diff -Naur main.old/libmpdemux/network.c main/libmpdemux/network.c
--- main.old/libmpdemux/network.c	2004-05-02 01:35:25.000000000 +0200
+++ main/libmpdemux/network.c	2004-05-03 02:06:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1104,8 +1104,7 @@
 		inet_pton(AF_INET, url->hostname, &server_address.sin_addr);
 #endif
 #else
-		unsigned int addr = inet_addr(url->hostname);
-		memcpy( (void*)&server_address.sin_addr, (void*)&addr, sizeof(addr) );
+		server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
 #endif
 	}
 	server_address.sin_family=AF_INET;
@@ -1122,6 +1121,13 @@
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
+	
+#ifdef HAVE_WINSOCK2
+	if (!isalpha(url->hostname[0])) {
+		unsigned int addr = inet_addr(url->hostname);
+		memcpy( (void*)&server_address.sin_addr, (void*)&addr, sizeof(addr) );
+	}
+#endif
 
 	// Increase the socket rx buffer size to maximum -- this is UDP
 	rxsockbufsz = 240 * 1024;