SAPSERVER(1)

📦 version 0.3.6, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

💖 SAPSERVER(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the VideoLAN corner of the group chat 🫶 this is the manual page for sapserver, and yes, we are going to read the whole thing together, no skimming, no scrolling past the boring bits. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sapserver — SAP and SLP announcment for the VLC Media Player

(yes, "announcment", that's literally how it's written, and honestly? iconic. we respect it. 💅)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sapserver [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options only, no positional args, no drama. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea, bestie 🍓 — sapserver announces MPEG2 TS streams, and it does it using the SAP/SDP protocols or the SLP protocol. Which MPEG2 TS streams, you ask? The ones produced by, for instance, VLS. 👑

And these announces? They can be received by the VLC Media Player o.a. — so like, other people's players just pick up what you're putting down. main character energy, fr fr. 🌈

lowkey important: go look at the default configuration file for examples. it's giving "the docs are in there, bestie, trust." 📖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

One bullet per flag, all of them, no skipping. Let's go. 🔥

  • -f file — use file as the configuration file. your config, your rules.
  • -c file — literally the same thing as -f. same as -f, bestie. two doors, one room. 🚪
  • -d — daemonize the process, aka run it in the background. it's not leaving the party, it's just not standing in the doorway. 🌙
  • -h — displays the help. when in doubt, ask for help. no shame in it, periodt. 🫶
  • -t — specifies the protocol to use, and your options are "slp" or "sap". the default is sap. pick your fighter. ⚔️
  • -u — when using SLP, unregister the programs. undo era. ↩️
  • -s — when using SAP, display a dot for each packet sent. little dots going by like a loading screen but make it aesthetic ✨.✨.✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

and that's the page, bestie!! you ate that. go announce some streams. 🎀🦋💜

written by Clément Stenac on July 21 2004, brought to you by VideoLAN. 2004 said "let me cook" and honestly they did. 🔥

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