and
install VLC and the needed librairies from their source code.</para>
<para>You can also compile the VLC under Linux this way if you want to
modify the default supported modules</para>
<sect3><title>Install the libraries</title>
<para>
Many libraries are needed for particular uses :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvdcss</emphasis> if you want to be able to
read encrypted DVDs,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvdplay</emphasis> if you want to have DVD
menu navigation,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvbpsi</emphasis> if you want to be able to
read from the network,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>a52dec</emphasis> if you want to be
able to decode the AC3 (i.e. A52) sound format often used in
DVDs,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>ffmpeg</emphasis>, <emphasis>libmad</emphasis>
and <emphasis>faad2</emphasis> if you want to read MPEG 4 / DivX
files,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libogg</emphasis> and
<emphasis>libvorbis</emphasis> if you want to read Ogg Vorbis
files.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Download the libraries from <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html">VLC sources
download page</ulink>.</para>
<para>For each library :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>uncompress :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvzf library.tar.gz</userinput>
</screen>
<para>or</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvjf library.tar.bz2</userinput>
</screen>
<listitem><para>configure :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cd library</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --enable-shared</userinput>
</screen>
<listitem><para>compile and install :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>make</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>make install</userinput>
</screen>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Check that the configuration file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>
contains the following line :
</para>
<programlisting>
/usr/local/lib
</programlisting>
<para>If the line is not present, add-it and then run (as root):</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>ldconfig</userinput>
</screen>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Install VLC</title>
<para>Download the sources of the lastest release : get the
file <filename>vlc-version.tar.gz</filename> from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html">VLC sources
download page</ulink>. Uncompress-it :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvzf vlc-version.tar.gz</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cd vlc-version</userinput>
</screen>
<!-- bootstrap is already done is the tarballs -->
<para>To get the list of configuration options, do :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --help</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Please note that all the modules are described in
the <emphasis>Modules</emphasis> section of the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/vlc-user-guide/">VLC User
Guide</ulink>.</para>
<para>Examples of very simple configurations:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>if you want a basic VLC, do : </para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure</userinput>
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>if you want the Gnome interface instead of the GTK
interface (you will need the developement packages of Gnome) :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --enable-gnome</userinput>
</screen>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Then, compile and install :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>make</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>su</userinput>
<prompt>Password: </prompt><userinput> [Root Password]</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>make install</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Please note that the installation (<command>make install</command>
command) is not mandatory. You can execute VLC from where you compiled
it.</para>
</sect3>
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<sect2><title>Under Windows</title>
<para>
Download the Zip file for Windows from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/vls/download.html">vls download
page</ulink> and unzip-it in a directory.
</para>
<note><para>
The Windows version of vls can only stream MPEG
files stored on a hard drive. It cannot stream DVDs, satellite channels
or real-time MPEG encoded videos.
</para></note>
<sect2><title>Under Linux Debian</title>
<para>
Edit <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> and add the following line :
</para>
<programlisting>
deb http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian $(ARCH)/
deb-src http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sources/
</programlisting>
<para>
Then install the packages :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get update</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get install libdvdcss2 vls-dvd</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
If you don't want to stream DVDs, type instead :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get update</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get install vls</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Linux RedHat, Mandrake or SuSE</title>
<para>
Download the RPM package of libdvdcss from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/libdvdcss/download.html">libdvdcss download page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Download the RPM package of libdvbpsi from the <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/libdvbpsi/download.htm">libdvbpsi
download page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Download the RPM package of libdvdread from <ulink
url="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/redhat.shtm">Ogle's download page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Download the RPM packages <filename>vls</filename> and <filename>vls-dvd</filename> from the <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vls/download.html">vls download page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Then install the RPM packages you have downloaded :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>rpm -Uhv vls-version.i586.rpm vls-dvd-version.i586.rpm libdvdcss2-version.i586.rpm
libdvbpsi1-version.i586.rpm libdvdread-version.i386.rpm</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
-->
<sect2><title>Under Linux or Unix</title>
<para>The method below is for any Unix or Linux supported by the
Videolan Server. It explains how to compile and install vls and the
needed librairies from sources.</para>
<sect3><title>Install the librairies</title>
<para>
Many librairies are needed for particular uses :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvbpsi</emphasis> (always needed)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvdcss</emphasis> if you want to be able to access encrypted DVDs,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>libdvdread</emphasis> if you want to be able to stream DVDs.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Download the libraries from <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vls/"></ulink> in the directory
<filename>version/contrib</filename>.
