[MPlayer-users] mplayer-rc1/cvs don't play quicktime movies from apple.com

[gabor]

sorry, but i'm not sure whether my reply got to the mailinglist, so i'm
sending it again:

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On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 18:38, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > http://a944.g.akamai.net/7/944/51/a814f5c0bdf5ef/www.apple.com/

> switch/ads/images/janieporche_ctp2.mov

there's nothing wrong with mplayer
you simply opened the wrong mov file :)

it's just a picture i think...

if you open that webpage
(http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/janieporche.html),
and examine it's source, you'll find an another mov file:


http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /JaniePorche-sref.mov

when you play that file, you'll see the following mplayer output:

-------------------------------------------
.Playing JaniePorche-sref.mov
MOV: Reference Media file!!!
REF: [url ] http://a772.g.akamai.net/ someting /qt5gateQT3.mov
REF: [url ] http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /qt5gateQT4.mov
REF: [url ] http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /qt5gateQT4.1.mov
REF: [url ] http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /qt5gateQT4.1.1.mov
REF: [url ] http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /qt5gateQT4.1.2.mov
REF: [url ] JaniePorche_m240.mov
REF: [url ] JaniePorche_m320.mov
REF: [url ] JaniePorche_m480.mov
-------------------------------------------



and then simply get the last one: JaniePorche_m480.mov...

it has the same url, so if the -sref.mov had an url:
http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /JaniePorche-sref.mov,
then you need:
http://a772.g.akamai.net/ something /JaniePorche_m480.mov

and that's the file you want to watch.
:)

bye,
gabor