Good player for streaming video over 802.11b

Good player for streaming video over 802.11b

I'm looking for suggestions for a good player to use when playing video from my Linux file server (running samba) to a Windows client over an 802.11b network. I can usually get the full 11Mbps, but occasionally, the signal drops for a few seconds, so I'm looking for a player with good buffering support. Most of my files are no more than 2Mbps, so the throughput is definitely not an issue, but many players only read ahead a second or two, and they quickly exhaust this buffer.

Asked by: Guest | Views: 333

Total answers/comments: 1

Comments display order:

Guest [Entry]

MPlayer has a buffering option without the seeking bug that is in VLC. You can give that a try. Another possible solution is to use VLS (VideoLAN Server) on the Linux server, and VLC on the Windows PC. Since you would no longer be connecting to a video file on a server with VLC (instead you are connecting to an actual stream server), it might have much better behavior and handle the speed drops gracefully.