[MPlayer-users] "Windows Media Audio V2" work with MPlayer?

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Jonathan Thorpe,

on Mon, 25 Feb 2002 19:39:09 +0800 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> There are a number of online radio stations which I've been listening to on Windows machines, but it's quite pointless to listen to an overseas online radio station if you have to setup a Windows machine just to do so.
> 
> With all of the Win32 libs that MPlayer has, as well as the ability to play ASF (video) with "Windows Media Audio V2" and mms:// protocol support, what's stopping audio-only streams from being played (yes, I do realise this was mentioned in one of the FAQ)?
> 
> One stream in particular I'm trying to play is this one: http://5fm.megawan.net/5FM
> 
> According to Windows Media Player, the format of this is "Windows Media Audio V2 16 kbps, 16 kHz, mono". I've tested this a few times with MPlayer 0.60 with the player being able to connect with the server and actually download data with no errors at all. The program just sits there though - silent, not playing the audio.
> 
> What would be involved with modifying MPlayer to play such streams?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Audio only is in CVS.
	Albeu