Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:47:21 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> I sometimes listen to an MMS flux with VLC 0.8.6h w. wxWidgets >> interface. Everything goes fine during a given amount of time (which can >> be ~5 hours), and I then hear nothing from my speakers. I then press the >> `Stop' button in VLC's GUI, and it then shows me >> >> `Unable to open 'mms://216.155.136.196:80/powerhi?MSWMExt=.asf'' >> >> Okay, I then press `Play' and it works just as before. Why? >> > > Hard to tell. > > Maybe a network connection glitch that makes the player to stop buffering > the streamed data and leaves the application in a "hold/waiting" state. > > Does it happen regardless the media player or the source URL? > > I mean, have you tested with another player and/or with another media > source to check if it also happens the same way? :- It actually seems to happen preferentially with PowerHitz. My network connection is really stable, however. I tested with Totem, but my Totem hangs for other reasons, whatever the media.
Maybe somebody could test PowerHitz? Thanks, -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me.
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