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Old 03-25-2012, 09:55 AM
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Play downloading stream using FFPLAY


Any .flv or .mp4 video stream can be watched while the stream is still downloading, using the command line utility FFPLAY.EXE


The build to use (with Windows XP/Vista/7) is FFPLAY release 16573 -

http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/builds/sh...-win32.tar.bz2


The ffplay syntax is -

ffplay.exe -bufsize 4096 *.*


The command line is (for example) -

"C:\Program Files\FFPLAY\ffplay.exe" -bufsize 4096 *.flv

If the stream is downloading as .mp4 rather than as .flv then change *.flv to *.mp4 instead

Put that command line in a .bat batch file (e.g. play.bat) and put the .bat file in the directory in which the stream is downloading, then run the batch file.
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