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#1 2010-12-06 00:34:50
- kdar
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Streaming from a network location in KDE?
Whenever I try to play something (video or audio) located on a local server, my Arch Linux (using KDE) is trying to download it first and then plays it.
How can I make it stream instead of downloading?
When I was using Ubuntu (using Gnome) whenever I connected to a local server (using ssh) and then I try to play a video or audio, it would stream it and play.
Is it some bug with KDE? Does anyone know?
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#2 2010-12-06 03:32:42
- sand_man
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Re: Streaming from a network location in KDE?
Sounds like your file manager can't find a default application. Are you using Dolphin? Of the top of my head I'm not sure but I guess there is a setting to choose an application for certain media types. If it can't find one then it probably downloads it locally like you said and use xdg-open to find an app.
Just a theory. Hopefully gives you somewhere to start looking.
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#3 2010-12-06 07:10:51
- kokoko3k
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Re: Streaming from a network location in KDE?
It also happens to me when i try to play streams with kio (ftp://, smb:// sftp:// and so on), i think it is a kio "feature/limit", but i'm unsure.
Of course mounting that stream using sshfs, curlftps or cifs works without the prior download.
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