Brad Beyenhof wrote: > On Jan 27, 2008 10:32 AM, Richard W. Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Brad Beyenhof wrote: >>> On Jan 27, 2008 12:14 AM, Jim Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Carl Lowenstein wrote: >>>>> On Jan 26, 2008 10:54 PM, Jim Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> I need help. I signed on to a web site that puts up a new streaming >>>>>> message every week. When I click on the link I get this; ERROR an error >>>>>> occurred This file is encrypted and can not be played. What should I >>>>>> do now. I did not find any help on the UBUNTU site. >>>>>> >>>>>> I use a COMPAQ Presario V3000 with AMD sempron disk, 128Meg >>>>>> memory, nvidia graphics card. OS is UBUNTU (Gutsy) 7.10. >>>>> Anyone who could help you will need more information. The name of the >>>>> file, or the exact link so it can be looked at. >>>> The site is http://www.fathercorapi.com/ --> weekly wisdom --> >>>> schedule --> click here for video stream Then I get the error >>>> message. I'm sorry but that is all I know. >>> That's a Windows Media Player stream. I know it's probably possible to >>> get that to play somehow in Linux, but I've never cared enough about >>> WMP compatibility to try. >>> >>> In any case, even on my Mac (which is set up to play WM files), those >>> particular links aren't working. When I try to play them, it keeps >>> saying that "The movie contains an invalid data reference." I can't >>> even get the audio-only streams to work. >> Out of curiousity, I thought I'd try it via my Windows XP Pro SP2 box >> and see what happens. >> >> I've no idea what, exactly it means, but when I click the link, I get a >> popup box that says: >> >> External Protocol Request >> >> Requested link: >> mms://wm.streamingmediahosting.com/santacruzmedia/ww.wmv >> >> Application: Windows Media Player >> >> If you were not expecting this request it may be an attempt to exploit a >> weakness in that other program. Cancel this request unless you are sure >> it's not malicious. > > Yes, I saw that too. That's what Firefox does with mms:// URLs before > passing them over to Windows Media Player. > > Does the XP version of WMP run that stream OK if you allow Firefox to > pass it over? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I can usually run .wmv files with the VLC media player but in this case I > can't get to the .wmv file. Does any one have a suggestion? Jim Gonzales
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