[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MMS wrapper

Stefan Gehrer stefan.gehrer at gmx.de
Sun Jul 15 11:45:38 CEST 2012


On 07/14/2012 06:46 PM, Dennis Fratiani Jr. wrote:
>

>>>> attached patch implements a simple wrapper for handling mms:// URLs.
>>>> It first tries to open using mmst protocol and on failure tries
>>>> using mmsh protocol.
>>>> I found some streams on tunein.com which either support only
>>>> mmst or only mssh, with this patch applied both kinds can be
>>>> played back with just specifying mms:// as protocol.
>>>> This should fix ticket #998, the mms URL given there also works.
>>>> mms://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k
>>>>
>>>> Stefan
>>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Would mmsh be more common then mmst and maybe should be tried first even
>>> if mmst is more efficient ?
>>
>> Yes, mmsh seems to be more common. But mmst usually fails after a
>> minimal communication with server (connection on port 1755 refused)
>> while mmsh is likely to exchange some data on port 80 before
>> realising that the request can not be fulfilled. That is why I
>> did it in this order.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I submitted a ticket a long time ago, originally to the ffmpeg roundup, discussing the proper way to handle WMS streams.
>
> You can see my ticket archive at the libav roundup here: http://roundup.libav.org/issue2484
>
> You can also read the official M$ spec here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dd757582.aspx

Thanks for the pointers. It was indeed new to me that RTSP should be
tried first.

Stefan


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