docker-vlc

Image available from:

• Quay.io
• Docker Hub

VLC Media Player in a Docker container.

Usage

Running the image

docker run -d -v "$(pwd)":/data quay.io/galexrt/vlc:latest YOUR_VLC_FLAGS

For some simple examples, checkout the VLC Examples section below.

Pulling the image

From Quay.io:

docker pull quay.io/galexrt/vlc:latest

Or From Docker Hub:

docker pull galexrt/vlc:latest

VLC Examples

HTTP based video stream (TCP)

This will start a HTTP based video stream on port 8080/tcp.

docker run -d -v "$(pwd)":/data -p 8080:8080 quay.io/galexrt/vlc:latest file:///data/your-video-file.mp4 --sout '#transcode{scodec=none}:http{mux=ffmpeg{mux=flv},dst=:8080/}'

Using VLC to connect to the stream on the container / server IP on port 8080/tcp will show the video stream.

RTSP stream (UDP)

This will start a RTSP stream on port 8554/udp.

docker run -d -v "$(pwd)":/data -p 8554:8554/udp quay.io/galexrt/vlc:latest file:///data/your-video-file.mp4 --sout '#transcode{scodec=none}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://:8554/}'

VLC sout References

It is worth to checkout the following VideoLAN wiki pages for more information on the structure and possibilities of the sout argument:

• https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/
• https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/Advanced_streaming_with_samples,_multiple_files_streaming,_using_multicast_in_streaming/