Aleksandr VLADIMIRSKIY wrote: > Hello, > > I have a request to test validity of a set of videos hosted on a Microsoft > Media Server. It doesn't appear that the standard library urllib urlopen > method is capable of reading mms:// urls. Is there a Python library that > could help in this case? >
MMS is a proprietary protocol invented by Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc234711.aspx. It's similar to RTSP, and uses TCP port 1755. When you say "test the validity", what exactly do you mean? Are you just trying to figure out whether the URL is alive or not? I think you could use the socket module to send a ping request to the port and see if you get a response. If you are actually trying to figure out whether the movie is playable, then you'll have to use a media player of some kind. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
