web multimedia procols.

[Robin Laing]

Hello,

Today I tried to access an online tutorial for a product that we are 
using.  I found that I could not access the multimedia files or 
download them as expected.

In Mozilla I kept getting and error about an unrecognized protocol.

The link was similar to this.

mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv

The protocol error was related to the mss://

I have searched for any information on this protocol with no success 
and I need to find out if this is one of those strange MS only things. 
  I think it has to do with streaming the video or data but not sure.

[John Mahowald]

On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> The link was similar to this.
>
> mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv

Try opening the link in a video player like totem.

[Claude Jones]

On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
> On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> > The link was similar to this.
> >
> > mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
>
> Try opening the link in a video player like totem.

That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media codecs. Try the 
mplayer site for more info on how to get that working

[Oliver Leitner]

some mms:// files dont let you download them, thats the policy of some
mm content providers...

however, if downloading is allowed, id try to stream it into a file,
either by mencoder, ffmpeg or by xmms, or which other clients do
support that tech...

On 6/1/05, Claude Jones  wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
> > On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> > > The link was similar to this.
> > >
> > > mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
> >
> > Try opening the link in a video player like totem.
>
> That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media codecs. Try the
> mplayer site for more info on how to get that working
> --
> Claude Jones
> Bluemont, VA, USA
>
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Greetings

[Robin Laing]

Claude Jones wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
> > On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> > > The link was similar to this.
> > >
> > > mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
> >
> > Try opening the link in a video player like totem.
>
> That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media codecs. Try the 
> mplayer site for more info on how to get that working

First, honest mistake, not all Robins are girls.  My wife would be in 
for a shock.  :)  Of course I know a few and I still get mail 
addressed to Ms. Mrs. etc.

I have the codecs installed and tried to open them in mplayer by using 
the url.  It didn't want to work.  I will play with it some more.

I would like to have them open with either mplayer plugin or something 
within mozilla.  I was looking for the mime type to do this as well. 
It would be easier as these are part of a bigger package and the links 
are provided as part of the lesson.

I may have dones something wrong as it was close to the end of the 
working day.

I will give the various tools a try with the URL as I have some time 
today.

I did take the time to email the providers of the packages and 
complain as one of the software packages that I am trying to learn is 
Linux based.

[Robin Laing]

Robin Laing wrote:
> I have the codecs installed and tried to open them in mplayer by using 
> the url.  It didn't want to work.  I will play with it some more.
>
> I would like to have them open with either mplayer plugin or something 
> within mozilla.  I was looking for the mime type to do this as well. It 
> would be easier as these are part of a bigger package and the links are 
> provided as part of the lesson.
>
> I may have dones something wrong as it was close to the end of the 
> working day.
>
> I will give the various tools a try with the URL as I have some time today.
>
> I did take the time to email the providers of the packages and complain 
> as one of the software packages that I am trying to learn is Linux based.

Well I tried videolan client, xine and mplayer but none would work.  I 
didn't get any messages from any of the links.

mplayer mms://trog.ni.com/ni/webevents/lv/lv_datastorage_fast.wmv
  xine mms://trog.ni.com/ni/webevents/lv/lv_datastorage_fast.wmv

Now I don't know if I have an issue with firewalls or serverside 
restrictions.  At least xine gave me a message that xine failed to 
open the mrl.

More testing.

[Claude Jones]

Robin Laing wrote:
| Claude Jones wrote:
|| On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
|| 
||| On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
||| 
|||| The link was similar to this.
|||| 
||||   mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
||| 
||| Try opening the link in a video player like totem.
|| 
|| 
|| That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media
|| codecs. Try the mplayer site for more info on how to get that
|| working 
| 
| First, honest mistake, not all Robins are girls.  My wife would
| be in for a shock.  :)  Of course I know a few and I still get
| mail addressed to Ms. Mrs. etc.
| .......snip
| I have the codecs installed and tried to open them in mplayer
| by using the url.  It didn't want to work.  I will play with it
| some more. 
| --
| Robin Laing

Sorry bout that, Robin - I've had indifferent success with mplayer
and the codecs, but I have gotten them to work. The results can be
a bit frustrating because they don't always work - suppose it's
version dependent or something. I've always done it in conjunction
with Kaffeine, but that's not the only way, according to what I've
read.

