[MPlayer-users] how to increase reception buffer

[belcampo]

maxime louvel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to play a stream with rtsp.
> I'm using vlc for the server and mplayer for the client.
> 
> If I play the video with mplayer and nfs then it looks fine.
> However when playing it as a streaming it get pixelized a lot, the audio is
> ok but not nicely synchronized.
> 
> Thus I've guessed it may be solved with a bigger buffer, hence my questions
> :
> 
> - firstly, is my assumption correct ?
Probably
> - if yes how could I increase the buffet on the client ?
Another word for buffer is cache
mplayer -cache ####
eventually followed by -cache-min ##
This way you'll get a 'little-delay' but will have a sufficient buffer.
> 
> for information here are the commands I used :
> 
> client : mplayer -v rtsp://10.194.3.144/test.sdp -vo xv
> server : vlc-wrapper -vvv
> /media/Scratch/videoRefCpy//autreVideo/bigBuckBunny//big_buck_bunny_480p_surround-fix.avi
> --sout '#rtp{dst=10.194.3.144,port=1234,sdp=rtsp://10.194.3.144/test.sdp}'
> 
> cheers,
> 
> maxime
>