VLC internet multicast

Question

I want to stream video using VLC so everyone can connect to my pc and watch it. Is there any way to do it? As I understand I can multicast video only in my network (but I need it to be available from the internet). I tried to stream video specifying just port. In this case I could connect from internal network but not from the outside.

EDIT

If I try to stream via http I can't connect from outside my network. I've forwarded ports in my router. My streaming options for example

:sout=#transcode{vcodec=theo,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=vorb,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{mux=ogg,dst=:12100/} :sout-keep

Solution

There is a tutorial at zdwired, which shows how to stream through http to the internet:

1. First of all run your VLC media player and press Ctrl+S on your keyboard, a pop up window will open like the image below. Just add any of your audio or video file from your PC and click Stream.

   

2. In the next window click next. There’s in the destination setup select new destination as HTTP and add it. Remember the port for new destination, default port is 8080 but you can enter your own random port number. Set transcoding option as Video + MP3 and click next.

   

3. In Option setup check box against Stream all elementary streams and click Stream button and here's you completed the setup of stream on the source, in the next steps you'll set to play that stream on destination.

   

4. Now it's time to enjoy your stream on destination machine but you can test it on your PC with two VLC media player running, one as a source of stream and other as the destination, where you'll watch stream. Before going on the next step check your IP address. Hit Windows key enter CMD in search and press Enter, now enter ipconfig in command prompt and hit Enter. There’s you'll see the IP address of your PC.

   

5. Now open new VLC media player if you test it on the same PC and press Ctrl+N. In the network URL field enter your IP address and port as http:// youripaddress : port. Default port is 8080 but if you set your own at the streaming source setup then enter that here and click Play button and there’s your stream starts playing in VLC media player.

   

   

   You can see in the image movie is streaming. There’s one VLC player stream the movie and other play that stream on IP address of stream source. You can share your media content with your friends live without uploading to internet, just by giving IP address and port to your friends. So enjoy your streaming.

Source

Comments

[Zoredache]

multicast doesn't really work across the Internet. Routers must be configured to support it, and most are not configured.

[ChruS]

Are there any other options how to make my video avaliable to several people in the internet using vlc?

[ChruS]

But in this case I can't connect from outside. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I've edited my post. Please look.