[MPlayer-users] Re: Streaming mplayer - *.wax?

[adland]

> I have a streaming site mplayer can't seem to digest.  The most flagrant is
http://www.npr.org.  I am hoping someone can help me figure out what I might be
doing wrong.

just a note mplayer does not seem to like redirectors 
(playlists) on remote URLs. (even with the -playlist option)

it is good that you saved the playlist to a local file first.

for the chopiness (pauses/breaks) you could try increasing your cache size.
use the -cache option.

good luck