[MPlayer-users] mplayer udp sync -- several instances on one machine

[johannes amorosa]

On 6 July 2012 23:27, johannes amorosa <johannes.amorosa at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6 July 2012 23:01, Roger Pack <rogerdpack2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > No rules are turned on in the firewall. Maybe I describe my setup a bit
>> > better I think my post was misleading.
>> > I want to playback 5 HD streams on 3 Linux boxes in sync. All machines
>> have
>> > double DVI outputs and
>> > I can configure my xserver as Twinview. Master and Slave on a single
>> > machine works great. A second machine
>> > with one udp-slave works great too. But If I start a second slave
>> instance
>> > on the second machine it wont get synced.
>>
>> maybe running out of network bandwidth? What command line do you use
>> to send to 2 slaves?
>> -r
>>
>
> Thank you Roger but I dont believe it's a bandwith issue. The syncdata is
> simple UDP timecode values.
> Should be of any interest in a gigabit network.
> I think I need a reverse-proxy that enables a second broadcast port. Or
> some kind of tunneling.
> The command is posted in my first posting. Anyone having another idea?
> Thanks for help.
> Johannes
>

Is someone experienced with the reuse-socket option? It has no effect. What
am I missing?