SMPlayer Support Forum

Hi ,

I use :
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SMPlayer © 2006-2013
Version : 0.8.6 (32-bit) (Édition portable)
Utilise Qt 4.8.4 (compilé avec Qt 4.8.4)
Utilisant MPlayer SVN r36349
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under Windows XP SP3

I try to watch this streaming :
http://bfmlive-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/ ... ss/04.m3u8

after few seconds the flow stops .

When I try another way , it works .

=== in a batch file ===
set "Stream=http://bfmlive-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/214272/bfmbusiness/04.m3u8"

"...\ffmpeg.exe" -re -i "%Stream%" -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f mpegts pipe: | "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --file-caching=1000 -
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How can this issue be solved ?

Note :
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I have downloaded "smplayer-portable-0.8.6.7z (2013-08-13)" ,
while using , first time , the player , I am told about a new version , existing :
"smplayer-0.8.6.5949-win32.exe" .

I don't want an installable version (!!!) .
Could you give us a new portable one , if exist ?
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Regards .

I'm afraid mplayer doesn't support correctly this kind of stream (HLS).
There's actually a bug in smplayer, by fixing it, the stream plays longer, but with annoying cuts every 10 seconds, and anyway the stream stops after 10 minutes or so. VLC does support this stream. Let's hope the mplayer developers will add support for it as well.

Edit: THERE IS SUPPORT for these streams in recent versions of mplayer, but you need to enter the url this way:
ffmpeg://http://bfmlive-i.akamaihd.net/ ... ss/04.m3u8

However there are still small freezes every few seconds.

There's a portable package for the latest development version:

Hi ,

@rvm : Thanks for your reply , about the link .m3u8 (not working) .

And for , where to download the update "portable package" .

"Bonne année 2014" !!!
"Happy new year 2014" !!!

Regards .