On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 01:16:08PM +0200, Pierre CLARENC wrote: > >>I play audio stream (mp3) using RTSP and I want to adjust dynamically the > >>plackback speed (using the playback speed variable). > >> > >>However, I can play faster only for a short time (until buffer underflow > or > >>overflow). So, I want to adjust audio buffer size to increase this time. > >> > >>But using "-cache 1024" (which is a lot of audio buffering!) and > "-min-cache > >>50" seems to have no effect. Are these options works only for video > playback > >>? How does Mplayer manage audio buffering (default size) ? > > I still have the same problem :) > > For information, "cache" option works well when I use mplayer to receive dvb > streams but when I use mplayer to receive rtp/rtsp streams, this option has > no effect. Is this normal? rtp/rtsp is no regular stream, it is a separate audio and video stream and that bypasses the cache. Or in short: yes, -cache cannot work with rtp/rtsp by (MPlayer's) design...