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.

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.

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