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patch by Albeu, corrected by Diego Biurrun & me 

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@ -432,5 +432,59 @@ play from FTP:
Note: it's also recommended to enable CACHE when playback from network:
<screen>wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</screen>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="mpst" xreflabel="Remote streams">
<title>Remote streams</title>
<para>
Remote streams allow you to access most <application>MPlayer</application>
stream type from a remote host. The main purpose of this feature is to make
it possible to directly use the CD or DVD drive of another computer on the
network (provided you have the required bandwidth). On the downside some
stream type (currently TV and MF) are not useable remotely because they are
implemented at the demuxer level. It's sad for MF but TV stream would anyway
require an insane amount of bandwith.
</para>
<sect2 id="compile_mpst_server">
<title>Compiling the server</title>
<para>
After having compiled <application>MPlayer</application> go to the
<filename>TOOLS/netstream</filename> directory and enter
<application>make</application> to build the server binary.
You can then copy the <application>netstream</application> binary
to the right place on your system (usely <filename>/usr/local/bin</filename>
on Linux).
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="use_mpst">
<title>Using remote streams</title>
<para>
First you have to start the server on the computer you intend to remotely
access. Currently the server is very basic and doesn't have any commands
line arguments so just enter <filename>netstream</filename>. Now you can
for example play the second track of a VCD on the server with :
<screen>
mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername/vcd://2
</screen>
You can also access files on this server :
<screen>
mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername//usr/local/movies/lol.avi
</screen>
Note that paths wich aren't starting with a / will be relative to
the directory where the server is running. The cache option is not
needed but highly recommended.
</para>
<para>
Be aware that currently the server is not secure at all. So don't complain
about the numerous exploits wich are possible through this. Instead send
some (good) patch to make it better or start writing your own server.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>