[MPlayer-users] Dumping asx streams doesn't work anymore for some streams

[Perry Valdez]

Perry Valdez wrote:
> I did this with both MPlayer 1.0 RC1 and MPlayer dev-SVN-r25123-4.1.3 
> on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Linux 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP kernel).
>
> Before I compiled and installed MPlayer dev-SVN-r25123-4.1.3 just this 
> morning, I had MPlayer 1.0 RC1 in my system. Using an asx file from 
> the website of a streaming video service (where I'm currently 
> subscribed), I tried to dump the stream. I was able to do it 
> successfully. Here's the output:
>
> ====================
> $ mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile pubtest.wmv -playlist 
> 20071116-pubster-300.asx
> MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ (Family: 15, 
> Model: 75, Stepping: 2)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
>
> Playing 
> http://abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net/abstract/pubsclubs2/pubster/20071116-pubster-300-stre.wmv. 
>
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net[210.240.10.140]: 
> 80...
> STREAM_ASF, URL: 
> http://abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net/abstract/pubsclubs2/pubster/20071116-pubster-300-stre.wmv 
>
[snip]
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net[210.240.10.140]: 
> 80...
> Cache size set to 4035 KBytes
> Stream not seekable!
>
> [The stream successfully gets downloaded and saved as "pubtest.wmv"]
> ====================
>
>
>
> Next, I checked out and compiled MPlayer dev-SVN-r25123-4.1.3, and 
> then I tried to dump the stream as before. Here's the output:
>
> ====================
> $ mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile pubtest.wmv -playlist 
> 20071116-pubster-300.asx
> MPlayer dev-SVN-r25123-4.1.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ (Family: 15, 
> Model: 75, Stepping: 2)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2
>
> Playing 
> http://abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net/abstract/pubsclubs2/pubster/20071116-pubster-300-stre.wmv. 
>
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net[210.240.10.140]: 
> 80...
> Cache size set to 320 KBytes
>
>
> Playing 
> http://abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net/abstract/pubsclubs2/pubster/20071116-pubster-300-stre.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf. 
>
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net
> Resolving abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server abstractpentium.streamsvcs.net[210.240.10.140]: 
> 80...
> Cache size set to 320 KBytes
[snip]
> [...Ad infinitum...]
>
> ====================
>
> This behavior doesn't happen in all asx streams. I can dump streams 
> from my other asx files.
>
> The asx file is here:
> http://rapidshare.com/files/71177337/pubster_asx.zip.html
>


This morning, I checked out and compiled revision 25141. Then I ran:

$ mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile pubtest.wmv -playlist  
20071116-pubster-300.asx

The problem's still there. Same output. I still can't dump the stream 
from the asx file above (get the file from the Rapidshare link above).

In my particular case, what used to work in MPlayer 1.0 RC1 doesn't work 
in later SVN revisions, including MPlayer dev-SVN-r25141-4.1.3.  :-(

Any thoughts or advice?