[mythtv-users] How do I set up the ASX streaming for mythweb?

[Fred Squires]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed with the new mythweb that there is an icon to view an ASX
>  Stream of my recorded programs.  However, when I click on this, I get
>  prompted to view it with Windows Media Player, and then WMP craps out
>  with the following error message: Windows Media Player cannot play the
>  file because the server is not responding. If you entered a URL or
>  path to play the file, verify that it is correct. If you clicked a
>  link to play the file, the link may not be valid.
>
>  I read the FAQ, and explicitly turned off my password protection for
>  mythweb due to the warnings about authentication.  Not sure what else
>  I need to do here.

It works for me on my Mac if I use MPlayer and tell it to open the
stream url from the asx file.
I haven't been able to get anything to open the asx file properly
though.  I've tried quicktime, VLC, and MPlayer and MPlayer was the
only one to play it at all.

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It was supposed to be so Easy.