[MPlayer-users] Synchronizing multiple instance of Mplayer over the network

[Stroller]

On 27 Nov 2008, at 19:44, Lehni wrote:
> ...
> I am trying to find out if it is possible to synchronize the playback
> of muplitple instances of Mplayer on multiple machines across the
> network. I would like to create a video wall based on HD resolution
> video files. Each of these files is a part of a video of an even
> higher resolution, and each would be played back by its own dedicated
> machine.

Have you looked at VLC, at all? I can't see quite how to apply it to  
your exact requirements, but it has been mentioned in the past WRT  
syncronising video playback on multiple machines.

IIRC VLC has a broadcast server and you can point multiple VLC clients  
at it. If your video is merely 1080p then you may be able to configure  
each VLC client just to discard the unneeded parts of the video  
without straining the network & server.

Stroller.