id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	reproduced	analyzed
998	Must convert mms://... streams to mmsh://... for FFmpeg to work	DonMoir		"This means anyone using mms streams must ""discover"" this.

Using just mms://... this fails:

'''ffplay mms://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k'''

ffplay version N-37771-gfd0b8d5 Copyright (c) 2003-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Feb 11 2012 13:42:37 with gcc 4.6.2

  libavutil      51. 39.100 / 51. 39.100
  libavcodec     54.  1.100 / 54.  1.100
  libavformat    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 62.100 /  2. 62.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0.  6.100 /  0.  6.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
  
'''mms://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k: No such file or directory'''

Changing it to mmsh://... works fine:

ffplay mmsh://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k

ffplay version N-37771-gfd0b8d5 Copyright (c) 2003-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Feb 11 2012 13:42:37 with gcc 4.6.2

  libavutil      51. 39.100 / 51. 39.100
  libavcodec     54.  1.100 / 54.  1.100
  libavformat    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 62.100 /  2. 62.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0.  6.100 /  0.  6.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[wmv3 @ 014DD260] Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0
[asf @ 00A4D8E0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, asf, from 'mmsh://live1.wm.skynews.servecast.net/skynews_wmlz_live300k':
  Metadata:
    title           : Sky News
    artist          : BSkyB
    copyright       : BSkyB
    WMFSDKVersion   : 11.0.5721.5145
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    IsVBR           : 0
  Duration: N/A, start: 2308326.720000, bitrate: 252 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmav2 (a[1][0][0] / 0x0161), 44100 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 32 kb/s
    Stream #0:1(eng): Video: wmv3 (Main) (WMV3 / 0x33564D57), yuv420p, 320x180, 220 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
[wmv3 @ 014DD260] Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0"	enhancement	open	wish	undetermined	git-master		mms				1	0