MMS radio streams DO play on VLC, but apparently NOT on Clementine.

[Colin Law]

On 2 January 2015 at 15:28, Bas G. Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
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> happy New Year!
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> Already several times I have fruitlessly tried to let play MMS-radio streams
> on Clementine. By example the one from Vatican Radio, Channel 1.
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> On the other had, I DO manage to play exactly the same station at VLC.
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> After a bit of internet consulting, I tried today two possible remedies that
> have been suggested at a few pages I found.
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> I have purged and reinstalled Clementine.
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> I have copied the exact mms-link from Vatican Radio via VLC into Clementine,
> with a view to playing the stream there.
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> However, whatever remedy I try, I keep getting the following feedback:
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> '(...)
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> No URI handler implemented for "mms".
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> (...)'.
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> When fruitlessly looking for an adequate remedy for this problem, I have
> googled this feedback, in combination with 'Clementine' and 'Ubuntu'.
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> Does anybody have any clue what to do next with a view to getting Clementine
> playing MMS radio streams?

Googling for

play mms clementine

led to this, which may be helpful (or not).
https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/issues/2412

Colin