[MPlayer-users] [POLL] RAM and streamed RM (realplayer) files

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi there,
Some web sites features links to streamed content as a RAM file, such
as: http://www.tv-radio.com/ondemand/france_inter/HISTOIRE/HISTOIRE20050526.ram
This kind of file is in fact just a link to a RTSP stream, like:
rtsp://a1977.v107971117109424.c10797.g.vr.akamaistream.net/ondemand/7/1977/10797/1117109424/franceinter.download.akamai.com/10797/france_inter/HISTOIRE/HISTOIRE20050515.rm
My question is: am I the only one who is quite annoyed by the fact
that MPlayer doesn't follow the link in the RAM file?
An easy work-around would be something such as (untested):

#!/bin/bash
wget $1;
mplayer `cat $1`;

But somehow I'd prefer if that wasn't necessary...

What do you guys think?

Regards,

Guillaume