[MPlayer-users] Can anybody view these streams?

[Chris Carlen]

Hi:

I'm hoping to get my wife off of Windows media player.  She watches Thai TV.

Here is an example of a .asx files she uses in WMP to access her shows:

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<Asx Version = "3.0" >
<TITLE>ªèͧ 7 ÊÕ·ÕÇÕà¾×èͤس</TITLE>
<Entry>
<Title >CH7 Live Broadcast </Title>
<REF HREF="http://203.170.198.16/ch7_live/"/>
     <STARTTIME VALUE=""/>
     <DURATION VALUE=""/>
</Entry>
</Asx>
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I have tried opening this with MPlayer 0.90pre6 on Suse 8.1, which gets 
the title in the playlist, but when I try to play it it says stuff like 
this:

Playing http://203.170.198.16/ch7_live/
Connecting to server 203.170.198.16:80 ...
Unable to detect the streaming type
Unable to open URL: http://203.170.198.16/ch7_live/
Playing /home/user1/TV/Ch7-Live.asx
============= Sorry, this file format not recognized/supported 
===============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the 
author! ===

Perhaps this is just a no-go.  But can anyone play these streams and 
explain how to do it?

Thanks.

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Christopher R. Carlen
crobc at earthlink.net
Suse 8.1 Linux 2.4.19