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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> What would cause the 'stream not seekable' message?

Wrong address (perhaps a playlist) or server offline.

> > -------------------------------
> > mms://dca.live.pod.tv/tandm56-2
> > -------------------------------
> 403 Access denied by access control list.

Still working for me (8 hours later).

> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > mms://low.video.csupomona.edu/liveone-035
> > mms://media-wm.cac.washington.edu/ResearchTV Live (modem)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> 'Unable to connect to remote host' immediately for the first. 

Still working for me.

> For the second, what exactly do I type as the URL? 

mplayer "mms://media-wm.cac.washington.edu/ResearchTV Live (modem)"

> > ------------------------------
> > mms://streaming.grp.it/GRPLive
> > ------------------------------
>
> 'Making HTTP connection....' but nothing happens in several minutes.

It's not HTTP (you're doing something wrong).
That stream is still working for me.

> > mms://cluster314.streameu.com/RCTV
> > mms://video.rfn.ru/rtr-planeta_64
>
> I got a Spanish sitcom or the news in Russian.  

Hooray!

> About 99% of the sites don't work with my setup and modem.

Almost all streaming video is designed for broadband.

Cheers,
Steven