MMS protocol

[Dotan Cohen]

On 11/21/05, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I need to see certain video for my studies. When I try to view them
> > from the university's website, I am greeted with the error
> > (translated): "MMS is not a registered protocol"
> >
> > How can I resolve this? I am on Firefox 1.0.7 with the mplayer plugin.
> > I am open to using different browsers and/or plgins if neccassary. I
> > have closely followed all the threads concerning mplayer in firefox
> > for the past few months in anticipation of the need for this. However,
> > none of them mention this.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
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> I don't have an answer and my results have been bad with MSS files.
>
> 1.  I have found the same error message.  It was a pain as I was
> trying to do some online courses.  The support staff for the supplier
> was great and they gave me allot of hints.
>
> As I was doing everything I tried, I found that it was easier to use
> mplayer to access the site.  Look at the mplayer man page.
>
> mplayer mms://{web link}
>
> I never got Firefox or mozilla to access the site directly and open
> mplayer.
>
> 2.  It turned out that our firewall at work blocks mss access so it
> turned out that all the work I tried wouldn't work.  Even Windows
> couldn't access the site.
>
> 3.  After all this, I also found that if their server is configured
> one way, Linux may not be able to access mss files from the server.
> The support staff found this out themselves when assisting me.
>
> If you can access with mplayer, then it shouldn't be a firewall issue
> and then it is a configuration for the mplayer plugin.  Good luck.
>
> Robin

Thanks. The files are regular (if it can be considered regular) .wmv
files. I can't figure out why, but _sometimes_ the mplayer plugin
opens, and _sometimes_ I get the error. On the same link, one minute
error, one minute mplayer. That means that the problem is on my end,
no?

Dotan Cohen
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