I try to view this video:<br><br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/lies/video.html">http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/lies/video.html</a><br><br>and don't succeed.<br><br>I was able to get an mms URL at Akamai, but here's what happens, even using mplayer directly:<br>
<br>mplayer mms://<a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv</a><br>
MPlayer SVN-r29800-4.4.2 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team<br>mplayer: could not connect to socket<br>mplayer: No such file or directory<br>Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.<br><br>Playing mms://<a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv</a>.<br>
STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://<a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv</a><br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET6...<br>Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a><br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET...<br>Connecting to server <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a>[96.6.121.61]: 1755...<br>
Connected<br>read error:: Operation now in progress<br>pre-header read failed<br>Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET6...<br>Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a><br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET...<br>Connecting to server <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a>[96.6.121.55]: 80...<br>
Server returned 404:Not Found<br>Failed to parse header.<br>Failed, exiting.<br>Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET6...<br>Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a><br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET...<br>Connecting to server <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a>[96.6.121.61]: 80...<br>
Cache size set to 320 KBytes<br><br><br>Playing <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf">http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1866/8752/0/origin.media.cbc.ca/windows/fifth/media/lies2.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf</a>.<br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET6...<br>Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a><br>
Resolving <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a> for AF_INET...<br>Connecting to server <a href="http://a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net">a1866.v8752c.c8752.g.vm.akamaistream.net</a>[96.6.121.55]: 80...<br>
Cache size set to 320 KBytes<br><br>============<br><br>Any help appreciated.<br>