[mpeters@12-233-80-32 mpeters]$ wget http://fredrik.hubbe.net:80/plugger/test.mov |mplayer -cache 8192 - results in : Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) Falling back on trying to parse playlist -... ============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported ============= === If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author! === yet - wget file && mplayer file works perfectly. I also tried (in fact tried first) mplayer http://fredrik.hubbe.net:80/plugger/test.mov It pops open a window, and shows a bunch of data - CVID: corruption 7584 (QT/AVI) != 11866690 (CV)79 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% CVID: END INFO chunk size 7584 cvid size1 11866690 cvid size2 0 CVID: corruption 7604 (QT/AVI) != 11866690 (CV)80 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% CVID: END INFO chunk size 7604 cvid size1 11866690 cvid size2 0 CVID: corruption 7604 (QT/AVI) != 11604546 (CV)81 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% CVID: END INFO chunk size 7604 cvid size1 11604546 cvid size2 0 CVID: corruption 7608 (QT/AVI) != 1900544 (CV) 82 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% CVID: strip overflow (more than 32) CVID: corruption 7608 (QT/AVI) != 0 (CV) 83/ 83 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% CVID: strip overflow (more than 32) A: 14.9 V: 15.0 A-V: -0.019 ct: -0.172 84/ 84 0% 0% 0.4% 0 0 0% but doesn't play. Yet the file itself plays fine if I download it and then play it. What's going on? Am I just not understanding how it is suppose to work? mplayer 0.90rc4 compiled with --with-win32libdir=/usr/local/lib/win32codec-0.90 --enable-qtx-codecs --with-reallibdir=/usr/local/lib/rp9codecs --with-xanimlibdir=/usr/local/lib/xanimdlls --enable-mad --with-xvidcore=/usr/lib/libxvidcore.a --enable-xmms --with-xmmsplugindir=/usr/local/lib/xmms --with-xmmslibdir=/usr/local/lib --enable-gui (qt6 and qt extras in win32codec-0.90) -- Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com>