On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:44:51 +0200 Sjoerd Hiemstra <[email protected]> wrote:
... > Yes. A .asx file is a so-called playlist file. Other playlist files > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example. > > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these files itself, > so you should add the -playlist option: > > mplayer -playlist > 'http://mfile.akamai.com/80871/live/reflector:20168.asx?bkup=20883&prop=n' I recently discovered this quirk of mplayer myself. The manpage has: mplayer [options] [file|URL|playlist|-] Doesn't this seem to imply that mplayer can be given a playlist straight up? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