</para>
<para>
For each librairie, uncompress, configure, compile and install :
</para>
<para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvzf library.tar.gz</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cd library</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --enable-shared</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>make</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>make install</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>
Check that the configuration file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>
contains the following line :
</para>
<programlisting>
/usr/local/lib
</programlisting>
<para>If the line is not present, add-it and then run :</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>ldconfig</userinput>
</screen>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Install the VideoLAN Server</title>
<!--
<para>
Download the sources of the latest release : get the file
<filename>vls-version.tar.gz</filename> from the <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vls/download.html">vls download page</ulink>. Uncompress-it :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvzf vls-version.tar.gz</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cd vls-version</userinput>
</screen>
-->
<para>
Get the most recent version of the VideoLAN Server from the public CVS :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.videolan.org:/cvs/videolan login</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
There is no password. Type enter, then :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.videolan.org:/cvs/videolan checkout -P -r v0_4_5 vls</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
To get the list of configuration options, do :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --help</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
Then configure vls :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>if you want a basic vls without DVD support, do :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure --disable-dvd</userinput>
</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>if you want a full vls with DVD support, do :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./configure</userinput>
</screen>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Then, compile and install :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>make</userinput>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>make install</userinput>
</screen>
<para>
You can also do a <command>make uninstall</command>, <command>make
clean</command> or <command>make distclean</command> as needed.
</para>
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<chapter id="intro"><title id="tintro">Introduction</title>
<sect1><title>What is the VideoLAN project ?</title>
<sect2><title>Overview</title>
<para>
VideoLAN is a complete software solution for video streaming, developed
by students of the <ulink url="http://www.ecp.fr">Ecole Centrale
Paris</ulink> and developers from all over the world, under the
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
License</ulink> (GPL). VideoLAN is designed to stream MPEG videos on high
bandwidth networks.
</para>
<para>
The VideoLAN solution includes :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>the VideoLAN Server (VLS), which can stream MPEG 1 and 2
files, DVDs, digital satellite channels, digital terrestial television
channels and live videos on the network in unicast or multicast,</para>
<listitem><para>the VideoLAN Client (VLC), which can be used as a server
to stream MPEG 1, 2 and 4 files and DVDs on the network in unicast or
multicast ; or used as a client to receive, decode and display MPEG streams
under multiple operating systems.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
Here is an illustration of the complete VideoLAN solution :
</para>
<figure><title>Global VideoLAN solution</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="plan-videolan-640.&magic;" format="&magic;" scalefit="1" scale="60">
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
More details about the project can be found on the
<ulink url="http://www.videolan.org">VideoLAN Web site</ulink>.
</para>
<sect2><title>VideoLAN software</title>
<simplesect><title>VideoLAN Client</title>
<para>
The VideoLAN Client (VLC) works on many platforms : Linux, Windows, Mac
OS X, BeOS, *BSD, Solaris, Familiar Linux and QNX. It can read :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>MPEG 1, MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 / DivX files from a hard disk
or a CD-ROM drive,</para>
<listitem><para>DVDs and VCDs,</para>
<listitem><para>from a satellite card,</para>
<listitem><para>MPEG 1, MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 streams from the
network sent by VLS or VLC's stream output.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>VLC can also be used as a server to stream :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>MPEG 1, MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 / DivX files,</para>
<listitem><para>and DVDs,</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>to :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>one machine (i.e. to one IP address) : this is called
<emphasis>unicast</emphasis> ;</para>
<listitem><para>a dynamic group of machines that the clients can join or leave
(i.e. to a multicast IP address) : this is called
<emphasis>multicast</emphasis>.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<note><para>VLC doesn't work on Mac OS 9, and will
probably never do.</para></note>
<simplesect><title>VideoLAN Server</title>
<para>
The VideoLAN Server (VLS) can stream :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>an MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 file stored on a hard drive or on a
CD,</para>
<listitem><para>a DVD located in a local DVD drive or copied on a hard
disk,</para>
<listitem><para>a satellite card or a digital terrestial television card,</para>
<listitem><para>an MPEG encoding card ;</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>to :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>one machine (i.e. to one IP address) : this is called
<emphasis>unicast</emphasis> ;</para>
<listitem><para>a dynamic group of machines that the clients can join or leave
(i.e. to a multicast IP address) : this is called
<emphasis>multicast</emphasis>.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
A Pentium 100 MHz with 32 MB of memory should be enough to send one
stream on the network. When streaming a lot of videos stored on a
hard drive, the actual limitation is not the processor but the hard
drive and the network connection.
