[MPlayer-advusers] playlist parser as a demuxer?

[compn]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:37:44 +0100
Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:29:20PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > Reimar Döffinger writes:
> > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:29:29PM -0500, compn wrote:
> > > > i know this has been talked about with automatic playlist parsing
> > > > but what was the final verdict? is it possible to have the parser
> > > > be called as a demuxer (always the last demuxer) and only for
> > > > files under 10k filesize (or if on streaming servers that dont
> > > > report size, for asx, pls, ram, smi, smil)?
> > > > 
> > > > e.g. -playlist becomes -demuxer 99 ?
> > > 
> > > I am totally against it, for multiple reason. A playlist is something
> > > very different than a media file and forcably handling it like one by
> > > moving a demuxer will most probably become a bug.
> > 
> > FYI, handling playlists as/with a demuxer is what Arpi planned for G2.
> > 
> > > Also there is a security aspect. Playlist can contain any filename
> > > located anywhere, they should not be executed "just like that" without
> > > the user knowing about it.
> > 
> > And how is that alleviated by adding -playlist to the command line?
> > It will still just play whatever file the playlist points at..
> 
> Yes, but I don't use -playlist, I just download that file and look for
> the URL.
> 
> > For better or worse, -playlist is basically the expected behavior for
> > streams and all other players don't need (obscure) options added to
> > the command line.
> 
> "That's how others do it" is not really a good argument.
> More important is making -playlist work with playlists that point to
> playlists. But it should not be done with a demuxer, as that demuxer
> would have to load the true demuxer for demuxing...
> Instead the files should be added to the playtree (although demuxer.c
> might be the right place to add the needed code)...

how does mplayer plugin/firefox tell between a playlist and a file?
i've seen .rm be playlists too ;\

e.g. http://www.archive.org/stream/mitocw.18.03.f03.videolectures/mit-ocw-18.03-lec33-09may2003-220k.rm
which btw, works in realplayer but not mplayer with/without live.com :D