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Originally Posted by Gigi
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I just tried UDP from laptop to desktop and it worked fine so is it still possible that the problem lies in my settings or firewall? I have forwarded ports 1234 from my laptop (server) so I'm assuming that part is ok too.
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Not only is it possible but by the sounds of things it is the crux of the problem you've been having.
Streaming over UDP should work regardless of how your firewall is set up as it does not use a client initiated connection like HTTP streaming over TCP does. With UDP streaming the VLC server opens a UDP port and starts spitting out packets of data with the destination address that you have specified, the other end regardless of whether its your laptop or PPC always receives these packets, it cannot stop the stream being sent. HTTP streaming works quite differently, the VLC server listens on the port you specify for incoming connections and will not send anything until a client (your PPC/laptop) connects and asks to be sent the stream.
The difference here is subtle from a user perspective but radically different as far as a firewall sees it, in the case of UDP the connection is made outwards from the server which should be allowed by almost any firewall by default, with HTTP the initial connection is being made inwards which will most likely be blocked by default. The port that is being listened on will not respond if a firewall is blocking incoming connections to it.
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Where can I find the message log dump?
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It's under View->Messages.. or hit Ctrl+M, make sure the window is open before you start the stream otherwise the important parts will not be logged.
Please don't give up as you can do some very cool things with VideoLAN that you may not have even considered yet - Shr00m's channel changing method can be adapted to Windows and should in fact be easier to setup (well easier than doing it
this way).