</para>
<para>
VLS works under Linux and Windows, but only the Linux version
have all the functionalities. The Windows port of vls can
only stream a video from a file.
</para>
<sect1><title>How can I use VideoLAN ?</title>
<sect2><title>The documentation</title>
<para>
The user documentation of the VideoLAN project is composed of four documents :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/videolan-quickstart/">VideoLAN
Quickstart</ulink>. This document will give you a quick overview of
of VLC, VLS, and the Video On Demand
solution.</para>
<listitem><para>the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/">VideoLAN
HOWTO</ulink>. This document is the complete guide of the VideoLAN
streaming solution.</para>
<listitem><para>the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/vlc-user-guide/">VLC user
guide</ulink>. This document is the complete guide for VLC.</para>
<listitem><para>the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq-vlc/faq/">VLC FAQ</ulink>. This
document contains Frequently Asked Questions of VLC users.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The latest version of these documents can be found on the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/">VideoLAN Web site</ulink>.
</para>
<sect2><title>User support</title>
<para>
If you have problems using VideoLAN, and if you don't find the
answer to your problems in the documentation, please look at the
<ulink url="http://www.via.ecp.fr/ml/videolan">online archive of the
mailing-lists</ulink>. There are two English-speaking mailing-lists for
the users :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>vlc@videolan.org</emphasis> for the questions
on VLC,</para>
<listitem><para><emphasis>streaming@videolan.org</emphasis> for the questions
on VLS, mini-VLCS and the network.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
If you want to subscribe or unsubscribe to the mailing-lists,
please go to the <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html">
mailing-list page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>You can also talk with VideoLAN users and developers on IRC :
server <emphasis>irc.freenode.net</emphasis>, channel
<emphasis>#videolan</emphasis>.</para>
<para>If you find a bug, please follow the instructions on the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/support/bug-reporting.html">bug reporting
page</ulink>.</para>
<sect1><title>Convention</title>
<para>In this document, we adopt the following conventions for the Unix
commands :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>commands that should be typed as
<emphasis>root</emphasis> have a <command>#</command> prompt :</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>command_to_be_typed_as_root</userinput>
</screen>
<listitem><para>commands that should be typed as a regular user have a
<command>%</command> prompt :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>command_to_be_typed_as_regular_user</userinput>
</screen>
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<para>
Vls can stream MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 files that meet two
critera :
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>the file must be MPEG <emphasis>PS</emphasis>
(Program Stream) or MPEG <emphasis>TS</emphasis> (Transport Stream),
that contain video and audio multiplexed. Vls cannot stream MPEG
<emphasis>ES</emphasis> (Elementary Stream), i.e. a file with only audio
or video.</para>
<para>In order to know if an MPEG file is MPEG <emphasis>PS</emphasis>,
MPEG <emphasis>TS</emphasis> or MPEG <emphasis>ES</emphasis>, read the
file with vlc and look at the messages (select in the menu
<emphasis>View / Messages</emphasis>, or use the command line
<command>vlc -v</command>) and look for a
line :</para>
<programlisting>
module: locking demux module `mpeg_XX'
</programlisting>
<para>If <emphasis>XX = ps</emphasis> or <emphasis>XX =
ts</emphasis>, then your file is MPEG <emphasis>PS</emphasis> and
MPEG <emphasis>TS</emphasis> respectively, and you may be able to
stream it. If <emphasis>XX = es</emphasis>, then your file is MPEG
<emphasis>ES</emphasis> and is not streamable.</para>
<listitem><para>the sequence header of the video must repeat itself regularly,
which is often the case with MPEG 2, but very rare with MPEG 1. There is
no easy way to know if the sequence header is repeated regularly. Files
with a <emphasis>.vob</emphasis> extension are normally MPEG
