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movie_night [2015/11/19 23:00] – [Set up the stream server] ishivvers | movie_night [2015/11/30 21:29] (current) – [How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display] ishivvers | ||
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===== How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display ===== | ===== How to stream a DVD to the 9-panel display ===== | ||
- | When has the difficulty of a task ever dissuaded UCB grad students? | + | **CAUTION: |
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**PLAN:** we will use a desktop computer to play the DVD and stream it over the network to the Mac 9-panel computer. | **PLAN:** we will use a desktop computer to play the DVD and stream it over the network to the Mac 9-panel computer. | ||
- | ==== Set up the stream server | + | **Set up the stream server** |
- Locate a Linux computer in Campbell with a DVD drive (preferably plugged into Ethernet rather than on WiFi). It needs to be running an SSH server that you can log in to. | - Locate a Linux computer in Campbell with a DVD drive (preferably plugged into Ethernet rather than on WiFi). It needs to be running an SSH server that you can log in to. | ||
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- port 8080: < | - port 8080: < | ||
- port 8081: < | - port 8081: < | ||
- | - Sometimes these tunnels will be shut down if there' | + | - Sometimes these tunnels will be shut down if there' |
- Run VLC on the server and stream the output to port 8081 (I usually just do this within one of the SSH instances above). | - Run VLC on the server and stream the output to port 8081 (I usually just do this within one of the SSH instances above). | ||
- command: < | - command: < |