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Originally Posted by OddbOd
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I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here and assume that you are running the Windows version of VLC rather than the Linux version, in which case the copy you have already contains Web Interface support.
The easiest way to enable the web interface is to go into Preferences->General Settings->Interface and enter http in the box labelled Extra interface modules. Click save, then restart VLC now if you open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080 you should see the page produced by VLC. Although this is cool I get the feeling it's not really what you want to know.
Give these settings a try and see what shakes loose. In the Stream Output dialog check HTTP but don't enter any address, set the port to whatever you like, leave Play Locally turned off as it slows transcoding/streaming down. For Encapsulation Method try Ogg or MPEG PS either should work, turn transcoding on and use mp4v, 256, 0.5 to start off with for video, and vorb, 64, 2 for audio. Hit OK, start up Betaplayer and connect to http://[your PC's IP address]:1234 it should start playing within a few seconds. Once it works you can start messing around with different bitrates, scaling values etc. but hopefully this should get you started.
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Yes, I am using the Windows version of VLC. I followed all of the steps you've outlined but unfortunately, I cannot get any output from betaplayer, VLC (for PC) or a browser. The error I get on betaplayer is "Could not open URL!", the VLC client times out and shows nothing, and the browser (both Firefox and IE) cannot connect. I have tried both "localhost" as well as the IP of the server PC. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong? I'm quite sure I have configured the server side ok since when I play locally, the image is fine. Thanks.