[MPlayer-users] Using -dumpstream on OS X

[Ulion]

2007/12/6, MB <digital.discuss at gmail.com>:
> I try to use dumpstream under OS X 10.4.8 with Mplayer 1.0rc1 and when I
> try this command from the folder "/Applications/MPlayer OSX PPC.app/
> Contents/MacOS/":
> "MPlayer OSX PPC" -dumpfile /file.rm -dumpstream rtsp://qstream-
> rm.qbrick.com/00928///kluster/20071201/071202JULKALENDERN.rm
> then I get this ->  MPlayer OSX PPC: command not found
>
> However, if I put the prefix "./" before like this:
> "./MPlayer OSX PPC" -dumpfile /file.rm -dumpstream rtsp://qstream-
> rm.qbrick.com/00928///kluster/20071201/071202JULKALENDERN.rm
>
> ---->then mplayer.app starts up:
> "2007-12-06 12:21:52.066 MPlayer OSX PPC[2783] =====================
> MPlayer OSX Started ====================="
>
>  and that's it. No attempts to connect or anything like that.
> Funny enough if I put a symlink in /usr/local/bin and try to use that
> with or without the "./" then I get this:
> ---->"2007-12-06 12:25:32.665 mplayer[2785] No Info.plist file in
> application bundle or no NSPrincipalClass in the Info.plist file, exiting"
>
> Why do I get different results depending if I startup with a symlink or
> from the app itself? But the main issue is why does nothing happen when
> I startup mplayer like this? Something needs to be escaped in the URL or
> the syntax be different or is the dumpstream feature missing in 1.0rc1?
>
> How can I troubleshoot this situation? Any pointers you could give? My
> apologies if this is all well known knowledge, but I googled it and
> found very little I could use.

Your mplayer path is wrong, you are using mplayer osx's path instead
of mplayer's mplayer osx does not support mplayer's parameters. The
path to mplayer should be /Applications/MPlayer\
OSX.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_ppc.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer
according to the log you posted.

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Ulion