Title: Streaming the Linux desktop to Kodi using VLC and RTSP
-Tags: english, debian, video
+Tags: english, debian, video, kodi
Date: 2018-07-12 02:00
+<p>PS: See
+<ahref="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Simple_streaming_the_Linux_desktop_to_Kodi_using_GStreamer_and_RTP.html">the
+followup post</a> for a even better approach.</p>
+
<p>A while back, I was asked by a friend how to stream the desktop to
my projector connected to Kodi. I sadly had to admit that I had no
idea, as it was a task I never had tried. Since then, I have been
<p>Note the 192.168.11.4 IP address is my desktops IP address. As far
as I can tell the IP must be hardcoded for this to work. In other
words, if someone elses machine is going to do the steaming, you have
-to update screenstream.m4u on the Kodi machine and adjust the vlc
+to update screenstream.m3u on the Kodi machine and adjust the vlc
recipe. To get started, locate the file in Kodi and select the m3u
file while the VLC stream is running. The desktop then show up in my
big screen. :)</p>