[MPlayer-dev-eng] MPlayer audio only / thread revisted

[Bertrand Baudet]

Sorry for the late answer but I didn't have a broadband connection to test
this before.

By increasing the size of the cache (use -cache 40) that will fix the trouble.

Gabu, can you add something like this in the FAQ:

Q: Network streaming hang after a few second of playing.
A: Increase the size of the cache by using -cache 40 for example.
     If it's still hang, try something greater that 40. If it still doesn't
     work, RTFM bugreport.

Q: Network streaming (MMS) stop and display "===> Transfert complete" in
     a "live" stream.
A: Some internet radio use a playlist to braodcast their music with windows 
media server. 
   On track transition the server (MWS) send a "transfert complete" and a new
   asf file header for the next song.
   This is not yet supported with Mplayer, I'm working on it (As soon I have 
some time).

Thanks,

Bertrand

On Sunday 24 March 2002 01:10 pm, Denis Hainsworth wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I found in the archive a thread regarding using mplayer to listen to
> audio-only streams off the internet.  Alban Bedel had posted a patch to
> some version of mplayer and there ensued a long thread where it seemed
> at least 1 bug was fixed in mplayer and Ardi had asked for a current
> patch.  I couldn't find any more about this.  This sort of player (to
> listen to streaming asf files) was what I was looking for today.  Was
> there ever a new pathc released?  Was it integrated into the source?  I
> didn't find anything suggesting it had been.  If it has been do folks
> know why the following plays about 15 seconds of stream and then hangs?
>
> mms://63.251.179.114/WZON-AM
>
> thanks
> -denis
>
> PS.  Would have posted to the users maillist...but the thread on this
> subject seemed to be only on the dev-eng maillist.  Sorry if the post is
> inappropriate.