[MPlayer-users] mplayer sound over ssh ?

[Michel Bardiaux]

rcooley wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:14:20 +0200
> Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux at peaktime.be> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Actually, one can setup ssh to forward *any* specific TCP port. 
> 
> 
> Yes, I am very, very well aware of that.  I've been using the
> functionality for a very long time. 

I'm interested. How exactly do you do it? Specifically, do you know a 
way to do it to a Win32 machine? (I mean I would like my X-server, which 
is cygwin-xfree under W2k, to have sound too, possibly using SDL or ARTS 
on the client side)

> Although, it is irrelevant.  I said
> SSH handled X11 (which it does) and asked why someone would expect it
> would also handle forwarding sound (which it doesn't, not by itself at
> least)
> 
> 
>>What is special in X11 forwarding is the forwarding of *dynamic* port
>>numbers.
> 
> 
> No, there's a lot more to it than that.  It also has a special handler
> for X11 authentication over SSH.
> 


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