[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MMS wrapper

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 07:34:23AM +0200, Stefan Gehrer wrote:
> On 07/14/2012 01:30 AM, Don Moir wrote:
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Gehrer" <stefan.gehrer at gmx.de>
> >To: "FFMpeg development discussions and patches"
> ><ffmpeg-devel at mplayerhq.hu>
> >Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 4:41 PM
> >Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MMS wrapper
> >
> >
> >>attached patch implements a simple wrapper for handling mms:// URLs.
> >>It first tries to open using mmst protocol and on failure tries
> >>using mmsh protocol.
> >>I found some streams on tunein.com which either support only
> >>mmst or only mssh, with this patch applied both kinds can be
> >>played back with just specifying mms:// as protocol.
> >>This should fix ticket #998, the mms URL given there also works.
> >>mms://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k
> >>
> >>Stefan
> >>
> >Thanks
> >
> >Would mmsh be more common then mmst and maybe should be tried first even
> >if mmst is more efficient ?
> 
> Yes, mmsh seems to be more common. But mmst usually fails after a
> minimal communication with server (connection on port 1755 refused)

I don't know if it is common, but if port 1755 is blocked it might
actually hang until a timeout. This is less likely for port 80...