title: Using VLC for streaming HTTP on Linux
body: <p>Using VLC 1.1.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 I can get the GUI to stream from my capture card to an HTTP client (e.g. IE8) but when I try using a command line version of properties the stream is not coming across. I am not sure I am coding the command line correctly. I grabbed the properties from the GUI and wrote a command line that seems reasonable, and gives no apparent errors in the VLC log, but no stream. When I point my browser at the camera.asf file, Windows Media Player pops up but almost immediately shows error "reached the end of file".</p>
  
  <p>Here's what I pull from the GUI:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=wma2,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{dst=:8080/camera.asf} :no-sout-rtp-sap :no-sout-standard-sap :sout-keep
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here's what I am trying as a command line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0 --v4l2-input 1 --sout "#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=wma2,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{dst=:8080/camera.asf}" --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --sout-keep
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to get help from the VLC forum, but no replies.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>