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stream_video_over_vpn.md

  1. forward port to local machine

    ssh -L 8080:localhost:8080 <remote ssh host>

  2. run vlc on the remote machine

    cvlc v4l2:///dev/video0 :v4l2-standard= :live-caching=300 :sout="#transcode{vcodec=x264,acodec=none}:http{mux=ts,dst=:8080/stream}"

  3. run vlc on the local machine

    vlc http://localhost:8080/stream
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