[MPlayer-users] problem accessing network wmv files

[Andrew Savchenko]

Hi!

On 3 Jan 2007 08:38 Cuneyt Taskiran wrote:
> For a project, I have to save a few streaming video files from
> cnn.comlocally. An example of an URL is
> http://wmscnn.stream.aol.com/cnn/world/2007/01/01/todd.saddam.ex
>ecution.cnn.ws.wmv
>
> I have installed mplayer on an Unbuntu system (Edgy Eft) and
> installed the windows codecs. However, when I try to play the
> file from the above location I get multiple errors (see output
> below), one specifies that the "chunk size" is too small and the
> other says that I am missing the acelp audio codec family,
> although I have a file called acelpdec.ax in /usr/lib/win32. Do
> I have to recompile mplayer? The information given in
> DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html was not very helpful.

> ASF file format detected.
> Clip info:
>  name:
>  author:
>  copyright:
>  comments:
> ================================================================
>========== Requested audio codec family [acelp] (afm=dshow) not
> available. Enable it at compilation.
> Cannot find codec for audio format 0x130.
> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> Audio: no sound
> Video: no video

If your mplayer was compiled without binary codecs installed at the 
compile time, you must recompile mplayer after installing binary 
codecs.

Hint: try the latest mplayer's svn version & codec pack.
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