Vlcstreamer debugging

VLC Streamer Debugging

VLC can't convert all movies to the required file format for streaming.

There are a couple of things you can do to get info on what is going wrong. Hopefully this will help you figure out how to avoid the problem or work round it.

(if you figure out something that is generally useful - then please let me know)

Try a known movie

Try downloading the mp4 Building on the Past movie

(Right click on the link and click 'save content as...')

I have tested this movie on Windows and Mac to check that VLC Streamer can handle it.

(movie is hosted by the internet archive )

Try running the command manually

Windows

1. Click on the 'open working directory' button in the helper
2. You'll see a series of directories corresponding to converted movies
3. Open the directory that corresponds to the problematic file
4. Open the cmd.txt file and copy the text
5. Open a command window (Start menu, run program, type 'cmd' )
6. Paste the command from cmd.txt (use right click to paste)

this will run the command that VLC streamer is using to convert the movie. You should see output from VLC in a new window. Hopefully this will give additional information on what is not working.

Mac

1. Click on the 'open working directory' button in the helper
2. You'll see a series of directories corresponding to converted movies
3. Open the directory that corresponds to the problematic file
4. Open the errLog.txt file

this contains the output which VLC produced. Hopefully it is helpful.

You can also run the command from the cmd.txt file (copy it into a terminal window) if you want to re-run the command or modify it

Try custom encoding options

This is one for VLC experts! If you are willing to mess in the arcane details of VLC, then try

Custom encoding