On 09/26/2010 07:52 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 26/09/10 07:36, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 26/09/10 05:39, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >>>> Why don't you just use mplayer? Something like >>>> >>>> mplayer -vf scale=64:48 -ontop yourvideostream >>>> >>>> or similar. >>> Neither mplayer or totem will display the mjpeg video stream? It >>> was suggested that a codec could be obtained from >>> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/. I found an rpm >>> there, installed it but to no avail. >>> >>> I probably should investigate mplayer further ... >> Post exactly the command line with which you invoked mplayer, and the >> output messages it generated, there is usually a lot of good info what >> went wrong. Both VLC and mplayer use ffmpeg (while Totem uses >> gstreamer instead), so codecs should not be a problem if VLC plays >> properly. My guess is that mplayer just needs to be invoked properly, >> GUIs usually suck at translating to correct cli options... >> >> And my advice is to forget Totem. VLC and mplayer are more than >> enough, along with Xine. Totem is there only because it isn't patent >> encumbered. >> >> :-) >> Marko > Ok, I found an error in the command I typed, mjpg typed mjpeg! > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ mplayer http://192.168.1.51/mjpg/video.mjpg -user > admin -passwd 1234 > > Mplayer thrashed around for a while, I assume doing its password > verification routine. Once it settled and brought up the image it was ok > although the command window produces a continuous stream as below: > > Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% > Cache not filling! > Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% > Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% > Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% > Cache not filling!8% 3% 0.0% 0 0 0% > > I will experiment with it further. > > Thanks. > > Bob > > Pretty sure you can accomplish what you want with VLC. You can for instance: vlc --scale .25 -I dummy http://someIP/somevideo.mpg or cvlc --scale .25 http://someIP/somevideo.mpg use CTRL+q to quit There are lots of command line options to vlc http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help only think I couldn't figure out quickly was how to force the position of the window where I want it tried using --video-x and --video-y with --no-embedded-video (could be cause I'm using XFCE?) Also you might play with the vlc preferences with minimal view mode or try something like --qt-minimal-view -Tomas -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines