Enhancement : launch streaming of VLC and read video on android phone

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch android vlc remote
2. Select "stream media on phone" instead of "remote command vlc"
3. Connect to your vlc server
4. Select the file you wanna stream
5. (Optional) Select video quality (3gp or mp4)
6. open up the video reader
7. enjoy

What is the expected output? 
Expected output is to stream the video/audio directly on the phone

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dola...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2009 at 10:59

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Cool idea

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2009 at 1:55

• Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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Issue 35 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 6:48

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As it is, this app works fantastic as far as controlling VLC goes. I usually 
start
VLC (1.0.3) on my PC with the following command:

vlc -I http --sout
"#transcode{soverlay,ab=128,samplerate=44100,channels=2,acodec=mp4a,vcodec=h264,
width=480,height=270,vfilter="canvas{width=480,height=270,aspect=16:9}",fps=25,v
b=800,venc=x264{level=12,no-cabac,subme=20,threads=4,bframes=0,min-keyint=1,keyi
nt=50}}:gather:rtp{mp4a-latm,sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:5554/stream.sdp}"

This basically turns VLC into a streaming server (everything that gets played 
doesn't
actually play on the PC, but streams to rtsp://<local_ip>:5554/stream.sdp - 
nothing
(not even the main VLC control window) is visible on the PC).

I've made a dummy web page with a single link that points to
rtsp://<my_pc's_local_ip>:5554/stream.sdp and put the html on my phone's SD 
(another
good place to put such a file would be in the "http" folder inside VLC for an 
instant
access with the phone). I can now use android-vlc-remote to choose my media, 
play it
and then switch to browser and tap on that rtsp link to start a media player, 
which
then starts playing the stream. All on my Nexus One.

What I'd propose is to add a way to start the media player directly from
android-vlc-remote. A "Stream" button (which would be configurable for an URL 
per VLC
server and would simply start the android's media player) might just be enough.
Another option (if it is simple enough to implement, I have no idea how hard it 
would
be) is to embed the player and overlay controls for easy navigation without ever
stopping the stream, but that's not required by any means.

Original comment by pikip...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2010 at 11:53

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Using the command line from pikipirs I could hear audio but had no video on my 
Nexus One. I found an alternate command line on the VLC forums that worked for 
me - though I plan to experiment with the bitrates and resolutions. I would 
like to second a vote to somehow enable VLC Remote to start streaming a file - 
that would just be plain wicked cool. Note: I am using VLC 1.1.0

vlc -I http --sout 
"#transcode{soverlay,ab=42,samplerate=44100,channels=1,acodec=mp4a,vcodec=h264,w
idth=320,height=180,vfilter="canvas{width=320,height=180,aspect=16:9}",fps=25,vb
=200,venc=x264{vbv-bufsize=500,partitions=all,level=12,no-cabac,subme=7,threads=
4,ref=2,mixed-refs=1,bframes=0,min-keyint=1,keyint=50,trellis=2,direct=auto,qcom
p=0.0,qpmax=51}}:gather:rtp{mp4a-latm,sdp=rtsp://0.0.0.0:5554/stream.sdp}"

Original comment by goy...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2010 at 6:05

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Hey can we stream audio alone to the android device? While the video keeps 
playing on the computer?

Original comment by sudarsha...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2010 at 7:16

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Issue 47 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mr.bald...@gmail.com on 24 Nov 2010 at 5:16

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If this gets to be implemented. I would like to have the ability to open a 
network stream and a capture device from VLC Remote as we can do by pressing 
"Ctrl+N" and "Ctrl+C" respectively.
Wpuld be great for those with capture cards.

Original comment by laf.csb...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2011 at 7:14