The “class D” multicast address range is 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255, with the private range falling between 239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255<\/p>\n
This configuration tests multicast routing configurations using VLC:
\nAny machine can join a multicast group by sending a request on the network, and it will automatically receive the stream. When it sends a request to leave the group, it will automatically stop receiving the stream. The streaming server only sends one stream even if there are multiple clients receiving it.<\/p>\n
Using UDP to stream to multiple recipients<\/p>\n
locate a suitable video file (e.g. “file.avi”) and open a command prompt (windows) or terminal window (Linux).\u00a0 Change to the directory where file.avi exists.<\/p>\n
On the server enter:<\/p>\n
vlc -vvv file.avi –sout udp:239.0.0.1 –ttl 12 –loop<\/p>\n
NOTE:\u00a0 If VLC is not in your path, you need to add it.\u00a0 To do this, type “set” to show your existing path, e.g.<\/p>\n
path=c:\\php;C:\\Perl\\site\\bin;C:\\Perl\\bin;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Program Files\\ZipGenius 6\\;C:\\usr\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\SSH Communications Security\\SSH Secure Shell\\<\/p>\n
Now add the VLC directory to the path, with “set path”:<\/p>\n
set path=c:\\php;C:\\Perl\\site\\bin;C:\\Perl\\bin;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Program Files\\ZipGenius 6\\;C:\\usr\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\SSH Communications Security\\SSH Secure Shell\\;C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\<\/p>\n
On the client(s) enter:<\/p>\n
vlc -vvv udp:@239.0.0.1<\/p>\n
OR from the VLC player:<\/p>\n
Media > Open Network\u00a0 (then choose UDP and enter multicast address).<\/p>\n
You should now receive the video stream via multicast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The “class D” multicast address range is 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255, with the private range falling between 239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 This configuration tests multicast routing configurations using VLC:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83,27],"tags":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/darenmatthews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}