Hi,
I want to use mplayer to play files on the ftp server. For example, I
have some files on: ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/thefile. Now I want to
play it, but I won't need to download all the file first then play it.
Is there any advice?
Thanks in advanced!
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On Friday 29 February 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to use mplayer to play files on the ftp server. For example, I
> have some files on: ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/thefile. Now I want
> to play it, but I won't need to download all the file first then play
> it. Is there any advice?
You
> You have to download it as it has to be in RAM before mplayer can use
> it.
>
> And you have to download the whole thing as it's a container file, not a
> stream.
So, you mean mplayer can NOT play stream?
As far as I know, mplayer can play file on a web(html) site.
In "man mplayer", I can see
> Meanwhile, just download the file and play it. What's the problem with
> that? To view the whole thing from beginning to end all that data would
> still have to move from the server to your local machine anyway.
But I can save the time of downing the file and when I want to watch
any movie, I
On Friday 29 February 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> > You have to download it as it has to be in RAM before mplayer can
> > use it.
> >
> > And you have to download the whole thing as it's a container file,
> > not a stream.
>
> So, you mean mplayer can NOT play stream?
mplayer can play streams. Bu
Chuanwen Wu wrote:
You have to download it as it has to be in RAM before mplayer can use
it.
And you have to download the whole thing as it's a container file, not a
stream.
So, you mean mplayer can NOT play stream?
As far as I know, mplayer can play file on a web(html) site.
In "man m
On Friday 29 February 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> > Meanwhile, just download the file and play it. What's the problem
> > with that? To view the whole thing from beginning to end all that
> > data would still have to move from the server to your local machine
> > anyway.
>
> But I can save the time
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:43:43 +0800
"Chuanwen Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to use mplayer to play files on the ftp server. For example, I
> have some files on: ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/thefile. Now I want to
> play it, but I won't need to download all the file first then play i
On Friday 29 February 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> > Meanwhile, just download the file and play it. What's the
> > problem with that? To view the whole thing from beginning to end
> > all that data would still have to move from the server to your
> > local machine anyway.
>
> But I can save the time
> Does the wget itself work, eg. does wget ftp://ftpserver/file.ext
> download your file?
Yes, I can see the file after downloading, but mplayer just don't play it.
I attach the output below, when I do "wget ftp://THE_FTPSERVER/1.RM -O
- | mplayer -cache 8192 -" below. There are some Chinese ch
>I want to use mplayer to play files on the ftp server. For example, I
>have some files on: ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/thefile. Now I want to
>play it, but I won't need to download all the file first then play it.
GNUMP3d is available as a Gentoo package:
http://www.gnump3d.org/
You run it
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 11:58 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On Friday 29 February 2008, Chuanwen Wu wrote:
> > > Meanwhile, just download the file and play it. What's the
> > > problem with that? To view the whole thing from beginning to end
> > > all that data would still have to move from the server
I have found a way. Just add USE=ftp when emerge mplayer.
Then, we can play movie in ftp use mplayer:
mplayer ftp://FTP_SERVER/FILE
> I'm not sure if mplayer supports authentication, but you could try to
> "pipe" the output from another client. Something like:
>
> curl --auth-options ftp:/exe
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