multicast tv/video

[kristian.hermansen at gmail.com (Kristian Hermansen)]

On 2/3/07, Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at comcast.net> wrote:
> I am looking to set up a streaming tv server.  I currently use netcat
> to stream /dev/video on my server to a single mplayer client.
> However, I would like multiple clients to access the same video
> stream.  My understanding is that ip multicast will do this for me.
> There is an old utility called emcast that is somewhat of a multicast
> netcat but it has not been updated in several years.  i.e.  It does
> not compile on FC5/6.  Is there a better replacement for it?  Anyone
> using multicast for video in their home?

VLC has the ability to broadcast to multiple clients the same
streaming video.  If it doesn't support multicast you might be able to
hack the code to add such a feature...
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Kristian Hermansen

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