Wishlist: mp3-stream (*.pls) playing without option -playlist (autodetect if it's a playlist)

[pjw]

Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
mplayer: 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu17
w32codecs: 1:20071007-0.1

Playing a normal pls-file works fine, but not http://loudcity.com/stations/cinemix/files/show/mp3-High.pls. Why is there a error-message about w32codecs/avisynth.dll. It's MP3 (Icecast?).
Althrough it works, if I use the direct url inside the pls.

<ERROR-Message>
$ mplayer http://loudcity.com/stations/cinemix/files/show/mp3-High.pls
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing http://loudcity.com/stations/cinemix/files/show/mp3-High.pls.
Resolving loudcity.com for AF_INET...
Connecting to server loudcity.com[67.207.148.83]: 80...
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill: 0.03% (99 bytes)
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll, /usr/lib/win32/avisynth.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/avisynth.dll

Exiting... (End of file)
</ERROR-Message>

<Working-Direct-URL>
$ mplayer $(lynx --dump http://loudcity.com/stations/cinemix/files/show/mp3-High.pls | grep "File1=" | cut -d= -f2)
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

.laying http://88.191.61.118:8000
Connecting to server 88.191.61.118[88.191.61.118]: 8000...
Name : CINEMIX - The Spirit of Soundtracks - All requestable
Genre : Soundtracks Classical Original Score New age
Website: http://www.cinemix.us
Public : yes
Bitrate: 128kbit/s
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill: 7.50% (24576 bytes)
ICY Info: StreamTitle='John Williams-Marion's Theme-Raiders of the lost Ark';StreamUrl='http://www.cinemix.us';
Cache fill: 10.00% (32768 bytes)
Audio file file format detected.
==========================================================================
Forced audio codec: mad
Opening audio decoder: [libmad] libmad mpeg audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mad] afm: libmad (libMAD MPEG layer 1-2-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
...
</Working-Direct-URL>

[pjw (pjw1965)]

Still not working in karmic.
Does anyone care about this bug?

[Ben Blout (bdb-new)]

I don't know if it is a bug exactly, but rather the method mplayer uses to play playlists.
Try this command:

mplayer -playlist URL

so for your example:

mplayer -playlist http://loudcity.com/stations/cinemix/files/show/mp3-High.pls

That works on my 8.04 machine. If it works for you, I would say this is perhaps
a wishlist item - that mplayer handles .pls files more gracefully, even if not given
the -playlist option explicitly.

[pjw (pjw1965)]

Thanx Ben

That works on my Karmic too.
I'll use that command for all *.pls and *.m3u.

Althrough it would be nice, if mplayer handels this better or give a better error message.