[MPlayer-users] HD Multicast

[Swapnil Jain]

Hi Andy,

its a 100 mbps lan. i am testing it in my lab and there no packet loss. 

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On 15-Oct-2010, at 3:44 AM, Andy Furniss wrote:

> Swapnil Jain wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> i am able to play full hd movies (1080p) on mplayer from my VOD server on http streaming. but i am not able to play full hd multicast stream (udp://239.1.1.1). it seem that there are lot of packet drop. i am using vdpau to play hd movies&  the multicast.
> 
> Try -cache 8192 (or more).
> 
> You don't say what sort of network you have. From experience of using UDP for SD TV on a wired 100m eth LAN, I can say that even the slightest packet loss will mess things up.
> 
> If you see loss when doing a ping -f -s 1400 then you need to un/re plug connectors in the hope of improving things. If you aren't using a wired LAN then it probably just won't work with UDP.
>