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streaming with proxy
author gabucino
date Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:47:42 +0000
parents 1afe56851678
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946 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play files from network, using the HTTP protocol. 946 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play files from network, using the HTTP protocol.
947 Configuring it is simple, just recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with</P> 947 Configuring it is simple, just recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with</P>
948 948
949 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure --enable-streaming</CODE></P> 949 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure --enable-streaming</CODE></P>
950 950
951 <P>MPlayer <B>can NOT read ASF</B> files from network by the MMS protocol, only by plain HTTP.</P> 951 <P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line. <B>MPlayer</B>
952 also honours the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, and uses proxy if available.
953 Proxy usage can also be forced :</P>
954
955 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</CODE></P>
952 956
953 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example 957 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example
954 used to play from FTP:</P> 958 used to play from FTP:</P>
955 959
956 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P> 960 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P>