Viewing video on espn.com

[Tim Wunder]

On Tuesday 23 December 2003 6:54 am, someone claiming to be Joel Hammer wrote:
> Same result here.
>
> It plays fine on XP in windows media player.
>
> When I save the page that mplayer is trying to load and play, this is
> the page I get:
>
> <ASX VERSION="3.0">
> <ENTRY>
> <REF
> HREF="mms://espnigwm.fplive.net/espnig/200312230526820.wm9_300k.espn_page.w
>mv" /> </ENTRY>
> </ASX>
>
> running this command:
> mplayer
> mms://espnigwm.fplive.net/espnig/200312230526820.wm9_300k.espn_page.wmv
>
> gives this output:
>
<snip output>
>
> So, it looks like mplayer cannot/will not talk to the server.
>

I just got a segfault:
<download of media content>
<quote>
Opening video decoder: [dmo] DMO video codecs


MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: init_video_codec
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
  Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
  disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
  It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
  gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
  DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
  won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible 
bug.


MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: uninit_stream
Segmentation fault
</quote>

Followed by this interesting tidbit:
everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing proprietary 
and patentend technology.


> Can mplayer play wmv files? If so, is sounds like ESPN and MS have
> worked out a deal.
>

AFAIK, mplayer will do .wmv files. But there's no doubt ESPN and MS have some 
kind of deal going.

> However, before you put much time into this, are you sure you want to hear
> that lady reporter ask Brett Favre how it felt to play with broken heart?
>
>
>

At the time I tried it, there was a video about Jamal Lewis that I wanted to 
see. Also wanted to see if they post their "Jacked Up" segment on line.

Thanks, 
Tim

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