Used -ss, stream claims to be "unsearchable" Re: [MPlayer-users] What is wrong with this ASF? Also, regarding "StartTime" and "Duration"

[Vincas Ciziunas]

I used the -ss option to try to start the stream offset, and it says that
the stream "is not searchable".  However, it most certainly must be
because windows media player is capable.  Maybe I'm just a freak.

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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, Thomas Kuiper wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 02:01:53PM -0500, Vincas Ciziunas wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > I have an asf file that contains this:
> [...]
> > <REF HREF="http://193.219.139.115/ltv/LTV_20041112_D.wmv" />
> > </ENTRY></ASX>
> [...]
> >
> > Playing play.asf.
> >
> >
> > Exiting... (End of file)
> [...]
> > have never gotten those tags to work, are they supported?  Thank you.
> >
>
> No they aren't. Those tags are mainly to control the windows media
> player. Useless stuff like duration, etc even if the stream is longer.
>
> Just download the file reference inside this asx file
> "http://193.219.139.115/ltv/LTV_20041112_D.wmv" in your case and
> watch it with "mplayer LTV_20041112_D.wmv".
>
> Thomas
>
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