How to Change Mplayer Network Cache Size Mon, 19th Nov 2007
Ever had the problem of Mplayer stuttering video playback over a network? Well, using the advanced features of MPlayer you can increase your cache size to compensate for this. This feature isnt very well documented but its a life saver if you are streaming larger video files over a network.
to increase your cache size in MPlayer OSX do the following:
- Go to Mplayer preferences
- Click on the miscellaneous tab
- In the advanced settings check the additional parameters box
- Enter -cache x where x is your desired cache size in kb (so -cache 50000 would change your cache size to 50mb)
After restarting Mplayer your cache size will now be larger, the initial load time takes a bit longer but the video no longer stutters.
