[MPlayer-users] Possible http download bug

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Heine Laursen wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> When I try to play the file
> http://movies.apple.com/movies/wb/syriana/syriana_h.480.mov with mplayer
> it suddenley stop playaying (freezing), while wget the file and then
> play it with mplayer works flawlessley.
> 
> 
>>hl at sid:/tmp$ mplayer http://movies.apple.com/movies/wb/syriana/syriana_h.480.mov
>>MPlayer dev-CVS-051027-18:35-3.3.6 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
>>CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Sempron/Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton,Thorton (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
>>Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
>>CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
>>Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE

Have you tried setting the cache option?

Maybe try

mplayer -cache 2048 http://movies.apple.com/movies/wb/syriana/syriana_h.480.mov

Using this cache size and being on a high speed connection allows me to play the
trailer without error using mplayer CVS (today).

Kevin
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