VLC Media Player for Mac is a powerful and efficient app for playing all kinds of media in multiple formats right on your Mac. With this app in place, you can just download and watch what you want. I was also curious about why the Videolan site wasn't updated, but since I haven't seen anything weird and it's fixed issues i was having with 2.2.6 under High Sierra, I just kept 2.2.8. From what I understand when I checked into the matter from other sources, VideoLan isn't planning on a major VLC release until 3.0 is ready, so all these. Devices and Mac OS X version. VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any Mac with a 64-bit Intel processor or an Apple Silicon chip. Previous devices are supported by older releases. Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported.

Sometime back we started publishing posts on VLC Media Player to educate our readers on its advanced features. Though most people use VLC for playing videos, they are unaware of its real anchor and cross-platform capabilities. We have already covered on how to cut videos using VLC and how to use it as a converter tool to have them changed from one format to another.

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Today, we are going to see how we may use VLC and its network options to stream media with ease. Yes, this may amuse you but we can stream a live camera feed or a disk stored video/audio into and out of our VLC player.

Quick tip: Windows 7 users can also try streaming content between different computers by creating a homegroup. For Mac and PS3 users, here’s our guide to stream media from Mac to PS3.

Streaming basically consists of two parts. First, an input must be streamed into the network. And second, the stream must be received at the other end that is on the other computer.

Creating a Stream for Network Using VLC

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To begin with open an instance of VLC media player and choose Advanced Open File from under the Media tab. You may choose Open Capture Device in case you wish to take the input from an integrated device like the webcam. If the input is a Network Stream follow the next section of the article.

Browse and add an input file to the dialog and select Stream from the drop down menu next to the Play button.

In the next page you will need to select a destination protocol and head towards adding the desired network address. You may consider creating an output file on local machine as well.

Add an address, define a port number and select a transcoding profile. If you feel the need you may hit the Settings Icon to configure more details.

Hit the Stream button and your media will be off to the network address port combination. In case there is some coding error you might have to reconsider your protocol and transcoding profile or get the latest codec pack.

Receiving a Stream from Network

This is the easier part of the process. Open an instance of VLC media player on the computer where you intend to receive the stream, and choose Open Network Stream from under the Media tab.

In the next window you should choose the protocol in which your media was streamed from the first computer. If it is a live feed from some IP camera you need to go back to its user manual.

Now, enter the network address:port as it had been configured at the sender’s end. Hit Play and enjoy your audio or video without its presence on your disk.

Conclusion

The advanced options on VLC are just awesome. You may explore and edge it down to any degree. I did use the streaming capability over the LAN once and the results were amazing. Live feed can allay your security concerns as well.

Do let us know your experiences over comments. We would be glad to hear on more VLC features that you might know about.

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