[MPlayer-users] streaming over http possible bug (was: pna stream on bbc not working)

[Adrian Buciuman]

This is probably a bug in mplayer. I haven't tested the latest CVS version.

The bug is present both in Windows and Linux versions.


c:\test\mplayer http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra
MPlayer dev-CVS-050315-14:53 (C) 2000-2005 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: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.

c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a font description, ignoring.
Cannot load font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf
Playing http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra.
Resolving www.bbc.net.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.bbc.net.uk[212.58.224.114]:80 ...
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Connected to server: www.bbc.net.uk
Cache fill: 17.50% (57344 bytes)

Exiting... (End of file)


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C:\test\mplayer -cache 41 http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra
MPlayer dev-CVS-050315-14:53 (C) 2000-2005 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: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.

c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a font description, ignoring.
Cannot load font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf
Playing http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra.
Resolving www.bbc.net.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.bbc.net.uk[212.58.224.82]:80 ...
Cache size set to 41 KBytes
Connected to server: www.bbc.net.uk
Cache fill: 20.00% (8192 bytes)

Exiting... (End of file)

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C:\test>mplayer -cache 80 http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra
MPlayer dev-CVS-050315-14:53 (C) 2000-2005 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: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.

c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a font description, ignoring.
Cannot load font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf
Playing http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra.
Resolving www.bbc.net.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.bbc.net.uk[212.58.224.82]:80 ...
Cache size set to 80 KBytes
Connected to server: www.bbc.net.uk
Cache fill: 10.00% (8192 bytes)

Exiting... (End of file)


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C:\test>mplayer -cache 81 http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra
MPlayer dev-CVS-050315-14:53 (C) 2000-2005 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: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.

c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a font description, ignoring.
Cannot load font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf
Playing http://www.bbc.net.uk/romanian/rom.ra.
Resolving www.bbc.net.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server www.bbc.net.uk[212.58.224.82]:80 ...
Cache size set to 81 KBytes
Connected to server: www.bbc.net.uk
Cache fill: 20.00% (16384 bytes)

Exiting... (End of file)


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I can't hear any sound.

16384 and 57344 are multiples of 8192.



> 
> Anyway,  I had to download the file first;  it would not start for me by
> calling the url from mplayer.  It downloaded as rom.ra
> Then I can start the file from mplayer from a terminal.  Sorry, I'm not
> a big mplayer geek, so some guru might be able to make mplayer start
> from the url without a download in between.
> 
> --
> Tony Alfrey
> tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
> "I'd Rather Be Sailing"
>