All things related to multicast

[Bill Owens <>]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 07:28:01AM -0500, Fulchiero, Frank (Information 
Services) wrote:
> We have a 10 MBPS limit on our I2 connection (self-imposed by packet shaper)
> I notice the VLC stats on the stream are about 9 mbps.
> Does that mean each individual PID is 9 mbps, or the three together are 9 
> mbps?

I believe that it is the three together, but I'm not a video expert. . .

> If we want to see all three programs, how do we get three instances of VLC 
> (newbie question)?
> Just make three individual installations or copies of the program?

That I can help with, assuming you're on a Mac. In general, Mac apps don't 
like to run multiple instances, I believe because of issues with preferences 
files and the like. But there are ways around that:

 - Install two different versions, for example the release and a trunk or 
branch nightly build (I usually have one of those around for testing anyway).

 - Make two copies of the same version, with different names.

 - Invoke the program from Finder by clicking on the icon, and then start 
Terminal and invoke it from the command line. That will likely be something 
like "/Applications/vlc/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC". 

I just did the last one, and found that indeed it complains about one of the 
prefs files, but both copies run and they can display the two different 
program streams. 

Bill.