Re: Importing Windows Media Player URLs to RhythmBox
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:44:57 -0500
Brian White <bcwhite@precidia.com> wrote:
> How does one import a stream intended for Windows Media Player in to a
> Linux application like RhythmBox? The link I'm tring to access is:
>
> http://www.cfra.com/listen/index.asp#
>
> It's contents include:
>
> <object id="player" width="320" height="70"
> classid=CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB
> -0080C74C7E95
> codebase="http://www.microsoft.com/nt
> server/netshow/download/en/nsmp2inf.c
> ab#Version=5,1,51,415"
> standby="Loading Microsoft Media
> Player components...">
> <param name="FileName"
> VALUE="http://142.46.199.62/cfra200367s";><param
> name="ShowControls" VALUE="1"><param name="ShowTracker"
> VALUE="1"><param name="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="1">
> <param name="VideoBorder3D" VALUE="0">
> <param name="VideoBorderWidth" VALUE="0">
> <param name="AutoStart" value="1">
> <param name="AnimationAtStart" value="0">
> <param name="TransparentAtStart" value="0">
> <param name="SendErrorEvents" value="true">
> <embed type="video/x-ms-asf-plugin"
> pluginspage="http://www.micro
> soft.com/windows/mediaplayer/
> download/default.asp"
> src="http://142.46.199.62/cfr
> a200367s" ShowControls="1"
> ShowTracker="1"
>
> ShowStatusBar="1"
> VideoBorder3D="0"
> VideoBorderWidth="0"
> width="320"
> height="70"
> AutoStart="1"
> AnimationAtStart="0"
> TransparentAtStart="0"
> SendErrorEvents="true"
>
> > </embed>
> </object>
>
>
> I've tried just inserting the "http://142.46.199.62/cfra200367s"; in to
> RhythmBox, but when opened it just displays "Buffering..." and never
> plays anything.
This doesn't help much with Rhythmbox, but the
"http://142.46.199.62/cfra200367s"; part you mention works fine for me in
mplayer. My guess would be that Rhythbox is missing the needed codec,
but like I said, I've never used Rhythmbox.
HTH,
Jacob
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