3.1. Receive a stream with VLC

3.1.1. Receive an unicast stream

% vlc -vvv udp:

3.1.2. Receive a multicast stream

% vlc -vvv udp:@239.255.12.42

where 239.255.12.42 is the multicast IP address you want to join .

3.1.3. Receive an HTTP/FTP/MMS stream

Use one of the following command lines :

• % vlc -vvv http://example/stream.xyz

  where http://example/stream.xyz is the HTTP address of the stream ;

• % vlc -vvv ftp://example/stream.xyz

  where ftp://example/stream.xyz is the FTP address of the stream ;

• % vlc -vvv mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo

  where mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo is the MMS address of the stream .