Re: [tlug] Computer "fixed" with Linux

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Al Hoang writes:

 > [1] I don't consider this 'wget -O streaming_media.avi
 > http://somesite/file.avi && mplayer file.avi' an acceptable
 > solution

How about

wget -O - http://somesite/file.avi | (sleep 2; mplayer -)

?

Or (this almost certainly doesn't work, but it would be cool it it
did!)

mkfifo /tmp/stream.avi
mplayer /tmp/stream.avi

and then at your leisure

wget -O /tmp/stream.avi http://somesite/file.avi

(as many as you like!)