[MPlayer-users] Help: Can't play mp3 stream via http

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 12:42:25PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:16:41AM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > On Sunday, 02 November 2008 at 10:36, Andrea wrote:
> > > I've tried to play the following mp3 stream
> > > 
> > > http://france-info1.creacast.com/france-info.mp3
> > > This is not a file but a live stream of a radio.
> > > 
> > > using mplayer, but it does not work. It returns immediately with "End Of File". (at the end the output).
> > > I did not find anything on google or mplayer documentation about it.
> > > 
> > > I can download part of it with wget
> > 
> > Confirmed, albeit with an older snapshot. As a workaround, you can try this:
> > wget -q -O - http://france-info1.creacast.com/france-info.mp3 | mplayer -cache 2048 -
> 
> Does it work with e.g. WinAmp?

Winamp can not play it either, so I'd say it is just broken.
Either that is intentional or they are just really stupid (well, maybe
both).