123dockerlab/vlc_container repository overview

The idea behind "vlc_container" is that I wanted to build a media player inside a docker container. I chose it to be VLC because of its easy nature to stream/capture multicast video/audio streams.

The vlc_container has been built on top of x11docker/fluxbox base image, because of

1. Debian based Linux distribution
2. The smaller size (approx 80MB)

Dependencies:

1. Docker
2. X11docker
   #Installation steps and other details please follow the link -> (https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/blob/master/README.md⁠)
3. XPRA
   #It allows X programs to run on a remote host (docker container in this case) and direct its displays to the host machine
4. pulseaudio

Steps to download and run this container:

1. :~$ docker login
2. :~$ Username: <Enter docker username, if you do not have one signup with dockerhub>
3. :~$ Password:
4. :~$ docker pull 123dockerlab/vlc_container
   #Now you have the vlc_container image in your local repository

Build instructions:

1. :~$ docker build -t vlc_app .

Run instructions

1. :~$ x11docker --share="/home/kiran/Videos" --pulseaudio --xpra vlc_app
   #To play videos from the folder "/home/kiran/Videos" on host machine
2. :~$ x11docker --pulseaudio --xpra --hostnet vlc_app
   #To capture and play multicast stream