Questions tagged [streaming]

Streaming is the process of continuously sending data from a server to a client host. Often used in video or audio transmission, live streaming is a time-critical process that makes high demands on the underlying network used to deliver the data.

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Standby/Offline stream image with ffmpeg/nginx RTMP

Is there a way to script NGINX RTMP to show a Offline/Standby video or static image when there is no incoming streams to rebroadcast? The idea is that when there is no incoming RTMP streams (ffmpeg, ...
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View port 8080 output from own computer

I'm following the tutorial here to learn how to stream video between computers. http://rtcl.kaist.ac.kr/~bkkim/lecture/designlab/DesignLab_RoboCam_Lab6_C.pdf After installing the recommended ...
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Why does Google Chrome automatically play MP4 videos (and is that a good thing?)

I am working on a home media server running nginx. I navigated to one of the .mp4 files I have to test it and it started streaming just by clicking on it. Is this... performance-wise... the best ...
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Streaming with OBS to Twitch results in a small (5 - 20) ping increase [closed]

First time posting here, but I couldn't find a question that was similar to this. Previously when I tried streaming, my ping for League of Legends would go from 34 to 60 - 180. However, after I ...
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Long range wireless H.264 video streaming

I am streaming H.264 through Wi-Fi. The distance is quite long for the Wi-Fi and it causes tons of packet loss. The resulting video is nearly useless due to the packet loss. I have tried to reduce ...
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FFMPEG webcam stream to Youtube drops frames

I need to do a live videostream on Youtube using a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920. My OS is Fedora 20, and the command I am trying to use is: ffmpeg -f v4l2 -i /dev/video0 -flags +global_header -ac 1 -...
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What happens when you change video resolution on a player (netflix, youtube, vimeo)?

Of course the overall quality goes down and the bitrate is lowered, but is the actual pixel count lowered? If so, how? When you upload a video it is usually transcoded into various bitrates, but is ...
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own streaming source within home network

I'm looking for a way to create a streaming environment within my home network. I figured out DLNA or Airplay are probably the way to go but now I have a problem figuring out with which device I'm ...
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Adding videos to MiniDLNA Raspberry using LAN

I have a Raspberry with MiniDLNA, it acts as a dlna server through my local network. I have connected an external HDD to the Raspberry, which contains all my videos. Everything works well, without ...
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howto watch embedded html5 video with `blob:` url with external player

Recently I stumbled upon blob:http* urls in <video src=*> on some websites. Is it possible to watch these in an external player? I tried VLC out of the box, but it doesn't seem to work, vlc ...
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Chromecast stops streaming browser after minimizing browser

I'm streaming chromecast from my browser. Surprisingly, every time I minimize the browser or have another window pulled up the image freezes on the TV yet the audio continues. Anyone experienced ...
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Motion RTSP streaming from Raspberry Pi

I'm trying to get streaming from raspberry pi camera to my motion server. Raspberry pi (10.10.84.2) has VLC for RTSP and is run like this: raspivid -o - -t 0 |cvlc -vvv stream:///dev/stdin --sout '#...
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VLC Stream with fallback video track

I'm trying to use VLC for video-streaming, but I can't figure out how to add a fallback (external) video file. For example, I have a playlist consisting of both .avi and .mp3 files, when VLC starts ...
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Streaming from USB plugged into router to LG Smart TV

I have an LG 55LA620S-ZA Smart TV and I here is what I am trying to do: I want to see the content of my USB flash drive which is plugged into my home router a D-Link DSL-2750B by using my WI-FI ...
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How to use VLC as a DVR (split-screen)?

Is there any way to make VLC tune into multiple sources/streams and display them as a single split screen? My Main goal is to then take this single screen and multicast it on my office network. If ...
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Viewing file while recording livestreams

I'm currently recording a livestream via VLC player. Will it interrupt the recording session in anyway, if while it's recording, I play the dumped video file?
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How to stream multiple files on demand in VLC?

Is there any way at all that I can set up VLC on a server PC in such a way that I can access a list of all my videos from another PC, and pick one to be streamed on demand? I've been pointed at this ...
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How to find the stream behind a Flash player

I am watching a Flash stream. I can watch the same stream in two different players (set up by someone else), but I don't like any of them. Is there a way I can find/get/extract the direct link to the ...
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Is it possible to stream windows applications to Linux via VNC?

Is it possible to stream windows applications to Linux via VNC? Need only some apps not a whole desktop.
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Stream audio from Windows 7 to Ubuntu

I have an Ubuntu 9.10 (alpha) computer as my primary machine, but also have a Windows machine which I keep my iTunes music on. My high-quality speaker system is connected to my Ubuntu box. Is there ...
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How to stream a complex video to YouTube using ffmpeg?

I have a video that I'd like to stream live on YouTube using ffmpeg. The video has no audio, but rather busy visuals (lots of rapidly changing colors). I'm trying to stream at 720p, but whenever I ...
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Is it possible to run multiple instances of OBS on Mac OS X?

I've read that using the -multi command will allow you to open multiple instances of OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) simultaneously. I tried adding the parameter via the command line, but it only ...
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Troubleshoot home network congestion

I have a home network consisting of 1 wireless router connected to the internet, and then a number of clients directly connected to it on both ethernet and wireless, as illustrated below: All clients ...
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Slowing home broadband and prioritising users

A marginally selfish question but seeing as I do pay the broadband bill, it would be nice when I come home from a hard day of work to be able to watch YouTube or play my PS4, however I am regularly ...
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VLC playing vid over samba stuttering?

