[MPlayer-users] is there some method to save a streaming file to local file ?

[Oliver Seitz]

Am 24.05.2012 05:05, schrieb lean fu:
> Hi list:
>
> is there some method that support to download and save video files on local
> disk synchronously  while  playback a streaming file ?  thanks!

No, there isn't. You can save a stream using -dumpstream, but the 
downloading MPlayer can not play it while dumping.

You can, however, start another instance of MPlayer to play the 
downloading file, while the first MPlayer is still downloading.

Give the download process a good headstart as a buffer. If the playing 
process for some reason eats the stream a bit faster than the 
downloading spits it out, the playing process eventually will stop.

Greets,
Kiste