changeset 7813:76940a39405a

RTSP/RTP documentation, patch by Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live.com>.
author diego
date Sun, 20 Oct 2002 11:34:06 +0000
parents 29a006405a5f
children 988498df1996
files DOCS/documentation.html DOCS/formats.html DOCS/mplayer.1
diffstat 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/documentation.html	Sun Oct 20 10:41:32 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/documentation.html	Sun Oct 20 11:34:06 2002 +0000
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
               <LI><A HREF="formats.html#film">2.1.1.10 FILM files</A></LI>
               <LI><A HREF="formats.html#roq">2.1.1.11 RoQ files</A></LI>
               <LI><A HREF="formats.html#ogg">2.1.1.12 OGG/OGM files</A></LI>
+              <LI><A HREF="formats.html#sdp">2.1.1.12 SDP files</A></LI>
             </UL>
           </LI>
           <LI><A HREF="formats.html#audio_formats">2.1.2 Audio formats</A>
@@ -435,6 +436,8 @@
     suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.90).</LI>
   <LI><B>libogg</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG file format.</LI>
   <LI><B>libvorbis</B> - optional, needed for playing OGG Vorbis audio.</LI>
+  <LI><B><A HREF="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</A></B>
+    - optional, needed for playing RTSP/RTP streams.</LI>
 </UL>
 
 <H4>Codecs:</H4>
@@ -995,12 +998,13 @@
   <TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR>
   <TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR>
   <TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR>
-  <TR><TD></TD><TD>net</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used too)</CODE></TD></TR>
+  <TR><TD></TD><TD>WWW</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used, too)</CODE></TD></TR>
+  <TR><TD></TD><TD>RTSP</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] rtsp://server.example.com/streamName</CODE></TD></TR>
 </TABLE>
 
 <P>
-  Latest versions of MPlayer also accepts VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like
-  Xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P>
+  Latest versions of MPlayer also accept VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like
+  xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P>
 
 <PRE>
   mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
@@ -1223,7 +1227,8 @@
 
 <H2><A NAME="streaming">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A></H2>
 
-<P><B>MPlayer</B> can play files from network, using the HTTP or MMS protocol.</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> can play files from network, using the HTTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP
+  protocol.</P>
 
 <P>Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line.
   <B>MPlayer</B> also honors the http_proxy environment variable, and uses
--- a/DOCS/formats.html	Sun Oct 20 10:41:32 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/formats.html	Sun Oct 20 11:34:06 2002 +0000
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@
   before compiling <B>MPlayer</B> to be able to play it.</P>
 
 
+<H4><A NAME="sdp">2.1.1.13 SDP files</A></H4>
+
+<P><A HREF="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2327.txt">SDP</A>
+  is an IETF standard format for describing video and/or audio RTP streams.
+  (The "<A HREF="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</A>"
+  libraries are required.)</P>
+
+
 <H3><A NAME="audio_formats">2.1.2 Audio formats</A></H3>
 
 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is a <B>Movie</B> and not a <B>Media</B> player, although
--- a/DOCS/mplayer.1	Sun Oct 20 10:41:32 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/mplayer.1	Sun Oct 20 11:34:06 2002 +0000
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@
 .B \-quiet \ \ 
 Display less output and status messages.
 .TP
+.B \-sdp
+Specifies that the input file is a SDP ('Session Description Protocol')
+file that describes an RTP session (see http://www.live.com/mplayer/).
+.TP
 .B \-skin <skin\ directory> (BETA CODE)
 Load skin from the given directory (WITHOUT path name).
 
@@ -542,6 +546,12 @@
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
+.B \-rtsp-stream-over-tcp
+Used with 'rtsp://' URLs to specify that the resulting incoming RTP and RTCP
+packets be streamed over TCP (using the same TCP connection as RTSP). This
+option may be useful if you have a broken Internet connection that does not
+pass incoming UDP packets (see http://www.live.com/mplayer/).
+.TP
 .B \-skipopening
 Skip DVD opening (dvdnav only).
 .TP
@@ -2606,6 +2616,9 @@
 .B Stream from HTTP
 mplayer http://mplayer.hq/\:example.avi
 .TP
+.B Stream using RTSP
+mplayer rtsp://server.example.com/\:streamName
+.TP
 .B Convert subtitle to MPsub (to ./\:dump.mpsub)
 mplayer dummy.avi \-sub source.sub \-dumpmpsub
 .TP