[MPlayer-users] can't play a certain wmv/asf stream in mplayer but I can in xine details included ..any ideas?

[t35t0r]

-vo X11 fixed the problem, I might upgrade to xorg 6.8.99 (already
using drm/agp drivers from 2.6.13) to see if that fixes -vo xv.

> However, "blank viewer window" problems are usually (IIRC) a matter of a
> problem with the VO method; you might want to try something other than
> the one you're currently using.
> 
> I've gotten weird results, not consistent either with themselves or with
> your description, when trying to play the stream myself to test it - the
> closest I've gotten (once) is a blank grey window with no sound, and
> that was the result of the weirdest crash/hang I've ever seen out of
> MPlayer. I haven't been able to reproduce it, though.
> 
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>        The Wanderer