[MPlayer-users] MPlayer streaming trough proxy fails

[armin.gerritsen at philips.com]

>> Like I said: the proxy isn't the problem because the same streams
>> play nicely through the proxy with players like Windows Media Player
>> etc. So the problem is related to MPlayer or some
>> configuration-option on the Linux-system I use.
 
> AF_INET6 is IPv6 ...
> Have you tried to use IPv6 on your network? Because it seems your
> system does not have IPv6 support in the kernel ...

It was disabled. I loaded the module and indeed the error went away.
Still when I connect to a random server:

Playing http://194.88.100.2/stubruhi
Resolving 130.145.128.253 for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 130.145.128.253
Connecting to server 130.145.128.253[130.145.128.253]:8080 ...
Resolving 130.145.128.253 for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 130.145.128.253
Connecting to server 130.145.128.253[130.145.128.253]:8080 ...
=====> ASF Redirector
Connected to server: 194.88.100.2


Playing http://MSN01:80/stubruhi
Resolving 130.145.128.253 for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 130.145.128.253
Connecting to server 130.145.128.253[130.145.128.253]:8080 ...

and this goes on for ever ...

> Maybe you should run ./configure of MPlayer with switch
> --disable-inet6, 
> and recompile MPlayer ...

I'll try that. Thanks.

Armin