[MPlayer-dev-eng] [DOCS] [RESEND] missing option descriptions
Diego Biurrun
diego at biurrun.de
Thu Jun 12 00:01:51 CEST 2003
Dave Lambley writes:
> I can help you with two:
>
> -prefer-ipv4 / -prefer-ipv6 - These tell MPlayer to connect to a servers
> using the IPv4 or IPv6 protocols first. If one protocol fails to work it
> will try the other automatically.
>
> This option applies to HTTP, MMS, ASF, NetStream and RealRTSP streaming,
> although it has only been tested with HTTP and MMS.
>
>
> -ipv4-only-proxy - This tells mplayer that your HTTP proxy can only
> connect to IPv4 addresses. With this option, if the hostname cannot be
> resolved to an IPv4 address, MPlayer will try to connect to the server
> directly, rather than the proxy.
So what about
-prefer-ipv4
Use IPv4 on network connections. Falls back to IPv6
automatically.
-prefer-ipv6
Use IPv6 on network connections. Falls back to IPv4
automatically.
-ipv4-only-proxy
Skip the proxy for IPv6 addresses. It will still be used for
IPv4 connections.
Diego
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