Movie streaming with mplayer

Question

How can I see a movie from one of several streaming sites? I would like use mplayer, given a certain url.

For instance:

mplayer -url http://address

Answer 1

Well, I have the same problem, and I solved the problem in this way:

• open link in Chrome;
• press F12 to open console and go to the Network tab;
• before pressing "Play" clear history console, then press "Play";
• you will see some element in Network list, so order by "Type" and search for an alement of "application/octet-stream" type: right-click on this element and select "Copy as cURL": the bulk of the work has been done!
• close Chrome and open a console:

• paste cURL and put the stream in a new file, like in this way:

  curl ..... > movie

• now, in another tab, you can view your movie with mplayer, simply in this way:

  mplayer -fs movie -idx

Explanation:

-fs put your video in fullscreen
-idx "Rebuilds index of files if no index was found, allowing seeking. Useful with broken/incomplete downloads, or badly created files."