[MPlayer-users] No stream playing over proxy

[Uwe Dippel]

Have tried all to get a stream playing here:

> mplayer http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> [...]
> Connecting to server gisv3.tv-radio.com[91.197.165.1]: 80...
> connect error: Connection refused
> No stream found to handle url http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
>
> Exiting... (End of file)

Though that's normal, we have a proxy. I did my homework and found the 
proxy settings for mplayer (somewhat non-standard, nevermind):

> $ mplayer http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
>
> Playing http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u.
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: gisv3.tv-radio.com
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server gisv3.tv-radio.com[91.197.164.1]: 80...
> connect error: Connection refused
> STREAM_ASF, URL: http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Server returned 400:Bad Request
> Failed to parse header.
> Failed, exiting.
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: gisv3.tv-radio.com
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server gisv3.tv-radio.com[91.197.165.1]: 80...
> connect error: Connection refused
> No stream found to handle url http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
>
> Exiting... (End of file)

What is wrong here, since the proxy works (see below)?

In principle, I should use a playlist:

> $ mplayer -playlist http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: gisv3.tv-radio.com
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server gisv3.tv-radio.com[91.197.164.1]: 80...
> connect error: Connection refused
> STREAM_ASF, URL: http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Server returned 400:Bad Request
> Failed to parse header.
> Failed, exiting.
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: gisv3.tv-radio.com
> Resolving gisv3.tv-radio.com for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server gisv3.tv-radio.com[91.197.165.1]: 80...
> connect error: Connection refused
> No stream found to handle url http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
> Error while opening playlist file http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u: Operation now in progress
> Error parsing option on the command line: -playlist
> MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team

Does playlist not work with proxy?

So what I had to do was
$ wget 
http://www.tv-radio.com/station/france_musique_mp3/france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
$ cat france_musique_mp3-32k.m3u
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:france_musique_mp3
http://mp3.live.tv-radio.com/francemusique/all/francemusique-32k.mp3
$

Luckily, the playlist is just the file!:

And voilà, there it works, including the proxy:

> $ mplayer http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://mp3.live.tv-radio.com/francemusique/all/francemusique-32k.mp3
> MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
>
> Playing http_proxy://localhost:3128/http://mp3.live.tv-radio.com/francemusique/all/francemusique-32k.mp3.
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET6...
> Connecting to server localhost[0.0.0.0]: 3128...
> connect error: Connection refused
> Resolving localhost for AF_INET...
> Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128...
> Name   : France Musique Bas-débit
> Website: http://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/
> Public : no
> Bitrate: 32kbit/s
> Cache size set to 320 KBytes
> Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)
> ICY Info: StreamTitle='';StreamUrl='';
> Cache fill: 17.50% (57344 bytes)
> Audio only file format detected.
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 326 bits!
> AUDIO: 24000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/4.17% (ratio: 4000->96000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ==========================================================================
> AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused
> Failed to initialize audio driver 'pulse'
> AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Video: no video
> Starting playback...
> mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 355 bits!
> A:  44.8 (44.8) of -0.0 (unknown)  0.9% 9%
> ...


So, in case I made no mistake, mplayer doesn't open a stream input 
behind a proxy; neither with nor without playlist.
Though once the list (m3u) is disassembled, mplayer does its job very well.

I do think, playlists ought to work behind proxies.

That's my wishlist for today,

Uwe