[MPlayer-users] Cannot open mms/rstp streams (FC6)

[Uwe Dippel]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> Playing 
> mms://video9.technion.ac.il/Courses/Solid-Mech1/Solid%20Mechanics%201%20-01.wmv. 
> 
> STREAM_ASF, URL:
> mms://video9.technion.ac.il/Courses/Solid-Mech1/Solid%20Mechanics%201%20-01.wmv 
> 
> Resolving video9.technion.ac.il for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: video9.technion.ac.il
> Resolving video9.technion.ac.il for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server video9.technion.ac.il[132.68.1.27]: 1755...
> connection timeout
> Resolving video9.technion.ac.il for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: video9.technion.ac.il
> Resolving video9.technion.ac.il for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server video9.technion.ac.il[132.68.1.27]: 80...
> 
> It seems as though it cannot find the server,

Wrong,
 > Connecting to server video9.technion.ac.il[132.68.1.27]: 1755...
is very much fine. So is the subsequent one, trying port 80.

When it cannot resolve, it tries IPv6.

> I have SELinux set to permisive, if that's important. I
> did select to have a firewall when installing FC6, how would I check
> if that's the problem? I actually don't think that the firewall is the
> problem as VMWare machine DOES connect fine.

Somehow, your machine is simply not able to access the file.
It could be the firewall.

Uwe