VLC command to broadcast desktop audio on my LAN?
by clsgis from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6H6BE)
I want to multicast my desktop audio stream on my household LAN, so I can play it simultaneously on small computers around the house.
I found instructions on the VideoLanClient site, for transcoding an "input stream" and serving it on the LAN. The same page has a VLC command line for the small computers to receive and play the stream.
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...Line_Examples/
I'm stuck. How do I tell VLC to use the KDE (or whatever) desktop audio mix for its "input stream"?
The GUI VLC has an "open media" dialog with a capture mode selector. One of the options is "Desktop" but how do I say that on the vlc command line? And how do I tell it audio only. We don't need the video.
I'm a complete newbie to audio streaming and multimedia. Fairly comfortable with KDE and Linux basics.
I found instructions on the VideoLanClient site, for transcoding an "input stream" and serving it on the LAN. The same page has a VLC command line for the small computers to receive and play the stream.
https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentat...Line_Examples/
I'm stuck. How do I tell VLC to use the KDE (or whatever) desktop audio mix for its "input stream"?
The GUI VLC has an "open media" dialog with a capture mode selector. One of the options is "Desktop" but how do I say that on the vlc command line? And how do I tell it audio only. We don't need the video.
I'm a complete newbie to audio streaming and multimedia. Fairly comfortable with KDE and Linux basics.