>> If I remember properly, this is an old problem of yours. But now that >> you say >> that server checks for IP, it strikes me that the problem is not with >> mplayer, but your IP/proxy configuration. Vmware client may have bridged >> networking activated, and so completely independent network configuration >> (probably DHCP served), so it just works. > > Yes, this is an old problem, and a big problem that I've tried to > tackle many times. And as I help people at the university move to > Linux, this is one of only two big problems that we're having in > getting rid of Windows. ''MPlayer can play files from the network, using the HTTP, FTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP protocol. Playing works simply by passing the URL on the command line. MPlayer honors the http_proxy environment variable, using a proxy if available. Proxies can also be forced: mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf'' http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/streaming.html If you need to authenticate to the proxy, I guess you need to use the format: http_proxy://username:password@proxy:port/mms://blah... but I never tried it and have nothing to test it on. -Andy
