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authorgabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-06-09 10:54:45 +0000
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@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ Usage:
Note: in order to use Matrox YUV driver (-vo mga or xmga), first you'll have
to load the driver: see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS .
-Playing from stdin:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Playing from Net & stdin:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now it's possible.
To play something by reading from stdin, just use '-' as filename:
@@ -193,12 +193,15 @@ This feature combined with external wrappers extends possibilities.
For example, to play a movie just downloaded from your favourite divx
server:
rar p ast-nssvcd.rar | mplayer -vo xmga -fs -
-
-With an ASF grabber or http dump program you can play from the net.
+or:
wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -
-(however we planned to add direct ASF/http/ftp inputs with seeking and other
-stuff, but for now it's a good workaround)
+Playing from the net currently works only with HTTP, other methods (including
+ASF) coming soon.
+ mplayer http://test.localdomain/dune.mpg
+
+NOTE : you have to compile MPlayer with --enable-streaming !!!
+
TV output:
~~~~~~~~~~