<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE > Send announces for the programs streamed by VLS with the mini-SAP-server </TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="VideoLAN HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE=" Add a channel information service " HREF="sap.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE=" Send announces when streaming with VLC " HREF="x1299.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE=" Start VLC(s) on the client(s) " HREF="x1352.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >VideoLAN HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x1299.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 12. Add a channel information service</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x1352.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN1315" ></A >12.2. Send announces for the programs streamed by VLS with the mini-SAP-server</H1 ><DIV CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="25" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" ><IMG SRC="../images/note.gif" HSPACE="5" ALT="Note"></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P > The mini-SAP-server is only available for Linux and Mac OSX. </P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="simplesect" ><H2 CLASS="simplesect" ><A NAME="AEN1319" ></A >12.2.1. Install the mini-SAP-server</H2 ><P > Download the latest version of the mini-SAP-server from the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/streaming/" TARGET="_top" >streaming download page</A >. </P ><P > Install-it: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >tar xvzf miniSAPserver-version.tar.gz</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >cd miniSAPserver-version</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure (if version >= 0.2.3)</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >make</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="simplesect" ><H2 CLASS="simplesect" ><A NAME="AEN1333" ></A >12.2.2. Configure the mini-SAP-server</H2 ><P >Edit the configuration file <TT CLASS="filename" >sap.cfg</TT > shipped with the tarball. It should contain a global section with the Time To Live (TTL) and the IP version (IPv4 or IPv6) used for the SAP announces and a section per program announced. Use the comments to understand each parameter.</P ><P >The Time To Live option indicates the maximum number of routers that the SAP announce packets can cross before being dropped.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="simplesect" ><H2 CLASS="simplesect" ><A NAME="AEN1338" ></A >12.2.3. Run the mini-SAP-server</H2 ><P > Start the mini-SAP-server: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./sapserver -c sap.cfg</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > If you want to run the mini-SAP-server in the background, use the <B CLASS="command" >-d</B > command line switch. For instance: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./sapserver -d -c sap.cfg</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > You can also omit the <B CLASS="command" >-c</B > command line switch if your config file is <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/sap.cfg</TT >. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1299.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1352.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Send announces when streaming with VLC</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sap.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Start VLC(s) on the client(s)</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >