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

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 02 November 2008 15:24, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> 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).

I tried it on Firefox on Fedora core 2, and it opens a window asking if I want 
to download file, or use default Realplayer to play it, Realplayer plays the 
stream, but at 64kbps, and I only get about 5secs of play before it stops.

This could be because I'm on dialup, and it looks like it needs broadband.

I also tried it on Firefox on Kubuntu 8.04, and here Mplayerplugin opens, and 
I get a short bit of audio, but less than on FC2.

Realplayer on FC2, is the one I installed from the Realmedia site, and is 
version 10

Realplayer on Kubuntu 8.04, is part of the Mplayerplug-in pkg, and is version 
9.

Just a couple of observations.

Nigel.