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    • How to Play Videos
    • How to Play DVDs
    • How to Add Subtitles to Videos
    • How to Change Playback Speed
    • Advanced >
      • How to Save Videos in Different Formats
      • How to Customize Air Media Player
      • How to Play URLs and Media Streams
      • How to Make Air Media Player the Default Media Player
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How to play streams and URLs

Media Stream
Sometimes a media file can be in the form of an URL or link. To play these types of media, right-click on Air Media Player's screen, and select 'Play stream'. Then, enter the media's URL, and Air Media Player will play the stream just like a regular video file.
Play online streams

Supported Media Streams

Air Media Player supports playing media streams in the following protocols:
  • HTTP: Regular Hypertext Transfer Protocol streams such as videos hosted on local servers or online websites.
  • FTP: File Transfer Protocol streams such as videos hosted on remote servers on the internet.
  • MMS: Media streams that are transmitted using the Microsoft Media Server Protocol.
  • RTSP/RTP: Media delivered over IP via the Real-time Transport Protocol and Real-time Streaming Transport Protocol

Saving Media Streams

To save the media stream with Air Media Player, you will have to add two additional arguments for MPlayer in the Other section of the Settings Window​:
Save Media Stream
  • Add -dumpstream -dumpfile stream.mp4​ as additional arguments for MPlayer where stream.mp4 is the name of the file that will be saved.
  • Note: While saving the media stream, Air Media Player will not be able to play it simultaneously.

For more technical information on playing and dumping streams with MPlayer, take a look at MPlayer's streaming documentation.

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