Scootplayer includes a number of configurable options. These can be found using the -h flag with Scootplayer. They are also listed below for your convenience.

Flags

Short Flag Long Flag Description Default
-h --help Show this table and exit
-m MANIFEST --manifest=MANIFEST Location of manifest to load
-o OUTPUT --output=OUTPUT Location to store downloaded files and reports out/
--no-keep-alive Prevent HTTP connection pooling and persistency
--max-playback-queue=MAX_PLAYBACK_QUEUE Set maximum size of playback queue in seconds 60 seconds
--max-download-queue=MAX_DOWNLOAD_QUEUE Set maximum size of download queue in seconds 30 seconds
-d or -v --debug or --verbose Print all output to console
-r REPORTING_PERIOD --reporting-period=REPORTING_PERIOD Set reporting period in seconds
--no-csv Stop CSV writing
-p PLAYLIST --playlist=PLAYLIST Playlist of MPDs to play in succession
-x --xml-validation Validate the MPD against the MPEG-DASH schema
-c REMOTE_CONTROL_HOST --remote-control-host=REMOTE_CONTROL_HOST Set hostname of the remote controller to listen to localhost
--remote-control-port=REMOTE_CONTROL_PORT Set port of the remote controller to listen to 5556
-t PLAYBACK_TIME --playback-time=PLAYBACK_TIME Playback content for given amount of seconds
-w WINDOW_MULTIPLIER --window-multiplier=WINDOW_MULTIPLIER Moving average window calculated by multiplying,maximum segment duration with this value 5
--vlc Emulate VLC playback behaviour
--url Parse the URL to unreliably(!) determine playback,bitrate
--connection-pool=CONN_POOL Set the amount of simultaneous connections that,can be made 100
--process-pool=PROC_POOL Set the amount of processes that can be used to,fetch the initialisation 4
--no-write Prevent the player writing downloaded files to disk