mplayer play web wmv video

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 18:21 -0400, anthony baldwin wrote:
> Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I have mplayer and its plug-ins. it can play most of medias (local or 
> > web ones), web videos were tested via
> > http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html
> >
> > however, it doesn't play web wmv for eaxmple
> > http://media.smh.com.au/?sy=smh&rid=22068&source=smh.com.au%2F&t=75RTJI&player=wm6&rate=341&flash=0&ie=0 
> > <http://media.smh.com.au/?sy=smh&rid=22068&source=smh.com.au%2F&t=75RTJI&player=wm6&rate=341&flash=0&ie=0>
> >
> > it pops up mplayer-plugin window and loading. seems after loading, it 
> > flashs a few times (1 or 2), and stopped.
> > I am using the latest version of firefox, mplayer and plugin, i mean, 
> > it updated.
> > i haev codecs at /usr/lib/win32 and soft linked to /usr/lib/codecs
> >
> > any help?
> >
> > Yuandan 
> 
> Yeah, I get the same thing.
> It just stops.  If I click the play button, it loads the media again, 
> and then stops,
> again.
> 
> tony

Mine plays, after it blinks once and blanks, but I get an error that says:
Can't resolve name for AF_INET6: win-media.f2.com.au

I get a message like that every time I browse wmv files lately. 
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