On Mon January 28 2008 21:57:41 Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:22:45 +0000 > > dexter <ddmbox2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > add 'prefer-ipv4=yes' to your ~/.mplayer/config to avoid this useless > > check. > > Done. Thanks for the tip! > > > post the full output of $mplayer -v <url> > mplayer -v http://www.scififree.tv/unicast_mov/AFTVSciFiH2641000_alt.mov > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team [snip] > Uninit audio filters... > [libaf] Removing filter dummy > Uninit audio: faad > FAAD: Closing decoder! > Sending request: TEARDOWN > rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVSciFiH2641000.sdp/ RTSP/1.0 CSeq: 5 > Session: 8487875214349171327 > User-Agent: MPlayer (LIVE555 Streaming Media v2007.04.24) > > > Received TEARDOWN response: RTSP/1.0 200 OK > Server: QTSS/5.5.4 (Build/489.0.5; Platform/MacOSX; Release/Update; ) > Cseq: 5 > Session: 8487875214349171327 > Connection: Close > > > alsa-uninit: pcm closed > vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not inited.. > > Exiting... (End of file) > [frankcox@jeff .mplayer]$ Orrright I'm now down to guessing, Tcp server traffic looks good but I must stress again udp packets from the server must be able to get thru to you, use wireshark or etherape to verify. Alternatively this version of mplayer & live555 libs is old by mplayer standards (oct & apr 2007 respectively) this could have a bearing but I suspect (guess) network/firewall problems first. keep diggin it works for me. ...dex