[MPlayer-users] mencoder fails to follow asx links

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

Hi,
I just noticed that mencoder (unlike mplayer) doesn't follow asx links.

e.g.
mplayer -vo xv -ao alsa9 http://www.researchchannel.org/webcast/asx/rtv-lan.asx
works

mencoder -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o test.avi http://www.researchchannel.org/webcast/asx/rtv-lan.asx
fails

But looking up the URL inside the asx and running mencoder on that (e.g.
mencoder -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o test.avi 'mms://media-wm.cac.washington.edu/ResearchTV Live (LAN)'
works

I don't presume that's intentional?

LLaP
bero

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