[MPlayer-users] Peer Test: Apple.com Tailer video. Problem of initi second replay in loop?

[Kevin DeKorte]

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RainerStroebel at t-online.de wrote:
> 
> MPlayer and the cache usage
> ======================
> 
> 
> By the usage of MPalyer I have notice:  
> 
> 1.  The  execution  of the program result in usage of  cache with
> different sizes and  cache-min setting by program logic.
> 
> 2. In the testcase above the program logic does not assign an amount of
> cache buffer and an cach-min value  > 0 setting.
> 
> 3. The default setting of values for cache size and cache-min can /
> could  depending of the task, the CPU type and the bandwidth by  program
> logic  does make sense to me.

	That is 100% correct. It is up to you, as a user, to be able to figure
out your proper cache setting when using mplayer directly. Usually if
you have problems, set the value higher.


> 
> This especially is  required, if  MPlayer is used in an Online
> environment -
>  called form an Browser Plugin odr and Browser Extension. 
> 

	Right now in mplayerplug-in and gecko-mediaplayer I set the cache to a
'default' value and then give the user the option to alter that setting.
Having better logic such as knowing when mplayer is about to run out of
cache and then pausing playback until the cache reaches an acceptable
level has always something I have thought about doing, but doing it
right is a much harder issue, especially with all the different media
types out there. Feedback from mplayer is better on some media types
than others.

> In this case an user action is not desired for special Mplayer option
> setting .

mplayer cannot always make this decision due to websites not providing
enough data or other factors.

Kevin

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