[MPlayer-users] mplayer doesn't update the size of a growing file

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 08:55:16PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2018-09-15 at 11:31, arthurpeabody wrote:
> > Quoth The Wanderer:
> [...]
> Another workaround you might try is a FIFO:
>   mkfifo /tmp/videostream.fifo
>   cat output.rip > /tmp/videostream.fifo &
>   mplayer -cache 65536 /tmp/videostream.fifo
> [...]
> This will let you seek within however much of a time range your chosen
> '-cache' value will accommodate. The further back you want to be able to
> go, or the higher bitrate (et cetera) your video stream is, the bigger
> the cache you'll need; however, the bigger the cache you specify, the
> longer will be the delay before playback starts.

The startup delay can be controlled with the -cache-min option.

> Without '-cache', you won't be able to seek backwards at all, or at
> least if you do it won't work as expected.

Seeking may be affected by the -cache-seek-min option.

> [...]

Thanks,
Erik
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