On Fri 25.06.2004 at 11:25:09AM -0400, Chris Griffiths wrote: > > > > I am working on a streamdev-client plugin for Freevo to talk to > > streamdev-server of VDR. Even without this I can watch TV from VDR > > through Freevo using mplayer and a URL for each channel. The only > > problem here is slow channel switching because mplayer wants to buffer > > the new stream. > > Maybe I'm being too simplistic here, but won't a 'mplayer --nocache' or > at least a very small cache stop mplayer from buffering?
>From my experience, mplayer -nocache dvb://whatever fails after some time. -cache 1024 helped a lot. The problem is that it reads a bit of the stream to detect what is in the stream (audio and video, subtitles are dynamic). Matthieu -- (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ? ) ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD ()- -() (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