This is sort of an open ended question, so any recommendations will be appreciated I have a ubuntu box as my main server and I stream video on my mac since I can't carry my server box upstairs This ...
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Streaming a video from Windows 7 laptop to Samsung TV

I am trying to setup my environment so that I can stream video from my Windows 7 laptop to my Samsung TV. My WiFi router and laptop has 802.11n, the Samsung TV has Wifi support. However I find that ...
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Stream video from VLC on desktop to "VLC for iOS"?

I want to stream a video file that is located on my Desktop to an iOS device that has installed the recently published official VLC application. Both computers are in the same adress space in my LAN, ...
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find url of radio stream

I'm trying to find the actual stream URL of an radio stream, specifically this one. There are a bunch of questions for this, but none of them have helped at all. Some have said that I can use ...
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ffmpeg HLS playlist not starting at the beginning

I'm attempting to take a 5-minute video file and produce a single-file HTTP Live Stream playlist and .ts file. The playlist file format can support byte-ranges instead of separate files as of iOS 5, ...
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Possible technique to send video from ffmpeg to html5 video

I am searching for a technique to stream a video to a html5 player and came across ffmpeg. It seems to be able to do that but the quality it has is extradorinary bad (I only tried streaming on a rtp ...
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dmenu alternative that supports input streaming

I have a list of 1.8k songs in audacious and it took a while for the audtool to retrieve this list, as such audtool --playlist-display | dmenu will be delayed for about 1 second before the dmenu ...
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Streaming videos from a Ubuntu to Chromecast

I have a MiniDLNA 1.1.4 setup on an ubuntu 14.04. I also have a Chromecast. I would like to be able to stream a video on my local server to the Chromecast like I do with Netflix. I have downloaded a ...
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How to get better video quality in Lync?

I want to use a ConferenceCam from Logitech to stream talks live via Lync. When I view the RAW webcam image via VLC, the quality is very good (but the latency is high because of buffering). However, ...
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Complete list of media on Windows Home Server not showing on DLNA devices

I have Windows Home Server 2011 set up with various libraries shared for other devices. When I connect to say, the videos library via another computer, all the videos and sub-folders within that ...
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How can I play audio and video streaming in Firefox?

I've seen couple of sites that stream audio to my browser like SoundCloud and Grooveshark, but Firefox doesn't reproduce them in Linux. How can I reproduce these streams? The console gets filled with ...
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video and audio do not play in youtube, or any other video streaming as well as VLC and Windows Media player

Seems like my computer caught some kind of a disease. when you reboot the computer, it will behave just fine. You cannot detect it at the first chance. but give it some time and gradually it can no ...
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bandwith issue with remote gaming in local network

The question is similar but not identical to this one. I've got a powerful gaming PC, which is a little noisy. While playing competetive FPS and such, this isn't much of a problem due my headphones ...
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Downsampling and streaming video over a LAN (WiFi)

I have a Linux file server at home, and I'd like to watch video stored on it on my desktop. A very simple solution comes very close: use any old HTTP server to serve up the files, and view them in ...
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How to preview unfinished torrent video files

I'm using uTorrent 2.0 and downloading videos. Some videos are large and I don't want to wait till their download is completed in order to preview. Is there a way I can preview the finished part of ...
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Is there a way to download/stream videos in a lower quality than the original file? [closed]

When I try to stream videos (mainly torrent videos) they always are in high quality (720p at least). I don't have enough internet bandwidth to do a smooth stream, so I need to download the entirely to ...
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How to merge 2 mp4 files with 1 atom?

I'm merging two mp4 files for video streaming. the problem is, the merged file contains two atoms, 1 atom from each file and that is a problem when it comes to streaming. the client needs to wait ...
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How to simply stream video from a remote server?

I have a remote debian server used as storage server. I would like to stream some videos directly from the server without downloading the file in advance. So far I create a http server in the same ...
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avconv stream to rtmp via nginx-rtmp-module - convert into html5 file/stream

just keeping things short at the beginning. I stream via rtmp with avconv through a nginx configuration. Catching that stream onto a website is only possible via flash as far as i know. Nowadays it'...
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Can I run iTunes as a Windows Service?

I'd like to run iTunes as a Windows service on my home dev server which runs Windows 2008 so that I can stream my collection to my AppleTV over my home network. Currently I have to log in to Windows ...
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Finding details of flash stream using Firebug, to record

I can find some of the details of a Flash stream using Firebug, but I want to know exactly which details I need in order to capture the stream. It gets details such as a url ending in: jwplayer-3.5....
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How do bit-torrent streaming clients enforce chunk ordering?

I am curious as to how some bit-torrent clients can receive chunks in order, like streaming clients do. I've always known BT clients to receive data chunks randomly and sequencing not to be guaranteed....
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Stream video from my webcam to my website (ideally under a html5 player)

I will like to stream video (webcam) from a pc (windows or linux) to my website. The ideal scenario I will like to achieve is to stream live video that is shown on my site background, like a html5 ...
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Streaming to Sony NS510 from a windows 10 pc over the LAN

I have a Sony NS510 wireless speaker and in windows 7 i was able to stream music from my windows pc to it via the "windows digital controller" application. It is still available in Windows 10, however ...
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Best method to stream multimedia content from Linux to iPhone/iPod/iPad?

I recently set up a Linux server to play around with an host all my media. What is the best method to allow streaming of that content to an iPhone/iPod/iPad?
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Why am I unable to choose default settings for media streaming options?

I have a desktop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. When I click on "Choose default settings..." in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Media streaming options, ...

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