2 files and files with <emphasis>.mpg</emphasis> or
<emphasis>.mpeg</emphasis> extension or
usually
MPEG 1 files.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You can download this streamable
MPEG 2 PS file for your tests : <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/streams/presentation/presentation_short.vob"
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<sect2><title>Under Windows</title>
<para>Click on the <command>Uninstall VLC</command> icon that was
created during installation.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under BeOS</title>
<para>Delete the <filename>vlc-version</filename>
directory. You can also remove the configuration file
<filename>/boot/home/config/settings/vlcrc</filename>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Mac OS X</title>
<para>Drag the VLC application to your trash can.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Linux Debian</title>
<para>Remove the packages that you installed :</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>apt-get remove --purge vlc-gnome vlc-mad libdvdcss2 libdvbpsi1</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Under Linux Redhat, Mandrake and SuSE</title>
<para>
Uninstall the RPM packages that you installed :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>rpm -e vlc-version vlc-mad-version vlc-gnome-version
libdvdcss2-version libdvdpsi1-version</userinput>
</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>If you compiled VLC from sources</title>
<para>Go to the directory containing VLC sources and execute :</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>make uninstall</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Then you can remove the VLC sources.</para>
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<chapter id="vlc-streamoutput"><title id="tvlc-streamoutput">Stream with VLC</title>
<sect1><title>Unicast an MPEG 1, 2, or 4 file</title>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC on the server</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>under Windows : click on <emphasis>File / Stream
output</emphasis> in the menu, check <emphasis>UDP</emphasis> and type
the IP address or the DNS name of the machine you want to stream to in the
<emphasis>Address</emphasis> box and click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis>.
Then click on <emphasis>File</emphasis> and select the MPEG 1, MPEG 2,
MPEG 4 or DivX file you want to stream.</para>
<listitem><para>under Linux/Unix : start VLC, click on
<emphasis>File</emphasis>, then click on the <emphasis>Browse</emphasis>
button and select the MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4 or DivX file you want to
stream. Then check <emphasis>Stream output</emphasis> and click on
<emphasis>Settings</emphasis>. Check <emphasis>UDP</emphasis> and type
the IP address or the DNS name of the machine you want to stream to in the
<emphasis>Address</emphasis> box. Click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis>
twice.</para>
<listitem><para>under Mac OS X, the procedure should be very similar to
Linux.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC on the client</title>
<para>Launch VLC on the machine which receives the stream and click on
the <emphasis>Net</emphasis> button. Then select <emphasis>UDP</emphasis>,
keep the default port and click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis>.</para>
<sect1><title>Unicast a DVD</title>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC on the server</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>under Windows : click on <emphasis>File / Stream
output</emphasis> in the menu, check <emphasis>UDP</emphasis> and
type the IP address or the DNS name of the machine you want to
stream to in the <emphasis>Address</emphasis> box and click on
<emphasis>OK</emphasis>. Then click on <emphasis>Disc</emphasis>,
type the device name corresponding to your DVD drive, uncheck
<emphasis>Menus</emphasis> and click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis>.</para>
<listitem><para>under Linux/Unix : start VLC, click on
<emphasis>Disc</emphasis>, type the device name corresponding to your
DVD drive in the <emphasis>Device name</emphasis> box and uncheck
<emphasis>Use DVD menus</emphasis>. Then check <emphasis>Stream
output</emphasis> and click on <emphasis>Settings</emphasis>. Check
<emphasis>UDP</emphasis> and type the IP address or the DNS name of the
machine you want to stream to in the <emphasis>Address</emphasis> box.
