Voxar

Stream video from commandline with VLC

$ vlc --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst:=8081}' \
  --extraintf http /path/to/video.avi

then point you’r video player to http://your.server:8081
Easy!
_{(might need to change your mux according to video format or something. ts seems fine for most .avi)}

Update: Added the extra interface “http” that functions as a remote using a web interface. Just surf to http://your.server:8080 to pause, seek etc. It needs port 8080 so I changed stream port to 8081