VLC is unable to open the MRL

[renso]

I am running VLC 1.1.11 on Windows 7 SP1
Trying to open a .pls file I get the message:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8064/'. Check the log for details.
Deactivating the firewall does not help.
The same .pls file opens without problems with Winamp.

[VLC_help]

Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2), then try again. The log will complain. (it works just fine in here)

[renso]

Thanks for the reply.
It did the trick for http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8064/
but not for :
[playlist]
File1=http://5723.live.streamtheworld.com:80/CLASSICFMAAC_SC
Title1=Classic FM
Length1=-1
File2=http://5723.live.streamtheworld.com:369 ... ICFMAAC_SC
Title2=Classic FM
Length2=-1
File3=http://5723.live.streamtheworld.com:443/CLASSICFMAAC_SC
Title3=Classic FM
Length3=-1
File4=http://5683.live.streamtheworld.com:80/CLASSICFMAAC_SC
Title4=Classic FM
Length4=-1
File5=http://5683.live.streamtheworld.com:369 ... ICFMAAC_SC
Title5=Classic FM
Length5=-1
File6=http://5683.live.streamtheworld.com:443/CLASSICFMAAC_SC
Title6=Classic FM
Length6=-1
NumberOfEntries=6
Version=2

The last does work with Winamp
Errors I get are:
access_http error: failed to read answer
access_mms error: invalid chunk FATAL (0xf1ff)

Still funny that that it sometimes works with verbose on....

[renso]

Do not ask me why, but all .pls files do work now...
I changed nothing except I set verbose to 2 once

Renso

[VLC_help]

The mms bug should be fixed in VLC 1.2.0

[renso]

It worked only for one evening..
I get again:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8064/'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://5723.live.streamtheworld.com:80/CLASSICFMAAC_SC'. Check the log for details.

[bat999]

http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8064/

This link is OK.

http://5723.live.streamtheworld.com:80/CLASSICFMAAC_SC

This link is no use now.
Look for another one.

[renso]

This morning both links worked on my laptop (Windows 7 SP1)
Have to check my desktop (giving the problems)

[bat999]

Hi
The Classicfm.nl station seems to be geo-blocked.
I can only play it (with VLC or browser) when using a Windows machine with "Hotspot Shield".
This is the link that works for me with VLC:-

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http://www.classicfm.nl/player/classicfm.asx

[renso]

Thanks for your reply, but also your link gives:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://www.classicfm.nl/player/classicfm.asx'. Check the log for details.
http://www.classicfm.nl/player/classicfm.asx
does play in WMP; why not in VLC player ???????

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Look at the VLC messages...

[renso]

The message I get for: http://shoutcast.omroep.nl:8064/

main debug: Buffering 97%
main debug: Stream buffering done (1201 ms in 185 ms)
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 0 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-10000), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-36122), dropping buffer
mpgatofixed32 debug: libmad error: bad main_data_begin pointer
main warning: output date isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (57007)
main warning: buffer is 57006 late, triggering upsampling
main warning: resampling stopped after 11052000 usec (drift: 658)

Using OpenPlsInWMP the stream plays without problems in Windows Media Player

The stream http://www.classicfm.nl/player/classicfm.asx gives the following error:
main debug: net: connecting to www.classicfm.nl port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 288)
access_mms debug: HTTP reply 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK'
access_mms debug: content-length = 982
access_mms error: invalid chunk FATAL (0x613c)
access_mms debug: complete header size=0
access_mms error: header size == 0
main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 10582.001 ms - Total 10582.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 10582.000 ms)
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main error: open of `http://www.classicfm.nl/player/classicfm.asx' failed: (null)

Also this stream works with WMP.
I had the impression VLC covers more codecs etc than WMP...

[VLC_help]

Did you test with VLC 1.2.0 ?

[renso]

I did the tests with VLC 1.1.11 .
I found version !.2.0 pre 3 and repeated the tests.

Both stream worked!
Thanks.
PS: I did not know about version 1.2.0 because it was not at the download page