I need to create a server that can stream an mp3 file to another device. I am planning on using VLC. I looked at the VLC documentation and am confused about the way forward to do this. I found this link, http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch07.html which tells how to stream a file to a device. However, what I want to do is create a server that is just streaming audio and will allow other clients to connect to it and start playing what is streamed. How can this be done with VLC?
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2Why VLC instead of icecast, which was designed from the start to be a media streaming contraption? – sarnold Apr 12 '12 at 00:59
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i need to transcode stuff also as well as extract audio from video files... – Alexis Apr 12 '12 at 01:05
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btw the link is 404 now – Rajeev Jan 18 '21 at 09:17
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If you are OK with using just an RTP stream then try https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo_New. This is the absolute simplest method, and I used it very recently.
If you would like to setup a full-fledged on-demand RTSP server then use this: http://juliensimon.blogspot.com/2008/12/howto-setting-up-vod-server-with-vlc.html .
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Open Broadcaster Software supports RTSP https://obsproject.com
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2It only supports RTSP as a source for input. You cannot create an RTSP stream from OBS. – Chris Jul 13 '18 at 19:35
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@Chris I think it can now with an RTSP Plugin: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-rtspserver.1037/ – Steve Smith Dec 14 '22 at 11:26