Vlc jail on free as 11.2

[dakalaka]

Hello everyone,
Is there a way to install VLC in a jail? Currently I am using vlc to stream my ip cam so that I am able to see the stream onto my smart tv. I am using a vm with Ubuntu and streaming from there via vlc. I was wondering if there is a way to put vlc into a jail and get rid of the vm.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts or alternatives to what I wish to accomplish.

 

[JohnDigital]

Check out a little app called motion. I dont use any of the motion detection settings, I just use if for live view. This definitely will work very easily out of a jail. It works very slick for what I think you want, it can basically do any kind of camera, especially IP cams. I use it with a mix of cheap usb webcams and IP cams. It has a built in webserver. As long as your tv can open a webpage, motion will work well for what you want me thinks. I havent ever tried running vlc in a jail but I would think that might also be possible, I just never had the need to try. A raspberry pi might be a good choice if you are dead set on using VLC, and motion also works wonderfully with a Raspberry Pi.

 

[dakalaka]

John Digital thank You very much for your solution. I will look into it for sure. But before i do, the monitor stream will work only from a web browser or will it also work from a iptv app installed on the tv? The idea is to be able to have my ipcam stream in the same place as my iptv streams that i am using. Then, is monitor able to do transcoding as vlc is able? I also have a microphone connected to the ipcam and i need transcoding to be able to have sound.
Best wishes,

 

[JohnDigital]

Yes it will work with every app ive tried. Motion talks to each camera then presents it as a normal stream similar to what the ip cam puts out. I use 5 cameras and they all have their own address. As well as the main screen which shows all cameras, then all cameras are clickable in the main screen to open that cameras stream full screen. I love it.

 

[dakalaka]

That sounds great. And do You have a tutorial on how to install it in a jail please? I would very much wnt to try it. Regards.

 

[JohnDigital]

I dont, but its my theory that you can install it in any jail. If youd like a walkthrough I think I can get you going. Before you destroy your Ubuntu VM just install it in there. Then when you are ready to get it in a jail and are sure its going to work out for you, the tutorial that follows will get you going. In Ubuntu do sudo apt-get install motion and as soon as you have a jail created and are ready to install it to freenas its almost as easy, few more steps.. SSH into the jail using putty or a linux terminal.

Code:

pkg install nano autoconf pkgconf automake gmake git ffmpeg gettext libmicrohttpd
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion.git
cd motion
autoreconf -fiv
./configure
gmake
gmake install

 

[dakalaka]

I did all the above but i am a bit lost i admit it . if there is no web interface (or i do not know how to access it) i cannot manage the setup only by editing the .conf file. i appreciate the efforts John but the following steps are over passing my knowledge.