[MPlayer-users] Problems with specific MMS-protocol URLs

[J. Gareth Williams]

Glyn wrote:
> > > > > MMS://media.maplemusic.com/umbrella/multimedia/thedears-noreturn-high.wmv
> > > > > Connecting to server media.maplemusic.com:80 ...
> > > > > Server return 404:Object Not Found
> > > Trust me, it's there!  But mplayer doesn't find it somehow.
> > either way mplayer will try to connect to port 80 (http), maybe
> > windoze uses a different port or something? i wouldn't know
> > personally...
> >
> You're right.  Some intense googling brings up
> http://www.isaserver.org/authors/magalhaes/tutorials/streaming_media_available_internal_clients.htm
> , which suggests port 1755.  Possibly WinMediaPlayer tries 1755, 80,
> then maybe some other undocumented ones...  

I came to the same conclusion using tcpdump - when connecting from Media
Player, the only connection was to port 1755.  No attempt to connect to
port 80 at all.  And the connection is established, and the content is
streamed just fine.  The server isn't busy or overloaded - I can
demonstrate that from windows/mediaplayer while simulatenously failing
to connect from linux/mplayer.  There's definitely something not quite
working.

My conclusion is that the mms protocol implementation is somehow
incomplete in mplayer.

I don't know what's going on; I'm just trying to help.

garethw