[MPlayer-users] Using -dumpstream on OS X

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hello,

On Dec 6, 2007 12:34 PM, MB <digital.discuss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I try to use dumpstream under OS X 10.4.8 with Mplayer 1.0rc1 and when I
> try this command from the folder "/Applications/MPlayer OSX PPC.app/
> Contents/MacOS/":
> "MPlayer OSX PPC" -dumpfile /file.rm -dumpstream rtsp://qstream-
> rm.qbrick.com/00928///kluster/20071201/071202JULKALENDERN.rm
> then I get this ->  MPlayer OSX PPC: command not found
>
> However, if I put the prefix "./" before like this:
> "./MPlayer OSX PPC" -dumpfile /file.rm -dumpstream rtsp://qstream-
> rm.qbrick.com/00928///kluster/20071201/071202JULKALENDERN.rm
>
> ---->then mplayer.app starts up:
> "2007-12-06 12:21:52.066 MPlayer OSX PPC[2783] =====================
> MPlayer OSX Started ====================="
>
>  and that's it. No attempts to connect or anything like that.


That's plain normal. "./" isn't in $PATH in all standard Unix systems.
You need to add the path were MPlayer OSX is if you want to make do without "./"

Guillaume

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