Hi, I tried to play this URL - http://www.cnet.com/video/special/playlists/music.asx - and it still only partially playable - it contains 4 MMS streams... All tried with mplayer CVS checkout 10 minutes ago... mms://a408.v19615.c1961.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/408/1961/v0001/cnetads.download.akamai.com/1961/msftawe/awe_clowns_prestream_hi.asf stream is playbale, but mplayer freezes at the end. 2nd stream: mms://a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/999/674/3ccdde3f/cnetdemo.download.akamai.com/674/t0131mp3_1_hi.asf Unplayable. mplayer's ouput: Playing mms://a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/999/674/3ccdde3f/cnetdemo.download.akamai.com/674/t0131mp3_1_hi.asf Resolving a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net ... Connecting to server a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net[63.240.15.207]:80 ... Stream bitrate properties object Max bandwidth set to 0 Resolving a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net ... Connecting to server a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net[63.240.15.205]:80 ... Cache size set to 530 KBytes Connected to server: a999.v0674e.c674.g.vm.akamaistream.net Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) size_confirm mismatch!: 20564 12336 Error while parsing chunk header Cache fill: 0.19% (1009 bytes) ASF file format detected. ============ ASF Stream group == START === object size = 44 stream count=[0x3][3] stream id=[0x1][1] max bitrate=[0x10337][66359] stream id=[0x2][2] max bitrate=[0x2c5f][11359] stream id=[0xa][10] max bitrate=[0x31fd6][204758] ============ ASF Stream group == END === ASF: No video stream found. ASF: No audio stream found -> no sound. No stream found. 3rd stream: mms://a1085.v1961c.c1961.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1085/1961/v0001/cnetads.download.akamai.com/1961/msftawe/awe_starlet_midstream_hi.asf Playable, freezes at the last frame or two.. 4th stream: same problem as the 2nd one.. The asx files contains some lines like this: <STARTTIME VALUE="00:00:00" /> <DURATION VALUE="00:03:03" /> Does mplayer's MMS parser process it? Thanks, Hetz