Thanks for responding Reimar, Cam 1 does not use mplayer, I just keep it running with no image capturing.? It never times out and is always accessible.? Cam 2 (the problem cam) uses mplayer in a script once a minute to grab images.? So I can still go to the linksys camera network page at 192.168.1.19 and see the settings but I cannot view video either on this page or via mplayer.? Is there a wget command to grab just one image and save it as a jpeg?? I know you can it can save a stream (.asf file) but I"m not sure about just one image.? If so, please let me know how to do that and I'll check.? Next time cam 2 quits sending a stream, I'll check using wget to see what I find out. The -nocache options gives me an error... Cache size set to 0 KBytes Stream not seekable! Stream not seekable! Stream not seekable! ... endless loop... In the meantime I'll try some of what you suggested.? Thanks... Charles --- On Sun, 5/30/10, Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote: From: Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> Subject: Re: wireless cam stops after 17 hours with mplayer To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010, 8:05 AM On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:40:14AM -0700, Charles Ross wrote: > I have two linksys wireless web cams.? Cam 1 just plays videos, cam 2 uses mplayer to take an image every minutes.? Cam 1 keeps playing, no problems.? Cam 2 keeps stopping after about 17 hours (~1050 images at 1 min intervals).? I have to think there is a network setting or mplayer issue.? Maybe someone on here can help me out. Why do you think so? > Also, here's below is the output I see after I try to stream the video.? I can still access the wireless camera, though I can't view the stream. What does "access" mean? Can you still play the stream with any other program? Can you access the stream with a simple wget? What happens if instead of MPlayer you start a wget (either with a size limit or each time killing the old one)? Is there maybe some MPlayer still around that blocks the device? Tried MPlayer with -nocache? Has the camera ever been tested under such conditions? Maybe its http server has a memory leak, causing the device to crash after around 1000 accesses - in particular if MPlayer does not close the HTTP connection the way it expects... > MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team This is over a year old, you should try a newer one. _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
