Schrade
7th September 2005, 08:02
Does anyone know how to modify and change the size of the buffer that Media Player Classic uses to stream video/audio? Sometimes I'm saturating my line and I want a larger buffer and sometimes I want a smaller one.
Anyone know where to change it? Would really love a command line switch or something for it.
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Edit: Well I found an answer for streaming Windows Media in MPC.
First, find a Windows Media MMS stream to load up in Media Player Classic. While playing or streaming it, right click in the window and select Filters -> Windows Media Source Filter.
From there, you can enter whatever amount of buffering you want in the Buffering section at the top. Click on OK then exit that instance of MPC and reload the MMS stream and voila, your stream buffer is set the way you want it!
Oh, I also recommend using the MediaPlayerConnectivity (http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/) extension in Firefox. it allows you to force embedded video to open in an external player. Very handy for opening CNN's video streams in MPC so you can adjust their absolutely idiotic squished ratio. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?
Anyone know where to change it? Would really love a command line switch or something for it.
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Edit: Well I found an answer for streaming Windows Media in MPC.
First, find a Windows Media MMS stream to load up in Media Player Classic. While playing or streaming it, right click in the window and select Filters -> Windows Media Source Filter.
From there, you can enter whatever amount of buffering you want in the Buffering section at the top. Click on OK then exit that instance of MPC and reload the MMS stream and voila, your stream buffer is set the way you want it!
Oh, I also recommend using the MediaPlayerConnectivity (http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/) extension in Firefox. it allows you to force embedded video to open in an external player. Very handy for opening CNN's video streams in MPC so you can adjust their absolutely idiotic squished ratio. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?