6 Appendix A: VLC Configurations

Launch the VLC player and configure the following for H.264 streaming.

  1. Disable the hardware acceleration.
    1. On the VLC media player menu bar, select Tools > Preference.
    2. In the Simple Preferences window, click the Input / Codecs tab and set the Hardware-accelerated decoding as Disable.
      Figure 6-1. Simple Preference—Input / Codecs
  2. Alter the Network Caching.
    1. In the VLC media player menu bar, select Tools > Preference.
    2. Select All under Show settings for Advanced Preferences.
    3. In the Advanced Preferences window, select Input / Codecs and alter the Network Caching (ms) if the file you are trying to play is located on a network share. Increasing the Network Caching (ms) value increases the latency of video playing in VLC.
    Figure 6-2. Advanced Preferences—Input / Codecs
  3. Configure the FFMPEG Video Decoder Parameters.
    1. Select Input / Codecs > Video codecs > FFmjpeg.
      1. Clear Direct rendering.
      2. Select Allow speed tricks and set Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding to None.
      3. Set Threads to 2.
      Figure 6-3. Advanced Preferences—Video Codecs
  4. Configure the video output module.
    1. Select Video > Output modules and set Video output module as Windows GDI video output.
    Figure 6-4. Advanced Preferences—Video Output Modules
  5. Click Save.