[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en usage.xml,1.26,1.27

Guillaume POIRIER poirierg at gmail.com
Wed May 18 14:31:01 CEST 2005


Hi,

On 5/18/05, Diego Biurrun CVS <syncmail at mplayerhq.hu> wrote:
> CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en
> In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv32547/en
> 
> Modified Files:
>         usage.xml
> Log Message:
> Clarify that -dumpstream works for video as well as audio and mention
> -dumpaudio and -dumpvideo as well.

Good idea. Even though I assumed that this example would make Joe User
look for other options like that in the docs, it's even better if he
doesn't have to do that, as Joe is lazy (like me).



>    Once you succeed in making <application>MPlayer</application> play
> -  your favorite internet radio station, you can use the option
> +  your favorite internet stream, you can use the option
>    <option>-dumpstream</option> to save the stream into a file.
>    For example:
>  <screen>
> -  mplayer <replaceable>http://217.71.208.37:8006</replaceable> -dumpstream -dumpfile <replaceable>tsf-jazz.mp3</replaceable>
> +  mplayer <replaceable>http://217.71.208.37:8006</replaceable> -dumpstream -dumpfile <replaceable>stream.asf</replaceable>

Ah, crap, your ruined my example! That was a subliminal advertisement
for the great Jazz radio "TSF-Jazz", and now, there's not much left of
it, except the IP address... are you gonna change it too? :-p

Guillaume




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