[clug] xmms and URLs

[Ian Perry]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:28:52 +0100, Andreas Bauer <baueran at in.tum.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> for some time, my xmms refuses to open URLs which link to mp3 files.
> I believe it has to do with redirecting, since there are sites where,
> for instance, the remote (ogg) files play just fine,
> e.g. www.soundfabrik.net.
> 
> I also saw some issues about xmms and IPv6 in some mail archives, but
> I enabled this in my kernel...  (Plus, how many sites run IPv6
> anyway?)
> 
> Any ideas on how to get xmms back into good old streaming mode?
> Internet radio and the like work fine, too, by the way.  It's really
> only occuring with remote mp3 files.
> 
> Thanks & cheers,
> Andi.
> 
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I had this same problem too. Are you, by any chance, using the
xmms-mad plugin to decode your MP3s instead? I found that I had to
disable it and stick with the normal one in order to play online
streams.

Hope that helps,

Ian.