helge@helgekub:~/streaming$ # The next line will work if I remove vcodec, vb and scale - but then I will only get audio. helge@helgekub:~/streaming$ # I have also tried mp4v as vcodec, with the exactly same result as this. (h264 is what I'm after anyway though) helge@helgekub:~/streaming$ sudo vlc -v -I dummy mms://mms-icanal-live.online.no/nrk_tv_webvid04_h --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2,threads=2}:rtp{dst=127.0.0.1,port=1234,sdp="file:/home/helge/streaming/movies/test.sdp"}' VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus starting VLC root wrapper... using UID 1000 (helge) [00000287] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module... [00000304] main demuxer warning: no access_demux module matched "mms" [00000305] access_mms access: selecting stream[0x1] audio (127 kb/s) [00000305] access_mms access: selecting stream[0x2] video (860 kb/s) [00000305] access_mms access: connection successful [00000305] access_mms access warning: detected packet lost (48349410 != 1) [00000307] asf private warning: unknown asf object (not loaded) [00000307] asf private warning: unknown asf object (not loaded) [00000305] access_mms access warning: unimplemented query in control x264 [warning]: not compiled with pthread support! x264 [warning]: multislicing anyway, but you won't see any speed gain. x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 [00000365] ffmpeg decoder warning: warning: first frame is no keyframe (wmv3@0x8191f10) x264 [warning]: not compiled with pthread support! x264 [warning]: multislicing anyway, but you won't see any speed gain. x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1 x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 [00000368] access_output_udp private warning: send error: Connection refused [00000368] access_output_udp private warning: send error: Connection refused [00000368] access_output_udp private warning: send error: Connection refused [00000368] access_output_udp private warning: send error: Connection refused .. repeating forever ..