[MPlayer-users] Using mplayer to access tv-card on remote server.

[Alex Polite]

On lör, okt 23, 2004 at 07:15:32 -0700, RC wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:50:40 +0200

> Something like this...
> 
> On the server: mencoder tv:// -tv (your options) -oac lavc -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts
> acodec=mp2:abitrate=128:vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1000:vstrict=-1 -o
> filename.avi
> 
> On the client:  ssh user at host "cat filename.avi" | mplayer -
> 


Thanks. Something along those lines worked out nice. As an extra I
invoke mencoder remotely from the client. That way I don't have to log
on to the server, start mencoder, go back to the client and start
mplayer. It's all done in one go from the client.

alex


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