# HG changeset patch
# User nicolas
# Date 1050959099 0
# Node ID 9aeb208399698a3e773e4a6a9e1007db94dc7617
# Parent 692c4467da42130f6266cb32c8162f5c82c21f16
patch by Albeu, corrected by Diego Biurrun & me
diff -r 692c4467da42 -r 9aeb20839969 DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Mon Apr 21 20:13:21 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml Mon Apr 21 21:04:59 2003 +0000
@@ -433,4 +433,58 @@
wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -
+
+
+Remote streams
+
+
+Remote streams allow you to access most MPlayer
+stream type from a remote host. The main purpose of this feature is to make
+it possible to directly use the CD or DVD drive of another computer on the
+network (provided you have the required bandwidth). On the downside some
+stream type (currently TV and MF) are not useable remotely because they are
+implemented at the demuxer level. It's sad for MF but TV stream would anyway
+require an insane amount of bandwith.
+
+
+
+Compiling the server
+
+After having compiled MPlayer go to the
+TOOLS/netstream directory and enter
+make to build the server binary.
+You can then copy the netstream binary
+to the right place on your system (usely /usr/local/bin
+on Linux).
+
+
+
+
+Using remote streams
+
+First you have to start the server on the computer you intend to remotely
+access. Currently the server is very basic and doesn't have any commands
+line arguments so just enter netstream. Now you can
+for example play the second track of a VCD on the server with :
+
+mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername/vcd://2
+
+You can also access files on this server :
+
+mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername//usr/local/movies/lol.avi
+
+Note that paths wich aren't starting with a / will be relative to
+the directory where the server is running. The cache option is not
+needed but highly recommended.
+
+
+
+Be aware that currently the server is not secure at all. So don't complain
+about the numerous exploits wich are possible through this. Instead send
+some (good) patch to make it better or start writing your own server.
+
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