Stream Playlist to iOS VLC

Serve Page

Create directory within document root of apache server

sudo mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/vlctest
sudo chown $USER /srv/www/htdocs/vlctest

Create Playlist

m3u=/dev/shm/playlist.m3u
echo "#EXTM3U" >"$m3u"
find /net/qnap/Multimedia/Musik/Favoriten/Jack\ White/ -type f -name '*.mp3' >"$m3u"

Stream Playlist

cvlc -vv "$m3u" --sout rtp:127.0.0.1 --ttl 2 -L -Z --no-metadata-network-access

Convert Playlist Stream to HTTP stream

cvlc -vv rtp://  --sout='#transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=192}:duplicate{dst=std{access=livehttp{seglen=10,splitanywhere=false,delsegs=true,numsegs=15,index=/srv/www/htdocs/vlctest/mystream.m3u8,index-url=http://job4/vlctest/mystream-########.ts},mux=ts,dst=/srv/www/htdocs/vlctest/mystream-########.ts},select=audio}'

Play Stream on iOS

• start VLC app
• Choose Network
• Select Open Network Stream
• Enter URL as served above (e.g. http://job4/vlctest/mystream.m3u8)
• Select Open

TODO

• Doesn't play multiple files from playlist yet. Need to experiment further...
• Serve from memory fs
  • configure apache to serve from /dev/shm/vlc
  • transcode to this directory
• Use systemd service to start streaming