[MPlayer-users] Windows Media doesn't see video stream

[Andrew Barr]

Hey all--

I'm trying to play Windows Media video streams off of CNN.com, and no
matter which video I pick, I get the same result: audio playback but no
video. I tried playing the video from the command line, using all
available versions of the WMV codec. The results are the same, and the
output of my test-run using Windows Media 7 is below. My ultimate goal
is to get the mplayerplug-in project to work, but right now I'm going to
have to deal with the command line. Any thoughts or tips would be
greatly appreciated.

N.B. The CPU is not 600MHz. It is a 1.2GHz CPU running on it's ACPI P5
performance state.

[root at 300m abarr]# mplayer -vc wmv7
mms://demandcnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/ads/advertiser/disney/2004/04/disney.world.mix.15.300k.wmv
MPlayer 1.0pre4-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Pentium M Banias 599.9 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 5)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf':
No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
directory
Can't open input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or
directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such device
Can't init input joystick
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing
mms://demandcnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/ads/advertiser/disney/2004/04/disney.world.mix.15.300k.wmv.
Resolving demandcnn.stream.aol.com for AF_INET...
Connecting to server demandcnn.stream.aol.com[205.188.215.185]:80 ...
Stream bitrate properties object
Max bandwidth set to 0
Resolving demandcnn.stream.aol.com for AF_INET...
Connecting to server demandcnn.stream.aol.com[205.188.215.201]:80 ...
Cache size set to 570 KBytes
Connected to server: demandcnn.stream.aol.com
Cache fill: 11.23% (65536 bytes)    Ahhhh, stream_chunck size is too
small: 4
Error while parsing chunk header
Cache fill: 11.94% (69706 bytes)    ASF file format detected.
ASF: No video stream found.
Clip info:
name: dis.world.mix.15 - ads
author: root
copyright: Copyright (c) 2004 Cable News Network LP, LLLP
comments:
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 1 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 4003->88200 (32.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [ffwmav2] afm:ffmpeg (DivX audio v2 (ffmpeg))
==========================================================================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/1ch/16bit ->
44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 1 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 1ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
alsa-init: requested format: 44100 Hz, 2 channels, Signed 16-bit
(Little-Endian)
alsa-init: 1 soundcard found, using: hw:0,0
alsa1x: 44100 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit
Little Endian
AO: [alsa1x] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/1ch/16bit ->
44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A:        14.9  1.1% 0%
alsa-uninit: pcm closed

Exiting... (End of file)


--
Andrew Barr

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There is an old time toast which is golden for its beauty.
"When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend."
		-- Mark Twain
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