Saturday, December 27, 2008

Stream MP3 with VLC

1. Download VLC 0.9.8a from http://www.videolan.org/. It can be used as both a server and a client.

2. On the server computer, lauch VLC. Go to Media->streaming.

  • Pick up a MP3 file. It can contain Chinese characters.
  • On the Stream Output page, check RTP in the Outputs section; fill address with the IP of the client computer
  • Click Stream button at the bottom right.

3. On the client computer, lauch VLC. Go to Media->Open Network; select RTP for Protocol, fill Address with the IP of the client computer; click Play at the bottom right.

Note: WMA files cannot be streamed in this way.

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