[MPlayer-users] WMV 9 from internet playback problems

[Richard Čepas]

Hello everybody,

Can anybody explain why mplayer doesn't want to play video from this url 
(redirect from www.tv.lt):
http://213.190.33.74/nuoiki30909.wmv
$ mplayer -v http://213.190.33.74/nuoiki30909.wmv
MPlayer 0.92-2.95.4  (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Pentium III Katmai/Pentium III Xeon Tanner (Family: 6, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE

Reading config file /usr/local/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or 
directory
Reading config file /home/rch/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/rch/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
CommandLine: '-v' 'http://213.190.33.74/nuoiki30909.wmv'
get_path('font/font.desc') -> '/home/rch/.mplayer/font/font.desc'
font: can't open file: /home/rch/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
init_freetype
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
Using usleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/rch/.mplayer/input.conf'
Parsing input config file /home/rch/.mplayer/input.conf
Input config file /home/rch/.mplayer/input.conf parsed: 50 binds
get_path('nuoiki30909.wmv.conf') -> '/home/rch/.mplayer/nuoiki30909.wmv.conf'

Playing http://213.190.33.74/nuoiki30909.wmv
Resolving 213.190.33.74 ...
Connecting to server 213.190.33.74[213.190.33.74]:80 ...
--- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- START ---
protocol:           [HTTP/1.0]
http minor version: [0]
uri:                [(null)]
method:             [(null)]
status code:        [200]
reason phrase:      [OK]
body size:          [54]
Fields:
 0 - Server: Cougar 4.1.0.3930
 1 - Content-Type: video/x-ms-wvx
 2 - Content-Length: 54
 3 - X-Cache: MISS from proxy.vinita.lt
 4 - X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from proxy.vinita.lt:3128
 5 - Connection: close
--- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- END ---
Content-Type: [video/x-ms-wvx]
Content-Length: [54]
Trying ASF/HTTP...
Resolving 213.190.33.74 ...
Connecting to server 213.190.33.74[213.190.33.74]:80 ...
=====> ASF Prerecorded
=====> ASF header chunk follows
=====> ASF header chunk follows
Stream bitrate properties object
Max bandwidth set to 0
Resolving 213.190.33.74 ...
Connecting to server 213.190.33.74[213.190.33.74]:80 ...
=====> ASF Prerecorded
Cache size set to 8192 KBytes
Connected to server: 213.190.33.74
CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0  pre:0  eof:0  
Cache fill:  0,00% (0 bytes)    =====> ASF header chunk follows
=====> ASF header chunk follows
Cache fill:  0,08% (6365 bytes)    ASF file format detected.
ASF: packets: 27996  flags: 2  max_packet_size: 2888  min_packet_size: 2888  
max_bitrate: 148170  preroll: 3000
stream type: guid_audio_stream
stream concealment: guid_audio_conceal_interleave
type: 28 bytes,  stream: 8 bytes  ID: 1
unk1: 0  unk2: E8F730
FILEPOS=0xC09
==> Found audio stream: 1
======= WAVE Format =======
Format Tag: 353 (0x161)
Channels: 1
Samplerate: 16000
avg byte/sec: 1500
Block align: 480
bits/sample: 16
cbSize: 10
Unknown extra header dump: [0] [22] [0] [0] [26] [0] [a0] [5] [0] [0] 
ASF: audio scrambling: 1 x 1 x 480
stream type: guid_video_stream
stream concealment: unknown guid 0057fb20-555b-cf11-a8fd00805f5c442b
type: 55 bytes,  stream: 0 bytes  ID: 2
unk1: 0  unk2: 1DC3660
FILEPOS=0xC7B
==> Found video stream: 2
======= VIDEO Format ======
  biSize 44
  biWidth 240
  biHeight 176
  biPlanes 1
  biBitCount 24
  biCompression 861293911='WMV3'
  biSizeImage 0
===========================
stream type: guid_video_stream
stream concealment: unknown guid 0057fb20-555b-cf11-a8fd00805f5c442b
type: 55 bytes,  stream: 0 bytes  ID: 3
unk1: 0  unk2: 1E8B568
FILEPOS=0xD00
==> Found video stream: 3
======= VIDEO Format ======
  biSize 44
  biWidth 240
  biHeight 176
  biPlanes 1
  biBitCount 24
  biCompression 861293911='WMV3'
  biSizeImage 0
===========================
============ ASF Stream group == START ===
 object size = 44
 stream count=[0x3][3]
   stream id=[0x1][1]
   max bitrate=[0x32c8][13000]
   stream id=[0x2][2]
   max bitrate=[0x18a3d][100925]
   stream id=[0x3][3]
   max bitrate=[0x85c5][34245]
============ ASF Stream group == END ===
Found movie at 0xD95 - 0x4D1C375
ASF: 1 audio and 2 video streams found
Invalid plen type! assuming plen=0
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)  
ASF: No video stream found.
ASF: Searching for audio stream (id:-1).
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: audio)  
ASF: No audio stream found -> no sound.
No stream found.

DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x847c000  
DEMUXER: freeing sh_audio at 0x845e500  
DEMUXER: freeing sh_video at 0x845e600  
DEMUXER: freeing sh_video at 0x845e700  
vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited..

Exiting... (End of file)



I do have wmv9 codecs:
mplayer -vc help |grep wmv
: No such file or directory
ffwmv1      ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg M$ WMV1/WMV7  [wmv1]
ffwmv2      ffmpeg    problems  FFmpeg M$ WMV2/WMV8  [wmv2]
wmv8        dshow     working   Windows Media Video 8  [wmv8ds32.ax]
wmv7        dshow     working   Windows Media Video 7  [wmvds32.ax]
wmv9dmo     dmo       working   Windows Media Video 9 DMO  [wmv9dmod.dll]
wmvdmo      dmo       working   Windows Media Video DMO  [wmvdmod.dll]

Even when the file is saved on local disk with env WRITE_ASF=1 aviplay, it 
only plays audio and gives ASF: No video stream found.

Needless to say, Windows Media Player or aviplay plays it.

Thanks.