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streaming with proxy
author gabucino
date Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:47:42 +0000
parents 1afe56851678
children cab4ac1467e4
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--- a/DOCS/documentation.html	Mon Jan 14 17:39:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/documentation.html	Mon Jan 14 17:47:42 2002 +0000
@@ -948,7 +948,11 @@
 
 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure --enable-streaming</CODE></P>
 
-<P>MPlayer <B>can NOT read ASF</B> files from network by the MMS protocol, only by plain HTTP.</P>
+<P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line. <B>MPlayer</B>
+also honours the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, and uses proxy if available.
+Proxy usage can also be forced :</P>
+
+<P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</CODE></P>
 
 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example
 used to play from FTP:</P>