5.2. Stream a DVD with VLS

This is possible under GNU/Linux only .

% vls -vv -d udp:192.168.0.42 dvd:/dev/dvd --ttl 12

where :

• /dev/dvd is the name of your DVD drive or the directory where you copied your DVD ,

• 192.168.0.42 is either :

  • the IP address of the machine you want to unicast to ;

  • or the DNS name the machine you want to unicast to ;

  • or a multicast IP address .

• 12 is the value of the TTL (Time To Live) of your IP packets (which means that the stream will be able to cross 11 routers) .

If you want to stream the DVD continuously, add the --loop option .