cannot play a mms:// video

[Nicolò Chieffo]

Binary package hint: totem

visit this page http://www.cartoonnetwork.it/microsites/fosters/videos/clip1/index.jsp
there should be a video in the box. but it does not work.

I tried to launch it from the console
totem 'mmsh://demand.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/tbseurope/toonit/show_microsites/fosters/fhif_bloo_eggey.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf'
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found
sh: jackd: not found
** Message: Error: Could not connect to this stream
gstmms.c(317): gst_mms_start (): /play/source

and a popup appears: Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Tried the same URL with mplayer and i get a file not found so the URL is broken not a totem bug. thanks.

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

ghgh :D
ok you can try this site too
http://www.allmusic.tv/allmusic/streaming
with this mms link mmsh://live.mediaserver.kataweb.it/retea?MSWMExt=.asf

the output is the same
This time the link is tested in windows!

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Pedro, does it work for you? or it gives the "file not found" error?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

yep only if i launched it from the command line, it's a duplicated anyways of bug 46217

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Well, that was my bug that indicated another error! this is different since in that bug I could hear audio. now nothing starts

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

So, which command should I launch to have the video played?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

totem url ; may you check if is this the same that happens to you? bug 41105

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

No, that bug is not a duplicate. Again, in my case the file does not
start at all.

do you mean that if you start

totem mmsh://live.mediaserver.kataweb.it/retea?MSWMExt=.asf

the video is displayed?
but have you got totem-gstreamer or totem-xine?

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

maybe I miss some codec package but in my installation it does not work...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

looks like a duplicate of bug #97686

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Are you sure? the error does not seem the same!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the error is "Could not connect to this stream" when using gst-launch

[Nicolò Chieffo (yelo3)]

Ok, sorry