[MPlayer-users] Cache limit...

[Ian Molton]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:52:07 -0700
rcooley <rcooley at spamcop.net> wrote:

> > The *right* way to do this is to make use of the fact linux will
> > buffer filesystem data in RAM.
> 
> Not just Linux...  FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, Solaris, and
> absolutely any other OS MPlayer runs on.

Not necessarily...

>  That solution wouldn't allow
> you to remove the cache function from MPlayer anyhow, since MPlayer's
> cache is still needed for caching streaming video, and whatever else.

Yes, but it does allow the cache to be kept to a sensible size.