[oclug] music

[Brad Barnett]

On Fri, 14 May 2004 17:56:56 -0400
Bob Lockie <bjlockie at lockie.ca> wrote:

> On 05/14/04 15:15 Tom Goulet spoke:
> > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:03:27PM -0400, Bob Lockie wrote:
> > 
> >>I want to listen to "don't tell me" from:
> >>http://avrillavigne.com/music.html
> >>but my mplayer doesn't like any of the streaming formats.
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I got it to play for me.  I also got this message, which is
> > amusing me, but I'd like to know who put it there:
> > | everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing
> > | proprietary and patentend technology.
> > 
> > Try this:
> > | mplayer
> > mms://a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/519/326/403fb4b4/bmgen
> > t.download.akamai.com/326/aristarec.com/avril_lavigne/audio/01_dont_t
> > ell_me_96.wma
> 
> That almost works but it freezes.
> 
> $ mplayer 
> mms://a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/519/326/403fb4b4/bmgent.
> download.akamai.com/326/aristarec.com/avril_lavigne/audio/01_dont_tell_
> me_96.wma MPlayer 0.91-3.2.2  (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon TB Thunderbird (Family: 6, Stepping:
> 2) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx
> 
> Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or
> 
> directory
> Reading config file /home/rjl/.mplayer/config
> Reading /home/rjl/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open 
> '/home/rjl/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open 
> '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
> Using built-in default codecs.conf
> font: can't open file: /home/rjl/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 
> chars)
> Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
> Can't open input config file /home/rjl/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file
> 
> or directory
> Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such 
> file or directory
> Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
> 
> Playing 
> mms://a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/519/326/403fb4b4/bmgent.
> download.akamai.com/326/aristarec.com/avril_lavigne/audio/01_dont_tell_
> me_96.wma Resolving a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net ...
> Connecting to server 
> a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net[209.202.96.211]:80 ...
> Stream bitrate properties object
> Max bandwidth set to 0
> Resolving a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net ...
> Connecting to server 
> a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net[209.202.96.205]:80 ...
> Server return 500:Internal Server Error
> Failed to parse header
> Resolving a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net ...
> Connecting to server 
> a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net[209.202.96.205]:1755 ...
> connected
> unknown object
> file object, packet length = 4490 (4490)
> unknown object
> unknown object
> unknown object
> stream object, stream id: 1
> unknown object
> data object
> 
> alert! eof
> mmst packet_length = 4490
> Cache size set to 90 KBytes
> Connected to server: a519.v03266.c326.g.vm.akamaistream.net

There is more to playing a streaming movie file, at times, than just the
url.  Mplayer-plugin is supposed to take care of cookies and
session variable that you won't get with a simple url.  That being said,
someone else said it worked fine.. therefore your mplayer install is
screwed.  Try re-installing the codecs, and if that doesn't work try
finding the newest version of mplayer.  The version you have is ancient.