[MPlayer-users] Cannot play MediaPlayer9 stream in MPlayer

[Kichigai Mentat]

On May 18, 2005, at 17.59, Jake Benilov wrote:

> Hi,
>
> MPlayer is amazing, and i'm 99% happy with it in every case.  
> However...
>
> I have an internet radio station to which I wish to listen to:
> http://ms2.capitalinteractive.co.uk/xfm_low
>
> when I open that link in Media Player 9 (Windows), or open a webpage
> with the link embedded in it (see HTML below), everything connects
> fine.
> However trying to access that link with MPlayer only yields a 403
> Forbidden error.
> Why is this? What is mplayer not doing to connect, that MP9 can do?
>
> Cheers
> Jake Benilov
>
Well, first there's some stuff you could easily tell us. First, do  
you know if this is a DRM'd file? And are you on an OS X system? Both  
of those situations mean no MPlayer compatibility.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> <object id="MediaPlayer"
> classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
> codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/ 
> nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715"
> standby="Loading Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Media Player components..."
> type="application/x-oleobject" width="460" height="18">
>                <param name="AnimationatStart" value="false">
>                <param name="FileName"
> value="http://ms2.capitalinteractive.co.uk/xfm_low">
>                <param name="TransparentatStart" value="true">
>
>                <param name="AutoStart" value="true">
>                <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="true">
>                <param name="ShowControls" value="true">
>                <param name="ShowDisplay" value="true">
>          <embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
>                pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ 
> windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp"
>                src="http://ms2.capitalinteractive.co.uk/xfm_low"
>                name="MediaPlayer" showcontrols="0" showstatusbar="1"
> showtracker="0" autostart="1" width="460" height="18"
> border="0"></embed>
>        </object>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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