[MPlayer-dev-eng] MMS streaming

[Arpi]

Hi,

> 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?

player core. as now video control everything...

and for other formats (mp3 etc) also implementing new demuxers...

> 
> 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. ;-)
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