Playing .asx video files (via mms stream)

[Dotan Cohen]

On 13/07/06, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I need to view a news video stream from news.walla.co.il that is
> > encoded in .asx format. I am able to download the file, but no media
> > player that I have installed (Kaffeine, Mplayer, VLC) is able to play
> > it. I do have these codecs:
> > dotancohen at ubuntu:~$ ls /usr/lib/win32
> > acelpdec.ax          ir50_32.dll                  README
> > vssh264core.dll
> > alf2cd.acm           ivvideo.dll                  rt32dcmp.dll
> > vssh264dec.dll
> > aslcodec_dshow.dll   jp2avi.dll                   sipr.so.6.0
> > vssh264.dll
> > atrac3.acm           LCMW2.dll                    tm20dec.ax
> > vsshdsd.dll
> > atrc.so.6.0          LCODCCMW2E.dll               tokf.so.6.0
> > vsslight.dll
> > AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx  lhacm.acm                    tokr.so.6.0
> > vsswlt.dll
> > BeHereiVideo.qtx     lsvxdec.dll                  tvqdec.dll
> > wma9dmod.dll
> > CLRVIDDC.DLL         m3jp2k32.dll                 VDODEC32.dll
> > wmadmod.dll
> > clrviddd.dll         mi-sc4.acm                   vdowave.drv
> > wmsdmod.dll
> > cook.so              msh261.drv                   vid_3ivX.xa
> > wmspdmod.dll
> > CtWbJpg.DLL          msms001.vwp                  ViVD2.dll
> > wmv9dmod.dll
> > DECVW_32.DLL         msscds32.ax                  vivog723.acm
> > wmvadvd.dll
> > drvc.so              nsrt2432.acm                 vmnc.dll
> > wmvdmod.dll
> > dspr.so.6.0          qpeg32.dll                   voxmsdec.ax
> > wnvwinx.dll
> > iac25_32.ax          qtmlClient.dll               vp4vfw.dll
> > wvc1dmod.dll
> > icmw_32.dll          QuickTimeEssentials.qtx      vp5vfw.dll
> > imc32.acm            QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx  vp6vfw.dll
> > ir41_32.dll          QuickTime.qts                vp7vfw.dll
> >
> > Also, when I try to play the file in the browser, Totem opens and
> > complains:
> > No URI handler implemented for "mms".
> >
> > What can I do to play the file?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> I need to use mms streams too, but the only app I found that handles mms
> url's is mimms (universe)
> This records the stream to a file, although you could do something
> slightly complicated
> to get it to play the stream live(ish), because it won't write to
> stdout, I get mimms to write to a named pipe and play that.
>
> It's the only way I've found to play mms anyway:
> mkfifo outfile.asx
> mimms mms://news.walla.co.il/srteam -o outfile.asx &
>
> Then open outfile.asx in your media player.
>
> Tez
>

Thanks, Tez. I'm less concerned about the 'streaming' part than the
actual playing of .asx files. What program do you use to play .asx?
Which codec?

Thanks.

Dotan Cohen
http://essentialinux.com