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rtsp://a1757.v11408.c1140.g.vq.akamaistream.net/5/1757/1140/3ff9e9e8/1a1a1ae247

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b6e455c93f6dce3eae1a7fad107fec1b8ef356cb3da2d13b9c0a39a61d90f6265a/mwsf_keynote

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_250.mov

well, i actually got to that address, but mplayer refused to fetch it. [...] it tells me:

Opened URL "rtsp://a1757.v11408.c1140.g.vq.akamaistream.net/5/ 1757/1140/3ff9e9e8/1a1a1ae247b6e455c93f6dce3eae1a7fad107fec1b8 ef356cb3da2d13b9c0a39a61d90f6265a/mwsf_keynote_250.mov", returning a SDP description: v=0 o=StreamingServer 3282562651 760085187000 IN IP4 212.155.204.18 s=/5/1757/1140/3ff9e9e8/1a1a1ae247b6e455c93f6dce3eae1a7fad107fe c1b8ef356cb3da2d13b9c0a39a61d90f6265a/mwsf_keynote_250.mov u=http://www.akamai.com/ e=quicktime@akamai.com c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0 b=AS:327 t=0 0 a=control:* a=x-qt-text-nam:Macworld Keynote 300k This session has no media subsessions (i.e., "m=" lines)

Thanks for the report. It looks like there might be a bug in the LIVE.COM code that is preventing this particular "rtsp://" URL from working. I'll take a closer look at this, and will get back to the list once I have the answer. Ross Finlayson LIVE.COM <http://www.live.com/>