2008/2/9 <arunbkn@xxxxxx>: > I was putting this in url, > > after your mail, I tried through command also, but ......................... > > > [arun@itqs-arun ~]$ mplayer "mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1" > > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 4, Stepping: 7) > > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > > mplayer: could not connect to socket > > mplayer: No such file or directory > > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote > control. > > > > Playing mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1. > > STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1 > > Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET6... > > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: ac1.streaming.net.nz > > Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET... > > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET: ac1.streaming.net.nz > > Failed, exiting. > > Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET6... > > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: ac1.streaming.net.nz > > Resolving ac1.streaming.net.nz for AF_INET... > > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET: ac1.streaming.net.nz > > No stream found to handle url mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1 > > > > > > Exiting... (End of file) > > > > mplayer "mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tarana1" It works fine here, Arun. You sure that you have the codecs installed? Paul