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<chapter id="receive"><title id="treceive">
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Receive and save a stream
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Receive a stream with VLC
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Receive an unicast stream
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv udp:</userinput>
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Receive a multicast stream
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv udp:@239.255.12.42</userinput>
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where <emphasis>239.255.12.42</emphasis> is the
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multicast IP address you want to join.
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Receive an HTTP/FTP/MMS stream
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Use one of the following command lines:</para>
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv http://example/stream.xyz</userinput>
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where <emphasis>http://example/stream.xyz</emphasis>
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is the HTTP address of the stream;</para>
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv ftp://example/stream.xyz</userinput>
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where <emphasis>ftp://example/stream.xyz</emphasis>
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is the FTP address of the stream;</para>
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo</userinput>
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<emphasis>mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo</emphasis> is the MMS
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address of the stream.
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Receive a RTP stream available through RTSP
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv rtsp://www.hardradio.com/tonbeme.mov</userinput>
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where <emphasis>rtsp://www.hardradio.com/tonbeme.mov</emphasis> is the address of the stream.
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Receive a stream described by an SDP file
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<prompt>% </prompt><userinput>vlc -vvv http://server.example.org/stream.sdp</userinput>
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Save a stream with VLC
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VLC can save the stream to the disk. In order
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to do this, use the Stream Output of VLC : you can do it via the
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graphical interface, or you can add to the command line the following
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<userinput>--sout file/muxer:stream.xyz</userinput>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>muxer</emphasis>
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is one of the formats supported by VLC's stream
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<listitem><para><emphasis>ogg</emphasis>
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for OGG format,</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>ps</emphasis>
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for MPEG2-PS format,</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><emphasis>ts</emphasis>
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for MPEG2-PS format.</para></listitem>
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and <filename>stream.xyz</filename> is the name of
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the file you want to save the stream to, with the right extension.
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Receive a stream with a set-top-box
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Some set-top-boxes with Ethernet cards can receive
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MPEG2-TS streams over UDP and support multicast.
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Set-top-boxes known to work with VLC are :
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.pace.co.uk">Pace</ulink> set top boxes. (Pace Micro DSL 4000)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.aminocom.com">Aminocom</ulink> set top boxes. (all the models with mpeg2)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>tuxia / gct-allwell (mpeg4 and mpeg2) sigma designs8174 chipset</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>i3micro mood200 (mpeg4 and mpeg2 in transport streams)</para></listitem>
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