Click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis> twice.</para>
<listitem><para>under Mac OS X, the procedure should be very similar to
Linux.</para>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>
Under Unix/Linux, you must have write access to the device
corresponding to your DVD drive. For that, you should be in the
<emphasis>disk</emphasis> or <emphasis>cdrom</emphasis> group (look
at the permissions in <filename>/dev</filename>). If you're not, add
yourself to the group :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>adduser your_login disk_or_cdrom</userinput>
</screen>
<para>and then restart your session.</para>
</note>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC on the client</title>
<para>Use the same procedure as in the previous section.</para>
<sect1><title>Multicast to several VLC's</title>
<simplesect><title>What is multicast ?</title>
<para>Multicast is a norm implemented in all modern network hardware
(switches, routers, ...). It provides an intelligent manner to send a
stream to a dynamic group of machines. If you want to use multicast,
make sure that all your network hardware support it.</para>
<para>In multicast streaming, the stream is sent to a multicast IP
address (the IP addresses reserved for this purpose are from 224.0.0.0
to 239.255.255.255). Then, any machine on the network can join the
multicast group by sending a request on the network, and it will
automatically receive the stream. When it sends a request to leave the
group, it will automatically stop receiving the stream. The advantage of
multicast streaming is that only the machines that want to receive the
stream actually receive it, and the vls only sends one stream even if
there are multiple clients receiving it.</para>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC on the server side</title>
<para>The procedure is the same as in the two previous sections :
the only difference is that you must type a multicast IP address
instead of a regular IP address or DNS name in the <emphasis>Stream
output</emphasis> dialog box.</para>
<simplesect><title>Start VLC(s)</title>
<para>Launch VLC and click on the <emphasis>Net</emphasis> button. Then
select <emphasis>UDP Multicast</emphasis>, type the multicast IP address
and click on <emphasis>OK</emphasis>.</para>
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<chapter id="vlc"><title id="tvlc">The VideoLAN Client (VLC)</title>
<sect1><title>Installing VLC</title>
&install-vlc;
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Running VLC</title>
<sect2><title>Read a File</title>
<para>
Start VLC : under Windows, Mac OS X or BeOS, double-clic on the icone and under Unix or Linux, use the command <command>vlc</command>.
</para>
<para>
To read an MPEG 1 MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 / DivX file stored on a hard drive
or a CD-ROM, click on the <emphasis>File</emphasis> icon or select in the
menu <emphasis>File / Open file</emphasis> and select the file you want
to play.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Read a DVD</title>
<para>
To read a DVD or a VCD, click on the <emphasis>disc</emphasis> icon or
select in the menu <emphasis>File / Open disk</emphasis> and enter the
device name of your DVD drive.
</para>
<note><para>
If you are running Linux, you must have write access to the device
corresponding to your DVD drive. For that, you should be in the
<emphasis>disk</emphasis> or <emphasis>cdrom</emphasis> group (look
at the permissions in <filename>/dev</filename>). If you're not, add
yourself to the group :
</para>
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt><userinput>adduser your_login disk_or_cdrom</userinput>
</screen>
<para>and then restart your session.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Troubleshooting</title>
<para>If VLC doesn't work for you, open the message window from the menu
<emphasis>View / Messages</emphasis> and try to spot an error message
that could explain your problem.</para>
<para>Then, read the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq-vlc/faq/">vlc FAQ</ulink> and have a
look at the <ulink url="http://bugzilla.videolan.org/">Bugzilla</ulink>
to see if it is a known issue. </para>
<para>If you can't find out the problem, explain it in English in the
mailing-list <emphasis>vlc@videolan.org</emphasis> and copy-paste in
your mail the messages of the message window.</para>
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<chapter id="vlcs"><title id="tvlcs">Add a channel information service</title>
<para>Typing multicast addresses and URLs is not very fun... and that's
where a small program, the mini VideoLAN Channel Server (mini-VLCS),
is very useful. The mini VideoLAN Channel Server associate URLs or
multicast addresses to channels, like on a TV.</para>
<sect1><title>Installing mini-VLCS</title>
<note><para>Mini-VLCS is only available for Linux.</para></note>
<para>You don't have to change anything to vls or the Web server.
