1. Receive a stream with VLC

1. Receive a stream with VLC
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% vlc -vvv udp:

% vlc -vvv udp:@239.255.12.42

where 239.255.12.42 is the multicast IP address you want to join .

Use one of the following command lines :

```
% vlc -vvv http://example/stream.xyz
```
where http://example/stream.xyz is the HTTP address of the stream ;
```
% vlc -vvv ftp://example/stream.xyz
```
where ftp://example/stream.xyz is the FTP address of the stream ;
```
% vlc -vvv mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo
```
where mms://viptvr.yacast.fr/encoderfranceinfo is the MMS address of the stream .