Playing .ASX files via/within Firefox ?

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 12/7/11, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:02:24 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>> I've been trying to look at California Dept. of Transportation webcams
>> using Firefox on FreeBSD and so far it simply ain't workin'.  Somebody
>> please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>>
>> Yes, I already installed the mozilla-mplayer port.
>>
>> Here's where you can get at the webcams:
>>
>> http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist3/departments/traffic/cameras/
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Maybe not what you're searching for, but works:
>
> First I arbitrarily choose a cam from the map. A
> window opens with a "go to live camera" link.
> Right click, copy link address.
>
> I tried to directly play it with mplayer which
> should have worked:
>
> 	% mplayer "http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/d3-whitmore-grade-80.asx"

% mplayer -playlist ...