Mini-VLCS is independant from them, but is can be installed on the same
machine as vls or the Web server.</para>
<para>Download the latest version of mini-VLCS from the <ulink
url="http://www.videolan.org/network/download.html">network download
page</ulink>.</para>
<para>Install-it:</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>tar xvzf miniVLCS-version.tar.gz</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>cd miniVLCS-version</userinput>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>make</userinput>
</screen>
<para>It creates an executable program named <command>vlcs</command>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Configuring mini-VLCS</title>
<para>Edit the configuration file <filename>vlcs.conf</filename>. The
syntax rules of this configuration file are the following :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>the first line corresponds to channel 0, the second
line corresponds to channel 1, the third line to channel 2, and so
on...,</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>lines are considered raw data
and sent directly to the client (for example,
<emphasis>udp:@239.255.12.42</emphasis>),<para></listitem>
<listitem><para>lines beginning by <emphasis>I:</emphasis> are "dummy"
channel programs that tell VLC there is nothing in this channel (which
should be the case of channel 0).</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>For exemple, if you want channels 1 and 2 to be two multicasted
streams and channels 3 and 4 to be two on-demand streams, your
<filename>vlcs.conf</filename> file will look like this :</para>
<programlisting>
I:nostream
udp:@239.255.12.42
udp:@239.255.12.43
http://vod.videolan.org/test/video1.mpg
http://vod.videolan.org/test/video2.mpg
</programlisting>
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Running mini-VLCS</title>
<para>Start mini-VLCS :</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>./vlcs</userinput>
</screen>
<para>For production, you should run the program in a screen, so that
you can detach-it and reattach-it:</para>
<screen>
<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>screen ./vlcs</userinput>
</screen>
</sect1>
<sect1><title>Configure VLC(s) to use mini-VLCS</title>
<para>Launch VLC, click on the <emphasis>net</emphasis> button or
select in the menu <emphasis>File / Network stream</emphasis>, select
<emphasis>Channel Server</emphasis>, enter the DNS name or the IP
address of the machine hosting mini-VLCS and click on
<emphasis>OK</emphasis>.</para>
<para>Then, you see a new section <emphasis>Network Channel</emphasis>
on the interface. Select the channel of your choice and click on
<emphasis>Go!</emphasis>.</para>
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<chapter id="vod"><title id="tvod">Video On Demand</title>
<sect1><title>Overview</title>
<para>
With Video On Demand (VOD), the user can start the video when he
wants, make pauses, go forward and back in the video. It is of course
the best in video streaming and the dream for every user.
</para>
<para>
VOD is a very big consumer of resources for the server and the
network. VOD is unicast, not multicast : this means that the network and
server resources needed are directly proportional to the number of
clients.
</para>
<para>
The design of VideoLAN's VOD solution is very simple. The idea is to
do HTTP streaming, i.e. stream an MPEG video encapsulated in HTTP. The
regulation of the bitrate between the client and the server is done
automatically by TCP. With HTTP version 1.1, there is the possibility to
seek in a file downloaded, that's what we use to seek in the video.
</para>
<sect1><title>On the server side</title>
<para> On the VOD server, you need a running Web server. For example,
you can use a Linux server running Apache. Other operating systems
and other Web servers should work too, but we have never tested.</para>
<para>Make your MPEG 1, MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 / DivX files available to the
clients on the Web server. </para>
<para>
For example, we have a Web server whose DNS name is
<emphasis>localserver</emphasis>. On this server,
we put an MPEG file <filename>video1.mpg</filename>
which will be available to the clients at the URL
<filename>http://localserver/test/video1.mpg</filename>.
</para>
<sect1><title>On the client side</title>
<para>
Launch VLC, then click on the <emphasis>Net</emphasis>
button or select in the menu <emphasis>File / Network
stream</emphasis>, select <emphasis>HTTP</emphasis> and type the URL
<filename>http://localserver/test/video1.mpg</filename>.
</para>
<para>
VLC starts to read the stream nearly immediately and you can seek in the
stream, make pauses, etc... as if the stream was a local file.
</para>