Hello. I am trying to get authentication to work with mplayer / mms, with no success. Any help / pointers in getting this to work will be greatly appreciated. (Authentication details are good, they work on windows xp / wmp). I am trying with Ubuntu and Gentoo. I have tried the following: $ mplayer http://streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx $ mplayer -playlist http://streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx $ mplayer -playlist http://myUserName:myPassword@streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx $ mplayer -playlist mms://myUserName:myPassword@208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mms://66.90.127.15/zeetv $ mplayer mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mms://myUserName:myPassword@208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mms://myUserName:myPassword@66.90.127.15/zeetv $ mplayer mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mms://myUserName:myPassword@208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer mmst://myUserName:myPassword@208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer -user myUserName -passwd myPassword mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv $ mplayer -user myUserName -passwd myPassword http://streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx $ mplayer -user myUserName -passwd myPassword -playlist http://streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx $ mplayer -user myUserName -passwd myPassword mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv The error I get is "connection refused" (irrespective of what parameters I pass to mplayer) All the above give similar errors: ========================================= MPlayer 1.0pre8-3.4.6 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 1) MMX supported but disabled MMX2 supported but disabled SSE supported but disabled 3DNow supported but disabled 3DNowExt supported but disabled CPUflags: MMX: 0 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: STREAM_HTTP(1), URL: http://streambox.tv/asx/zeetv.asx Resolving streambox.tv for AF_INET... Connecting to server streambox.tv[208.69.192.250]: 80... Cache size set to 320 KBytes 93 audio & 211 video codecs Playing mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv. STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv Connecting to server 208.69.192.224[208.69.192.224]: 1755... Connected read error:: Operation now in progress pre-header read failed Connecting to server 208.69.192.224[208.69.192.224]: 80... connect error: Connection refused Failed, exiting. STREAM_HTTP(2), URL: mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv Connecting to server 208.69.192.224[208.69.192.224]: 80... connect error: Connection refused File not found: '208.69.192.224/zeetv' Failed to open mms://208.69.192.224/zeetv. ========================================= Any help / info / pointers / tips in getting this working would be highly appreciated. Thanks Ajay -- Linux: The Operating System for people who think.