Mention how to use VLC for multicasting your screen too.

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@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ local network.  If the value is increased, your screen will be
 broadcasted further, one network "hop" for each increase (read up on
 multicast to learn more. :)!</p>
 
 broadcasted further, one network "hop" for each increase (read up on
 multicast to learn more. :)!</p>
 

+<p>Having cracked how to get Kodi to receive multicast streams, I
+could use this VLC command to stream to the same multicast address.
+The image quality is way better than the rtsp approach, but gstreamer
+seem to be doing a better job.</p>
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+cvlc screen:// --sout '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga,vb=800,ab=128}:rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.0.1,port=1234,sdp=sap}'
+</pre></blockquote>
+

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