I need to create a server that can stream an mp3 file to another device. I am planning on using VLC. I looked at the VLC documentation and am confused about the way forward to do this. I found this link, http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/ch07.html which tells how to stream a file to a device. However, what I want to do is create a server that is just streaming audio and will allow other clients to connect to it and start playing what is streamed. How can this be done with VLC?
Answer
If you are OK with using just an RTP stream then try https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo_New. This is the absolute simplest method, and I used it very recently.
If you would like to setup a full-fledged on-demand RTSP server then use this: http://juliensimon.blogspot.com/2008/12/howto-setting-up-vod-server-with-vlc.html .