import os

 import sys

 import time

 import socket

 if len(sys.argv) < 2:

     HOST = 'localhost'

     PORT = 5000

 elif len(sys.argv) == 2:

     HOST = sys.argv[1]

     PORT = 5000

 else:

     HOST = sys.argv[1]

     PORT = int(sys.argv[2])

 socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)

 socket.settimeout(10)

 try:

     socket.connect( (HOST,PORT) )

 except:

     print "\n--> Could not connect to ('%s':'%d')\n" % (HOST,PORT)

     sys.exit(-1)

 mplayer = os.popen("which mplayer").read().strip()

 mplayer += " - 1> /dev/null"

 pin, pout = os.popen2(mplayer)

 data = socket.recv(1024)

 while (data != ""):

     pin.write(data)

     data = socket.recv(1024)

 pin.close()

 #pout.close()

 socket.close()

 # from select import select

 # r, w, x = select([pout], []. [], 0)

 # if pout in r:

 #     pout.read(32)