[mythtv-users] Issue with Mythweb and streaming music

[Bob Sully]

Bob Sully wrote:
>
> Chris Petersen wrote:
>
>> Bob Sully wrote:
>>> I just tried to stream some mp3 files from my mythbox tonight - I'm
>>> away
>>> from home on vacation.  I can create playlists, but when I hit "play",
>>> I
>>> get the "no input plugin" reply from Amarok.  I have also tried it
>>> using
>>> a
>>> friend's Windoze machine.  After asking for the credentials on the
>>> Mythbox, it gets a message saying that Windows Media Player cannot
>>> access
>>> the server.
>>
>> Open up the m3u file you get from mythweb and make sure that it's using
>> a server IP address that makes sense.  If so, try accessing the URL
>> directly with your browser to see if you get a better error message.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>
>
> Thanks, Chris.  I did that.  Here's what's in the .m3u file:
>
> #EXTM3U
> #EXTINF:159,Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid
> http://www.malibyte.net:xxxx/mythweb/music/stream?i=10944
> #EXTINF:145,Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
> http://www.malibyte.net:xxxx/mythweb/music/stream?i=10942
> #EXTINF:481,Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
> http://www.malibyte.net:xxxx/mythweb/music/stream?i=10946
>
> (xxxx is the high-order port I'm using on the firewall, which translates
> to port 80 on the Myth box).
>
> I dropped one of those URLs into Firefox, and mplayer came up and played
> the song without a problem.  Apparently it's an Amarok issue.
>
> On my old laptop I was using Kubuntu 7.04 32-bit and xmms to play the
> streams - worked fine.  This one's using Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit, and I don't
> really care for the new version of xmms (xmms2), so tried using Amarok.
> Perhaps there's a better way?
>
> Bob


P.S. I tried the obvious - telling Firefox to use mplayer for .m3u files -
that didn't work when trying to play the stream directly from Mythweb
either.  :-/

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