Hi, It really comes to behavior of the streaming server, if it tells the client what the file size is.
If it is, then mplayer/xine should cope well and you can run forward and backward. If not, well, maybe the -idx switch in mplayer could help, but thats only works if you download the complete stream. Thanks, Hetz On Dec 15, 2007 5:43 PM, sara fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Erez > > The audio format that you mention is weird. I don't know what you can > do with that. > > The reason you can't do fast forward is because there is no index. > Usually, mplayer allows you to do that if it has index. If you have > downloaded the movie to your pc, you need to run the following > command: > > mplayer -idx movie.wmv > > This will create an index and then play it.I think you can use for > streaming -idx flag. > > > On 12/15/07, Erez D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi > > > > i am a TAU student and want to watch the lectures i missed via > > video.tau.ac.il > > > > the site supports only MSIE, but i was able, by viewing the source using > > MSIE, to get the urls (mms) of the videos > > > > i tried playing it with mplayer or vlc, it seems it is wmv9. > > i could play the video, but not the audio > > the audio type is 0xA > > > > how can i play the audio ? (can i take DLLs from WMplayer and use with > > mplayer ? if so where to put them ?) > > > > another issue is, when using MSIE there is an option to play normal, fast or > > slow speed, without altering the pitch of the voice. > > however, downloading the file and using WMPlayer to play it, does not let me > > change the speed or even skip forward or backward > > the only other software i know that enables playing fast or slow without > > changing the pitch is mythtv's internal player > > but AFAIk, it does not play wmv9 > > > > i guess if i could play the audio with mplayer, i could use mencoder to > > transcode to a format mythtv player can play. > > > > so: > > 1. how can i play the audio ? > > 2. any linux software other then mythtv which can play faster or slower with > > voice, without changing the pitch ? > > > > > > thanks, > > erez. > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
