Answers.Body: <p>No need to use ffmpeg here:</p>
  
  <p>Open VLC, go to <em>Media</em> > <em>Open Capture Device</em> and set <em>Capture Mode</em> to <em>Desktop</em></p>
  
  <p>Also see:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/screen/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/screen/</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Command_line/#Desktop.2FScreen_grab_options" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Command_line/#Desktop.2FScreen_grab_options</a></li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>Hey guys how can I stream my desktop to vlc I did found some examples but they do not work;First I need to start ffserver with some configs example here <a href="https://www.organicdesign.co.nz/Simple_video_streaming_with_ffserver" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.organicdesign.co.nz/Simple_video_streaming_with_ffserver</a> then when I start stream with </p>
  
  <pre><code>ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 127.0.0.1/cam1.ffm
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I got an error <em>/dev/video0: No such file or directory</em></p>
  
Tags: <ffmpeg><streaming><linux>
Title: Stream desktop (linux) with FFMPEG to VLC
UserDisplayName: Slobodan Vidovic
ThreadText: # Stream desktop (linux) with FFMPEG to VLC
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-14)
  
  Hey guys how can I stream my desktop to vlc I did found some examples but they do not work;First I need to start ffserver with some configs example here <https://www.organicdesign.co.nz/Simple_video_streaming_with_ffserver> then when I start stream with
  
  ```
  ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 127.0.0.1/cam1.ffm
  
  ```
  
  I got an error */dev/video0: No such file or directory*
  
  **Tags:** ffmpeg, streaming, linux
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-06. Score: 1
  
  No need to use ffmpeg here:
  
  Open VLC, go to *Media* > *Open Capture Device* and set *Capture Mode* to *Desktop*
  
  Also see:
  
  * <https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/screen/>
  * <https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Command_line/#Desktop.2FScreen_grab_options>
  
  
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