Claude Jones
Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
Leesburg, VA, USA

[Robin Laing]

Claude Jones wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> | Claude Jones wrote:
> || On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
> || 
> ||| On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> ||| 
> |||| The link was similar to this.
> |||| 
> ||||   mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
> ||| 
> ||| Try opening the link in a video player like totem.
> || 
> || 
> || That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media
> || codecs. Try the mplayer site for more info on how to get that
> || working 
> | 
> | First, honest mistake, not all Robins are girls.  My wife would
> | be in for a shock.  :)  Of course I know a few and I still get
> | mail addressed to Ms. Mrs. etc.
> | .......snip
> | I have the codecs installed and tried to open them in mplayer
> | by using the url.  It didn't want to work.  I will play with it
> | some more. 
> | --
> | Robin Laing
>
> Sorry bout that, Robin - I've had indifferent success with mplayer
> and the codecs, but I have gotten them to work. The results can be
> a bit frustrating because they don't always work - suppose it's
> version dependent or something. I've always done it in conjunction
> with Kaffeine, but that's not the only way, according to what I've
> read.
>
> Claude Jones
> Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
> Leesburg, VA, USA

I work with video at home and work and have mostly great success with 
mplayer.  The only issue I have had is with damaged files that won't 
play.  The files will in many cases play in xine though.

I am going to try to with a (yuck) windows machine to see if there is 
a firewall issue on the corporate network or server side restrictions.

[Bart Couvreur]

On 6/2/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> > Robin Laing wrote:
> > | Claude Jones wrote:
> > || On Tuesday 31 May 2005 7:46 pm, John Mahowald wrote:
> > ||
> > ||| On 5/31/05, Robin Laing  wrote:
> > |||
> > |||| The link was similar to this.
> > ||||
> > ||||   mss://www.someserver.com/multimedia/thisfile.wmv
> > |||
> > ||| Try opening the link in a video player like totem.
> > ||
> > ||
> > || That's not going to work unless she installs the Windows Media
> > || codecs. Try the mplayer site for more info on how to get that
> > || working
> > |
> > | First, honest mistake, not all Robins are girls.  My wife would
> > | be in for a shock.  :)  Of course I know a few and I still get
> > | mail addressed to Ms. Mrs. etc.
> > | .......snip
> > | I have the codecs installed and tried to open them in mplayer
> > | by using the url.  It didn't want to work.  I will play with it
> > | some more.
> > | --
> > | Robin Laing
> >
> > Sorry bout that, Robin - I've had indifferent success with mplayer
> > and the codecs, but I have gotten them to work. The results can be
> > a bit frustrating because they don't always work - suppose it's
> > version dependent or something. I've always done it in conjunction
> > with Kaffeine, but that's not the only way, according to what I've
> > read.
> >
> > Claude Jones
> > Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
> > Leesburg, VA, USA
>
> I work with video at home and work and have mostly great success with
> mplayer.  The only issue I have had is with damaged files that won't
> play.  The files will in many cases play in xine though.
>
> I am going to try to with a (yuck) windows machine to see if there is
> a firewall issue on the corporate network or server side restrictions.
>
> --
> Robin Laing
>
> --

You could always make a .asp file and open that with xine or mplayer
Contents would be something like:
<ASX Version="3">

<TITLE> a title  </Title>

<ENTRY>
    <REF HREF="mms://trog.ni.com/ni/webevents/lv/lv_datastorage_fast.wmv"/>
</ENTRY>
</ASX>

This usually works, I haven't tried it yet, but maybe it works

Bart