On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:06:48 -0500 Munir Nassar <tclug at beitsahour.net> wrote: > Josh Trutwin writes: > > > Does anyone know if you can use videolan to stream the contents > > of your desktop? I'm trying to setup a stream to "demo" an > > application that's running repeatedly on one linux box. > > sounds like this is a job for vnc2swf, it records your vnc > session as a movie file that you can then play in a loop. > > of course you can just use vnc to display a remote system, or run > the X application tunneled over ssh, or use freeNX, or use > XDMCP.... > > there really are no end of ways you can do that. videolan though > may not be the right tool for the job. I think I'm finding that out now - plus it's being a @#$$ to install from source. Thanks for the pointers, will let you know what I come up with. Josh