I just converted my last Windoze machine to Linux and have _almost_ all the functionality I used to have except for playing embedded videos. I have mplayer and mplayerplug-in installed but every time I try to play videos from
www.nba.com the mplayer tries to connect and play but fails.
I tried to diagnose the problem by turning on the debug mode (debug=1 in /etc/mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf) and running mplayer from the command line and the upshot is the server (from akamai.net) returns 404 File not found:
Code:
dbrazziel@dell566:~/MyVideos$ mplayer mms://a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1732/12176/v0001/cavaliers.download.akamai.com/12176/worldbfree051130.wmv
MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 3)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing mms://a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1732/12176/v0001/cavaliers.download.akamai.com/12176/worldbfree051130.wmv.
STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1732/12176/v0001/cavaliers.download.akamai.com/12176/worldbfree051130.wmv
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net[65.116.204.140]: 1755...
Connected
read error:: Operation now in progress
pre-header read failed
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net[65.116.204.143]: 80...
Server returned 404:Not Found
Failed to parse header.
Failed, exiting.
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net
Resolving a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net[65.116.204.140]: 80...
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill: 0.08% (278 bytes)
Exiting... (End of file)
The web page that contains a link to an .asx file which links to the mms server is here:
http://www.nba.com/sixers/community/world_b_free.html
Right click on 'Play' for the 'Free Honored in Cleveland' image on the right shows the properties to be:
http://mfile.akamai.com/12176/wmv/ca...free051130.asx
This file contains the following code:
<ASX VERSION="3.0">
<ENTRY>
<REF HREF="mms://a1732.v12176c.c12176.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1732/12176/v0001/cavaliers.download.akamai.com/12176/worldbfree051130.wmv" />
</ENTRY>
</ASX>
which of course points to the mms server/file I used as a command line argument to mplayer.
This is driving me crazy because Windows 98SE and WinXP don't have a problem playing this file and mplayer is able to play .wmv files I have stored on my hard drive, so I've done the due diligence vis-a-vis codecs, etc.
Thanks in advance for any input related to mplayer and mplayerplug-in .