[MPlayer-users] Re: Mplayer crashing, streaming from "ASX" xml files

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Karl Trygve Kalleberg,

on Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:39:07 +0100 (MET) you wrote:

> 
> Hi gang.
> 
> I've been trying to use mplayer to stream from Windows Media Player
> servers, in particular the Norwegian national TV channel nrk.no.
> 
> The first link served by the web server is to an XML file that looks
> like this:
> 
> <ASX Version="3.0">
>   <ENTRY>
>     <STARTTIME VALUE="0" />
>     <DURATION VALUE="17" />
>     <REF
>     HREF="mms://straum.nrk.no/Autofil/2004-02-10/uftryfth_900_WM_200402
>     10_130202.wmv" /><REF
>     HREF="mms://straum.nrk.no/Autofil/2004-02-10/uftryfth_900_WM_200402
>     10_130202.wmv" /><TITLE>Jan Erik blir blaut!</TITLE>
>     <AUTHOR>NRK</AUTHOR>
>     <COPYRIGHT>NRK - Norsk Rikskringkasting</COPYRIGHT>
>   </ENTRY>
> </ASX>
> 
> If I save this file to disk, say foo.xml, and run mplayer on it:
> # mplayer foo.xml
> 
> mplayer will invariably crash, giving:
> 
> Playing foo.xml.
> Cache fill:  0,01% (422 bytes)    LMLM4 Stream Format not found
> 
> 
> (process:7816): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:1871: initialization
> assertion failed, use g_type_init() prior to this function
> 
> (process:7816): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:1871: initialization
> assertion failed, use g_type_init() prior to this function
> 
> (process:7816): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:1871: initialization
> assertion failed, use g_type_init() prior to this function
> 
> (process:7816): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gtype.c: line 1937
> (g_type_add_interface_static): assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE
> (instance_type)' failed
> 
> etc....
> 
> 
> This is with 1.0pre3 on a Gentoo system. The problem is there in 0.92, 
> too.
> 
> If I manually pick out the mms-url and feed it directly:
> # mplayer
> # mms://straum.nrk.no/Autofil/2004-02-10/uftryfth_900_WM_20040210_13020
> # 2.wmv
> 
> it works.
> 
> I have been unable to find anything to solve my problem from the
> archives or on google.

mplayer -playlist http://your.playlist.url

	Albeu

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