[MPlayer-users] Problem Playing Some .asx files

[Kevin DeKorte]

On Monday 26 September 2005 08:51 am, Martin McCormick wrote:
> 	Our local university radio station has 3 streaming audio
> links.  the web site is
>
> http://www.kosu.org
>
> 	The links point to two .asx files and a .ram file.  The .ram
> file is fine, but the two .asx files have a problem that I am not sure
> is due to corrupted information in the .asx file or due to a problem
> with mplayer's interpretation of the syntax.  Here is an excerpt of
> what I sent to the person I am working with, there, who is knocking
> himself out to get this working right.  I don't know where the syntax
> violation is, but, as you will read, I can make the two .asx files
> work by removing a line from them.  For all I know, this may make then
> useless for Windows users which is not what we want, so a bit of
> guidance is appreciated.  Excerpt starts from here and goes to end of
> message:
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>_____
>
> Neither of the Windows Media links work.
> That's live48.asx and live.asx.  The problem appears to be some sort
> of syntax issue, however.  The mplayer program plays all kinds of .asx
> files without any trouble at all.  The error messages I see indicate
> that mplayer is totally confused about what it is trying to play.
> This usually means a missing quote or something wrong with the comment
> notation that tells the player what text is to be ignored and what
> other text is to appear on the screen or be part of the actual url.
> Here is an output of all the errors from live48.asx:
>
> Playing <ASX version = "3.0">.
> File not found: '<ASX version = "3.0">'
> Failed to open <ASX version = "3.0">
>
> Playing <!- the line Ref href points to where the media is located. ->.
> File not found: '<!- the line Ref href points to where the media is
> located. ->' Failed to open <!- the line Ref href points to where the media
> is located. ->
>
> Playing <Title>KOSU Live</Title>.
> File not found: '<Title>KOSU Live</Title>'
> Failed to open <Title>KOSU Live</Title>
>
> Playing <Moreinfo HREF="http://www.kosu.org" Target="_frame" />.
> Unable to open URL: <Moreinfo HREF="http://www.kosu.org" Target="_frame" />
>
> Playing <ENTRY>.
> File not found: '<ENTRY>'
> Failed to open <ENTRY>
>
> Playing <REF HREF = "mms://wms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>.
> Unable to open URL: <REF HREF = "mms://wms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>
>
> Playing <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />.
> File not found: '<DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />'
> Failed to open <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />
>
> Playing <REF HREF = "mms://kwms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>.
> Unable to open URL: <REF HREF = "mms://kwms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>
>
> Playing <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />.
> File not found: '<DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />'
> Failed to open <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />
>
> Playing </ENTRY>.
> File not found: '</ENTRY>'
> Failed to open </ENTRY>
>
> Playing </ASX>.
> File not found: '</ASX>'
> Failed to open </ASX>
>
>
> Exiting... (End of file)
>
> 	The confusion starts from the very first line, but the error
> could be anywhere in there since I have a very similar .asx file for
> listening to the Denver police radio scanner which a group of people
> run.  It looks much like the KOSU live48.asx file except a little more
> simple.  Here is live48.asx
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>_____
>
> <ASX version = "3.0">
> <!- the line Ref href points to where the media is located. ->
>
> <Title>KOSU Live</Title>
> <Moreinfo HREF="http://www.kosu.org" Target="_frame" />
>
> <ENTRY>
>
> <REF HREF = "mms://wms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>
> <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />
>
> <REF HREF = "mms://kwms.kosu.okstate.edu/Live48"/>
> <DURATION VALUE="02:00:00" />
>
> </ENTRY>
>
> </ASX>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>_____
>
> Here is the Denver scanner .asx file.
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>_____
>
> <ASX version="3.0">
> <Entry>
> <ref HREF="http://scan-denver.net/intro.mp3"/>
> </Entry>
> <Entry>
> <ref HREF="mms://scandenver.no-ip.com:8080"/>
> <Banner HREF="http://www.geocities.com/scan_denver/banner.gif"/>
> </Entry>
> </ASX>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>_____
>
> 	I discovered that both live48.asx and live.asx do work
> if I chop on them a bit. this line:
>
> <!- the line Ref href points to where the media is located. ->
>
> is what is poisoning both of them in mplayer.  I don't honestly yet
> know if this is a mplayer problem or this line is incorrect for some
> reason.  If I take it out, both live48.asx and live.asx play without a
> problem.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group
>


Using mplayerplug-in v3.11 and mplayer cvs that site is played great. You 
might also try using the -playlist option with mplayer.

Kevin


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