[MPlayer-users] How can I stop mplayer from buffering my audio?

[Rich Felker]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 04:54:57AM +0000, Stefan Thomas wrote:
> I'm using this command to capture a stream from my Wii and display it:
> 
> mplayer tv:// -tv
> driver=v4l2:width=720:height=404:input=1:device=/dev/video1:forceaudio:alsa:audiorate=48000:adevice=hw.2,0:immediatemode=0 
> 
> -ao alsa -vf crop=672:368:26:18 -nolirc -fs
> 
> Unfortunately I get about one second of latency, which for playing games
> is a big problem.

Get rid of the immediatemode=0 and forceaudio option, and all
audio-related options. In TV mode, the audio is supposed to be looped
thru physically, not captured and played back. Capture and playback
will necessarily give unacceptable latency for gaming use.

Rich