[MPlayer-users] File Buffer for MPlayer?

[Corey Hickey]

I haven't actually tested this, but try:
$ cat downloadingfile.mpg | mplayer -

You won't be able to seek, though, so that might not be of much use to 
you anyway.

-Corey

Newman, Clark M wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I have a large mpg file that is accumulating somewhat more slowly than it
> will play, but do not want to wait for the entire file to be arrive before
> playing.
> 
> I had hoped to start writing the file to disk, and after a given amount of
> time, have MPlayer begin playing the file. Then, at the same time MPlayer is
> running, the remainder of the file would be written to the disk.
> 
> Unfortunately MPlayer will only play the part of the file that was present
> when it was started, and no more.
> 
> Can anyone offer some insight into how to work around this, or a better
> method of handling this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	-Clark Newman
> 
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