On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:34:16PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> using standard open source tools (such as VLC? or maybe mplayer?)
These are exactly the things I just recommended to *not* recommend.
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:37:32PM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote:
> [1]: To anybody else, please do not ever suggest mplayer or VLC any more please
> unless you know what you're doing. We don't need cruddy old code or UI/UX
> complexity.
MPlayer is in extended maintenance, and could really use a cleanup. MPlayer2 is
dead and just as cruddy. Use MPV.
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#How_is_mpv_related_to_MPlayer
Old news. Just:
mpv the://stream/URL
As for VLC, the UI is annoying to describe over email, and the CLI worse even
than MPlayer(2?)/MPV. At that point, just
ffmpeg -re -i whateverYourStreamIs -whywouldyouneedanymoreflags -f sdl 'DCS-936L'
KISS. Now, if you insist on sticking an old version of Ubuntu or Debian, or any
other distro, that dragged its users down with the libav vs ffmpeg tiff, tough.