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<!-- $Revision$ -->
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<chapter id="usage">
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<title>Usage</title>
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<sect1 id="commandline">
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<title>Command line</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> utilizes a complex playtree. It consists
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of global options written as first, for example
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<screen>mplayer -vfm 5</screen>
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and options written after filenames, that apply only to the given
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filename/URL/whatever, for example:
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<screen>mplayer -vfm 5 <replaceable>movie1.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>movie2.avi</replaceable> -vfm 4</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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You can group filenames/URLs together using <literal>{</literal> and
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<literal>}</literal>. It's useful with option <option>-loop</option>:
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<screen>mplayer { 1.avi -loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3</screen>
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The above command will play files in this order: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2.
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing a file:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command><!--
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--> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> [<replaceable>path</replaceable>/]<replaceable>filename</replaceable>
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</synopsis>
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing more files:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command><!--
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--> [<replaceable>default options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> [<replaceable>path</replaceable>/]<replaceable>filename1</replaceable><!--
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--> [<replaceable>options for filename1</replaceable>]<!--
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--> <replaceable>filename2</replaceable><!--
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--> [<replaceable>options for filename2</replaceable>] ...
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</synopsis>
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing VCD:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> vcd://<replaceable>trackno</replaceable><!--
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--> [-cdrom-device <replaceable>/dev/cdrom</replaceable>]
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</synopsis>
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing DVD:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> dvd://<replaceable>titleno</replaceable><!--
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--> [-dvd-device <replaceable>/dev/dvd</replaceable>]
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</synopsis>
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing from the WWW:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> http://<replaceable>site.com/file.asf</replaceable>
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</synopsis>
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(playlists can be used, too)
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing from RTSP:
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<synopsis>
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<command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!--
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--> rtsp://<replaceable>server.example.com/streamName</replaceable>
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</synopsis>
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</para>
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<para>
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Examples:
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<screen>
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mplayer -vo x11 <replaceable>/mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg</replaceable>
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mplayer vcd://<replaceable>2</replaceable> -cdrom-device <replaceable>/dev/hdc</replaceable>
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mplayer -afm 3 <replaceable>/mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob</replaceable>
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mplayer dvd://<replaceable>1</replaceable> -dvd-device <replaceable>/dev/hdc</replaceable>
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mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps <replaceable>~/movies/test.avi</replaceable><!--
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--></screen>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="control">
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<title>Control</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> has a fully configurable, command
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driven, control layer which lets you control
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<application>MPlayer</application> with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote
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control (using LIRC). See the man page for the complete list of keyboard controls.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="ctrl-cfg">
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<title>Controls configuration</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> allows you bind any key/button to any
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<application>MPlayer</application> command using a simple config file.
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The syntax consist of a key name followed by a command. The default config file location is
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<filename>$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf</filename> but it can be overridden
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using the <option>-input <replaceable>conf</replaceable></option> option
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(relative path are relative to <filename>$HOME/.mplayer</filename>).
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</para>
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<para>
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You can get a full list of supported key names by running
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<command>mplayer -input keylist</command>
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and a full list of available commands by running
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<command>mplayer -input cmdlist</command>.
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</para>
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<example>
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<title>A simple input control file</title>
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<programlisting>
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##
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## MPlayer input control file
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##
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RIGHT seek +10
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LEFT seek -10
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- audio_delay 0.100
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+ audio_delay -0.100
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q quit
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> pt_step 1
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< pt_step -1
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ENTER pt_step 1 1<!--
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--></programlisting>
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</example>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="lirc">
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<title>Control from LIRC</title>
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<para>
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Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
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an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your Linux box with it!
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More about it on the <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org">LIRC homepage</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have the LIRC package installed, <filename>configure</filename> will
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autodetect it. If everything went fine, <application>MPlayer</application>
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will print "<systemitem>Setting up LIRC support...</systemitem>"
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on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If there is no message about
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LIRC there is no support compiled in. That's it :-)
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</para>
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<para>
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The application name for <application>MPlayer</application> is - surprise -
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<filename>mplayer</filename>. You can use any <application>MPlayer</application>
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commands and even pass more than one command by separating them with
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<literal>\n</literal>.
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Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in <filename>.lircrc</filename> when
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it makes sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from a sample
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<filename>.lircrc</filename>:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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begin
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button = VOLUME_PLUS
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prog = mplayer
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config = volume 1
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repeat = 1
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end
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begin
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button = VOLUME_MINUS
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prog = mplayer
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config = volume -1
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repeat = 1
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end
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begin
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button = CD_PLAY
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prog = mplayer
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config = pause
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end
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begin
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button = CD_STOP
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prog = mplayer
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config = seek 0 1\npause
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end<!--
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--></programlisting>
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<para>
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If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file
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(<filename>~/.lircrc</filename>) use the <option>-lircconf
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<replaceable>filename</replaceable></option> switch to specify another
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file.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="slave-mode">
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<title>Slave mode</title>
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<para>
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The slave mode allows you to build simple frontends to
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<application>MPlayer</application>. When run with the
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<option>-slave</option> option <application>MPlayer</application> will
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read commands separated by a newline (\n) from stdin.
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The commands are documented in the
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<ulink url="../../tech/slave.txt">slave.txt</ulink> file.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="streaming">
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<title>Streaming from network or pipes</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> can play files from the network, using the
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HTTP, FTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP protocol.
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</para>
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<para>
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Playing works simply by passing the URL on the command line.
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<application>MPlayer</application> honors the <envar>http_proxy</envar>
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environment variable, using a proxy if available. Proxies can also be forced:
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<screen>mplayer <replaceable>http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</replaceable></screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> can read from stdin
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(<emphasis>not</emphasis> named pipes). This can for example be used to
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play from FTP:
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<screen>wget <replaceable>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</replaceable> -O - | mplayer -</screen>
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</para>
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<note><para>
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It's also recommended to enable <option>-cache</option> when playing
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from the network:
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<screen>wget <replaceable>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</replaceable> -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</screen>
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</para></note>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="mpst" xreflabel="Remote streams">
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<title>Remote streams</title>
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<para>
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Remote streams allow you to access most <application>MPlayer</application>
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stream type from a remote host. The main purpose of this feature is to make
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it possible to directly use the CD or DVD drive of another computer on the
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network (provided you have the required bandwidth). On the downside some
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stream type (currently TV and MF) are not usable remotely because they are
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implemented at the demuxer level. It's sad for MF but TV stream would anyway
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require an insane amount of bandwidth.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="compile_mpst_server">
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<title>Compiling the server</title>
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<para>
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After having compiled <application>MPlayer</application> go to the
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<filename>TOOLS/netstream</filename> directory and enter
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<application>make</application> to build the server binary.
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You can then copy the <application>netstream</application> binary
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to the right place on your system (usually
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<filename class="directory">/usr/local/bin</filename> on Linux).
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="use_mpst">
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<title>Using remote streams</title>
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<para>
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First you have to start the server on the computer you intend to remotely
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access. Currently the server is very basic and doesn't have any commands
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line arguments so just enter <filename>netstream</filename>. Now you can
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for example play the second track of a VCD on the server with :
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<screen>
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mplayer -cache 5000 <replaceable>mpst://servername/vcd://2</replaceable>
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</screen>
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You can also access files on this server :
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<screen>
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mplayer -cache 5000 <replaceable>mpst://servername//usr/local/movies/lol.avi</replaceable>
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</screen>
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Note that paths which aren't starting with a / will be relative to
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the directory where the server is running. The <option>-cache</option> option is not
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needed but highly recommended.
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</para>
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<para>
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Be aware that currently the server is not secure at all. So don't complain
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about the numerous exploits which are possible through this. Instead send
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some (good) patch to make it better or start writing your own server.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edl" xreflabel="Edit Decision Lists (EDL)">
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<title>Edit Decision Lists (EDL)</title>
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<para>
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The edit decision list (EDL) system allows you to automatically skip
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or mute sections of videos during playback, based on a movie specific
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EDL configuration file.
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</para>
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<para>
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This is useful for those who may want to watch a film in "family-friendly"
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mode. You can cut out any violence, profanity, Jar-Jar Binks .. from a movie
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according to your own personal preferences. Aside from this, there are other
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uses, like automatically skipping over commercials in video files you watch.
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</para>
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<para>
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The EDL file format is pretty bare-bones. Once the EDL system has reached a
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certain level of maturity, an XML-based file format will probably be implemented
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(keeping backwards compatibility with previous EDL formats).
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</para>
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<sect2 id="edl_using">
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<title>Using an EDL file</title>
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<para>
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Include the <option>-edl <filename></option> flag when you run
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<application>MPlayer</application>, with the name of the EDL file you
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want applied to the video.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="edl_making">
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<title>Making an EDL file</title>
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<para>
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The current EDL file format is:
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<programlisting>
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[begin second] [end second] [action]
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</programlisting>
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Where the seconds are floating-point numbers and the action is either
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<literal>0</literal> for skip or <literal>1</literal> for mute. Example:
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<programlisting>
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5.3 7.1 0
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15 16.7 1
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420 422 0
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</programlisting>
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This will skip from second 5.3 to second 7.1 of the video, then mute at
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15 seconds, unmute at 16.7 seconds and skip from second 420 to second 422
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of the video. These actions will be performed when the playback timer
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reaches the times given in the file.
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</para>
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<para>
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To create an EDL file to work from, use the <option>-edlout <filename></option>
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flag. During playback, when you want to mark the previous two seconds to skip over,
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hit <keycap>i</keycap>. A corresponding entry will be written to the file for
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that time. You can then go back and fine-tune the generated EDL file.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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