[MPlayer-users] [BUG?] can't play certain MMS streams (Windows Media Player opens them fine)

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

I can't open certain MMS streams with mplayer.

Windows Media Player opens them just fine.

One such stream is available at mms://wpkg.org:1755

Below, a sample mplayer run:

$ mplayer -v mms://wpkg.org:1755
MPlayer 1.0-1.rc1.19plf2008.0-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ (Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 0)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/tch/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/tch/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/home/tch/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 98 audio & 216 video codecs
CommandLine: '-v' 'mms://wpkg.org:1755'
init_freetype
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/tch/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/tch/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file 
or directory
Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 67 binds
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.
get_path('wpkg.org:1755.conf') -> '/home/tch/.mplayer/wpkg.org:1755.conf'

Playing mms://wpkg.org:1755.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/tch/.mplayer/sub/'
Filename for url is now mms://wpkg.org:1755
Filename for url is now mms://wpkg.org:1755
STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://wpkg.org:1755
Trying ASF/UDP...
   ===> ASF/UDP failed
Trying ASF/TCP...
Resolving wpkg.org for AF_INET...
Connecting to server wpkg.org[87.79.32.168]: 1755...
Connected



After saying "Connected", it just stays like that forever, no more 
packers are sent, no more info is given.

The stream is generated using VLC, but it runs fine with either VLC or 
Windows Media Player.


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org