[MPlayer-users] Unable to play stream URL using MPlayer, but URL works with Xine / VLC

[Raphael Clifford]

On 23/02/2008, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:31:38PM -0500, Golden Fly wrote:
>  > Server returned 400: Bad Request
>  > No stream found to handle url
>  > mms://211.233.24.49/wcg/wcg2007gf/ENG/10-07/WC3/[CH1]03_WC_ENG_Realtime_500K_SkY_vs_4K-Creoloph_01.wmv
>
>
> -v gives:
>  > <h1>Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)</h1>
>  so the server configuration is broken, the mms-over-HTTP part is
>  configured to require a host name, but the server has no DNS name.
>
>
>  > However, the following command works:
>  > --- code ---
>  > xine
>  > "mms://211.233.24.49/wcg/wcg2007gf/ENG/10-07/WC3/[CH1]03_WC_ENG_Realtime_500K_SkY_vs_4K-Creoloph_01.wmv"
>
>
> Did you try these _at the same time_? It really looks like the server is
>  just unavailable right now.
>
>  Greetings,
>
> Reimar Döffinger
>
> _

I can confirm that the link plays in vlc and xine for me and it
doesn't appear to work in mplayer.

Raphael