Re: playing online radio

[Sjoerd Hiemstra <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl>]

Celejar wrote:
> Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > A .asx file is a so-called playlist file.  Other playlist files
> > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example.
> > 
> > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these files
> > itself, so you should add the -playlist option:
> > 
> > mplayer -playlist 'http://mfile.akamai.com/80871/live/reflector:20168.asx?bkup=20883&prop=n'
> 
> I recently discovered this quirk of mplayer myself.  The manpage has:
> 
> mplayer [options] [file|URL|playlist|-]
> 
> Doesn't this seem to imply that mplayer can be given a playlist
> straight up?

Well, I should note that playlist files sometimes appear to function
without the -playlist option.  I'm not enough of an expert to know the
precise reason why.