[MPlayer-dev-eng] STDIN Issues - QuickTime

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Thu Jan 23 20:18:14 CET 2003


Hi,

> curl 
> "http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/4cbd5b4f1f5359/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177be457c52aa3d242ab1d7ef257ca399f137be043a4167fe143a80977/piratesofthecaribbean-sref.mov" 
> | mplayer -
> 
> Errors MOV: Reference Media file!!!
> QuickTime/MOV file format detected.
> 
> 
> Playing piratesofthecaribbean_m240.mov
> File not found: 'piratesofthecaribbean_m240.mov'

as expected. the reference file does not contain the server name nor the
path, only teh filename. so mplayer cannot find the referenced media.

> If it is not a reference file, I get this.
> 
> curl "http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.mov" | mplayer -
> 
> QuickTime/MOV file format detected.
> MOV: Cannot seek to the beginning of the Movie header (0xcb8e8)
> Falling back on trying to parse playlist -...

you need -cache 256 or bigger.
for http:// urls cache is enabled by default, but for stdin it isn't.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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