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Expand Up @@ -1443,22 +1443,28 @@ PROTOCOLS

Only works with seekable streams.

Examples::
.. admonition:: Example

::

mpv slice://1g-2g@cap.ts

mpv slice://1g-2g@cap.ts
This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 1 GiB, then
reads until reaching 2 GiB or end of file.

This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 1 GiB, then
reads until reaching 2 GiB or end of file.
::

mpv slice://1g-+2g@cap.ts

mpv slice://1g-+2g@cap.ts
This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 1 GiB, then
reads until reaching 3 GiB or end of file.

This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 1 GiB, then
reads until reaching 3 GiB or end of file.
::

mpv slice://100m@appending://cap.ts
mpv slice://100m@appending://cap.ts

This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 100MiB, then
reads until end of file.
This starts reading from cap.ts after seeking 100MiB, then
reads until end of file.

``null://``

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Like ``memory://``, but the string is interpreted as hexdump.

``archive://[ARCHIVE PATH]|[FILE PATH IN ARCHIVE]``

Open a file at the specified path inside an archive. Requires libarchive
feature enabled. The archive path must have all ``%`` and ``|`` characters
URL escaped. The file path should not be URL escaped.

.. admonition:: Example

::

mpv "archive://file.zip|video.mkv"

This will play ``video.mkv`` in the archive file ``file.zip``.

PSEUDO GUI MODE
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