Celejar wrote: > Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > A .asx file is a so-called playlist file. Other playlist files > > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example. > > > > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these files > > itself, so you should add the -playlist option: > > > > mplayer -playlist > > 'http://mfile.akamai.com/80871/live/reflector:20168.asx?bkup=20883&prop=n' > > I recently discovered this quirk of mplayer myself. The manpage has: > > mplayer [options] [file|URL|playlist|-] > > Doesn't this seem to imply that mplayer can be given a playlist > straight up?
Well, I should note that playlist files sometimes appear to function without the -playlist option. I'm not enough of an expert to know the precise reason why. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100624002726.52b61eb6.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl
