Justin, Thanks for that insight. The trick worked for me too. Chuck On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Justin Ekis wrote: > Real audio streams are strange sometimes. If you get a stream address that > starts with pnm and it doesn't work, try it with rtsp instead. Same applies > in the reverse, if rtsp fails try pnm. If neither works try http as a last > resort though that hardly ever works. Accessing the stream you listed over > rtsp plays fine. > > Hope this helps. > > Justin > On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 07:25:18PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: >> This stream plays properly with a player that uses the Realplayer version >> 8.0 libraries: > >> pnm://audio1.wksu.org:7070/encoder/wksu.rm > >> But when Mplayer 1.0-pre7 attempts it, here is what I get: > >> Connected to server: audio1.wksu.org >> Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) input_pnm: got message from server while >> reading stream: >> You need to obtain a new player to play this clip. Please point your web >> browser to http://www.real.com and download the latest RealOne Player from >> RealNetworks. Once you have installed it you should try this clip again. >> Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) > > >> I gather the stream knows who is trying to access it and objects to >> non-Realplayer clients. If so, that sucks. > >> Chuck > > > >> -- >> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (72% of Full) >> "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson >> Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (72% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh