[MPlayer-dev-eng] MMS streaming

[Bertrand Baudet]

MMS streaming is still buggy, I have a couple ideas why. I just need
to find some time to do it. And it still need some prebuffering code, that
it's not yet there. 

Mplayer can't play audio only track, I will also like to use mplayer
to stream some radio feed. 
Is the audio only stream support in someone's TODO list? What need
to be changed to be able to support that?

Bertrand

On Thursday 29 November 2001 09:14 am, you wrote:
> Good morning, everyone.  I am experimenting with mms streams.  I do know
> that audio-only MMS is not yet supported. But, I found that I can get
> some audio mms streams to work by using aviplay.  If I'm trying to use
> an ASFL-type file, I just look at the file. It almost always has an URL.
>
> For example, for my local National Public Radio station's feed, I have
> this file: 56klive.asxl. In it, I have this:
>
> [Reference]
> Ref1=http://rklive:80/56klive
> Ref2=http://216.90.76.254:80/56klive
>
>
> Now, I know that sometimes the first URL will not resolve. Why such URLs
> are put into the file I'll never know. Anyway, I just use the first URL
> that will work.  Now, I just type this command:
>
> aviplay http://216.90.76.254:80/56klive
>
> And voila! I got my local radio station streaming perfectly.
>
> As for video mms streams, I have tried using ASFRecorder with fifos as
> recommended in an older email from the developers list
> (http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2001-June/000610.html).
> The problem I have found with that is that I cannot play the stream from
> mplayer. I, too, get "unrecognized file." But, if I just let asfr (A
> better version of ASFRecorder) save the stream (I use "asfr -T
> mms://mslive.net-36.net:1755/panamsatedge117"). I cannot play the stream
> until I hit Control-C. If I try using aviplay while it's streaming,
> aviplay will complain with "video EOF" and "audio EOF". But, when I end
> the stream via asfr, I can then play the stream via mplayer. But, about
> half the time, mplayer has a hiccup with the counter stuck at 5 seconds
> into the ASF file.
>
> Also, with some versions of ASFRecorder, it defaults to port 80, which
> is quite lame IMO. I had to reboot into Windows 2000 and try a typical
> mms stream. I found it uses port 1755 (gotta love the netstat command).
> So, I  rebooted into Linux. I then tried the above MMS stream. I was
> able to at least download the stream.
>
> Anyway, just my personal experience with mms. What is the current status
> of MMS support in mplayer? I am really liking this software. I can now
> play my ASF files lying around on my Windows drive without resorting to
> reboot into Windows. ;-)