[MPlayer-users] [PATCH] Re: mms URL causes mplayer to hang

[adland]

> The following URL hangs during connect
> 
> mms://view.trailers.be/hig/pubfr.asf

Thank you for your report.
1. This URL is invalid (that it does not play in windows media player
 under windows) - most likley it was just some logo/advert anyway because
it is in every playlist.
2. It does lockup both MPlayer and mmsclient which the asf streaming
 was based on.
3. It was the first entry in your playlists so any other files never played.
4. I have made a small patch to fix the issue by not locking up 
   and exiting on this kind of invalid files.

 tested using this link from website
mplayer -playlist http://www.agenda.be///cin/video/hig/fr12317.asx

good luck

--- main/libmpdemux/asf_mmst_streaming.c   2004-04-05 17:31:27.000000000 -0400
+++ updated/libmpdemux/asf_mmst_streaming.c 2004-06-06 18:08:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@

     len = recv (s, &buf[total], count-total, 0);

-    if (len<0) {
+    if (len<=0) {
       perror ("read error:");
       return 0;
     }
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@

   asf_header_len = get_header (s, asf_header, stream->streaming_ctrl);
 //  printf("---------------------------------- asf_header %d\n",asf_header);
+  if (asf_header_len==0) return -1; //error reading header
   packet_length = interp_header (asf_header, asf_header_len);