Abandoned, should be easy to finish. This program is kind of pointless, though, unless you have UDP packets blocked in local network

Desktop Streamer (Windows version)

C utility to start a desktop stream with VLC and broadcast the fact over TCP

Made with Raspberry Pi integration in mind, default configuration is compatible with Pi Zero W.

This is my first C project. It uses WinAPI, OpenMP and cmake. I wrote a helper library while working on this project, you can find it in src/utils.

Installing

Install VLC. Then download this project's binary files or build them. Place the files anywhere, just make sure to invoke the programs with the same working directory, as it is the place where the config will be stored.

Usage

First time you run start.exe or stop.exe, settings file will be generated and nothing more will be done.

Run start.exe to start streaming and notify local devices. Check start.exe -h for more information about manual device selection. Run stop.exe to stop local VLC.

On Raspberry Pi, use a script that will catch the password and run (no Xserver required):

omxplayer --live http://....:.../streamer.avi --fps ..

I will provide such script soon (hopefully).

Building

Requirements:

• TDM-GCC
• CMake

Recommended:

• ninja build system

Add all of them to PATH, then call:

mkdir build
cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release [-DUSE_MESSAGEBOX_GUI if you want GUI]
ninja

If you don't use ninja, adjust your commands.

I've included Visual Studio Code settings for quick building with Ctrl-Shift-B.

Limitations

• this program will behave unexpectedly if the config file is corrupt/incorrect
• only IPv4 addresses are supported