[MPlayer-users] Using -dumpstream on OS X

[Ulion]

2007/12/6, Ulion <ulion2002 at gmail.com>:
> 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.

/Applications/MPlayer\
OSX\ PPC.app/Contents/Resources/External_Binaries/mplayer_ppc.app/Contents/MacOS/mplayer

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Ulion