Re: [xine-user] Streaming MPEG-2 video over http

[Gerry D. <ge...@cd...>]

Howdy,

Followup on that email - I think things actually do *almost* work.  Here are 
a few lines from the debugging output of xine

demux_mpeg: please specify mpeg(mpeg1/mpeg2) stream type

I know with a file url, I can put file://mpeg2:/myfile.xxx and it selects 
the MPEG, but this doesn't seem to be appreciated for the http: device.

Does anyone know how to specify the mpeg type via a http:// MRL?

Thanks

Gerry

Siggi Langauf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Gerry Duprey wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>$ xine http://10.0.0.1/x.mpg
>>
>>and xine starts, churns a bit, clearly is able to access the file via http
>>and then says there us no demuxer plugin available to handle the URL I gave.
>>
>>But if I start xine pointing at that same file directly - like this:
>>
>>$ xine /home/httpd/documents/x.mpg
>>
>>it starts up and runs/plays the show fine.
> 
> [...]
> 
> My guess is that you're using the wrong file extension (which is the only
> means by which xine can currently select a demuxer for non-seekable
> streams, eg. those you get via HTTP).
> 
> Which demuxer does xine use when you play it as a normal file?
> 
> If it's an MPEG elementary stream (ie. video without audio), try renaming
> the file to "x.mpv". If it's another demuxer, you can look up (or even
> define) valid file extensions in xine's setup window, on the "MRL" tab.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Siggi
> 


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Gerry Duprey
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