[MPlayer-users] ~40sec wait before mplayer starts playing mms stream

[chrizzler .]

Great! Using mmshttp works (no delay anymore)! Thanks.

Note: I could not find this protocol possibility in the manuals, what did I
miss? Or is it undocumented?

Thanx again,
Chris

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 07/24/2009 05:32 AM, chrizzler . wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > [Note: I read the manuals, searched the archives and internet, but no
> > solution came up]
> >
> > I want to be able to check if an uploaded file is streamable on our
> > streaming video server. I thought of using mplayer to try play the stream
> > taking a one-frame capture and check if this was succesful.
> >
> > But I have trouble with mplayer playing a mms stream. When just trying
> (for
> > example) 'mplayer mms://
> > wm.stream1.fsw.leidenuniv.nl:80/beta/ewe_oral_narratives.wmv' from a
> windows
> > console... after reporting that it is trying to connect it does nothing
> for
> > about 40seconds and then it plays just like I expect it should. Windows
> > media player plays the stream almost instantly.
>
> Try changing the protocol from mms:// to mmshttp:// or mmsh:// or
> mmst:// and see if any of those work better.
>
> Kevin
>
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