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<span class="application">MPlayer</span> can play files from the network, using the
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HTTP, FTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP protocol.
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Playing works simply by passing the URL on the command line.
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<span class="application">MPlayer</span> honors the <code class="envar">http_proxy</code>
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environment variable, using a proxy if available. Proxies can also be forced:
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mplayer <em class="replaceable"><code>http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</code></em>
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<span class="application">MPlayer</span> can read from stdin
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(<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> named pipes). This can for example be used to
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wget <em class="replaceable"><code>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</code></em> -O - | mplayer -
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It is also recommended to enable <tt class="option">-cache</tt> when playing
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wget <em class="replaceable"><code>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</code></em> -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -
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Once you succeed in making <span class="application">MPlayer</span> play
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your favorite internet stream, you can use the option
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<tt class="option">-dumpstream</tt> to save the stream into a file.
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mplayer <em class="replaceable"><code>http://217.71.208.37:8006</code></em> -dumpstream -dumpfile <em class="replaceable"><code>stream.asf</code></em>
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will save the content streamed from
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<em class="replaceable"><code>http://217.71.208.37:8006</code></em> into
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<em class="replaceable"><code>stream.asf</code></em>.
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This works with all protocols supported by
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<span class="application">MPlayer</span>, like MMS, RTSP, and so forth.
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