[MPlayer-users] Specifying duration of clip to download

[rcooley]

Josh Purinton wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Is there something like a -duration switch to tell mplayer to download only the
> first N seconds of a clip? 

That's what the -endpos option is for...  I believe it only works with 
mencoder, but I don't believe that would pose a serious problem.