[ILUG] Playing WMA audio

[nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie]

sry for double email, i keep forgetting to hit reply all

u should try to enable network support in the configure for mplayer,Im not sure,
but in gentoo u need to enable the network useflag
if its just failing to play  the file, maybe its also a codec issue

Quoting Conor Wynne <nospam at conorwynne.com>:

> >> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Colin O'Keeffe wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> I want to listen to today fm on linux but what do i need?
> >>>
> >>> I have real player installed, whats the alternative to Windose Media
> >>> Player?
>
> Get the mplayer-plugin, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
> Bit buggy though, e.g.: if you refresh the page, the webbrowser will close.
>
> I use it for watching the motogp live streaming, primarily because realone
> does not work for some reason. I can normally watch real streaming, except
> for the onboard bike cam's.
>
> http://www.motogp.com
>
> >> mplayer mms://live.interoutemediaservices.com/todayfm should do it. If
> >> it
> >> doesn't work it's most likely because it's blocked by the firewall.
>
> It doesn't even work without the firewall, I've tested this.
>
> > This is exactly what works for me too.
> > You might need to make sure you have all the extra codecs. As reference,
> > this is my setup (FC3):
> >
> > mplayer-gui-1.0pre7-1
> > mplayer-debuginfo-1.0-0.16.pre7.1.fc3
> > mplayer-1.0pre7-1
> > mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1
> > mplayer-codecs-20050412-1
> > mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1
>
> In my case, all the codes are installed as I can play all file types if
> they are downloaded. Its only the "mms" sites which do not work -> except
> with the mplayer-plugin.
>
> regards
> Conor.
>
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