[MPlayer-dev-eng] Problem with opening URL's

[Bill Trenker]

Joey Parrish wrote:

> Try -playlist?  Don't have time to test, but since this file is a
> playlist it might be useful.

Unfortunately the -playlist option produces the same problem, as shown below.

Regards,
Bill

mplayer -playlist http://www.xbox.com/media/games/blinx/vid-blinx-0001-hi.asx
MPlayer dev-CVS-040128-05:00-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon 401.5 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
Resolving www.xbox.com for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.xbox.com[65.59.234.35]:80 ...
Resolving www.xbox.com for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.xbox.com[65.59.234.35]:80 ...
size_confirm mismatch!: 22611 20047
Error while parsing chunk header
Unknown protocol: http
asf_streaming_start failed
Unable to open URL: http://www.xbox.com/media/games/blinx/vid-blinx-0001-hi.asx
Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a hostname part.
File not found: 'media/games/blinx/vid-blinx-0001-hi.asx'
Failed to open http://www.xbox.com/media/games/blinx/vid-blinx-0001-hi.asx
Error while opening playlist file http://www.xbox.com/media/games/blinx/vid-blinx-0001-hi.asx: No such file or directory
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Usage:   mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
 -vo <drv[:dev]>  select video output driver & device ('-vo help' for a list)
 -ao <drv[:dev]>  select audio output driver & device ('-ao help' for a list)
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