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I'm trying to use netcat on Linux server to stream video to my windows client using VLC

I started running netcat on Linux:

 cat /media/HD1/myMovie.mkv | nc -l 8668

In VLC Windows Client I tried to:

Open VLC > Open network stream vlc > rtp://@serverIP:8668

Without success.

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  • VLC has a server mode that you can use in Linux do this. Using cat to netcat won't make it speak the RTP protocol. – jordanm Jun 12 '13 at 5:12
  • Someone told me that VLC server is heavy and i could try to use mplayer instead. Do you agree? (i'm using Raspberry pi) – Makah Jun 13 '13 at 22:02
  • nc -l -p 5001 | mplayer -fps 31 -cache 1024 - on the receiving side. – Piotr Kula Nov 14 '13 at 9:27
  • @ppumkin nc: address already in use – Braden Best Oct 19 '17 at 7:29
  • Port is in use by something else? try another port number – Piotr Kula Oct 19 '17 at 14:39
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I had been looking for such a solution this weekend. Since i found one i thought to share it for future researchers.

PC 1 = Server. The PC in my lan having my movie stored

$ netcat -l -p 8111 <mymovie.mp4      # -p 8111 :port 8111. Can be any port
#OR 
$ cat mymovie.mp4 |netcat -l -p 8111  # -l : listening mode

PC 2 = Client. The PC connected to my TV 

$ netcat 192.168.1.116 8111 |vlc -         # Change IP accordingly to find PC1
#OR 
$ cat </dev/tcp/192.168.1.116/8111 |vlc -  # in Bash

Instead of vlc you can use mpv or any other video player as soon as read from standard input is supported.

Next Weekend Task:
Serve mymovie.mp4 to client alongside with subtitles srt file

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vlc has a stream feature to redirect video by network. You need execute this command on server:

vlc -vvv zzx.rmvb  --sout '#std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:8080}'

And then,you can execute this command on client:

mms://server_ip_address:8080

As the above，I use mms/mmsh to redirect video by network. Vlc support other stream methods. For example:http,udp,rtp/rtsp and so on. Please take a look at the document of vlc.

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