[Kget] [Bug 208614] New: kget silently fails to download file from mms:// URL

[Martin Schwinzerl]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208614

           Summary: kget silently fails to download file from mms:// URL
           Product: kget
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kget at kde.org
        ReportedBy: martin.schwinzerl at ymail.com


Version:           2.3.1 (using 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1), Arch Linux)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.30-ARCH

Problem description
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I tried to download a file via an mms feed. The particular URL/file in question
is

mms://stream5.orf.at/zib24/zib24_2009_09_25.wmv

(the file is only available for a week, IIRC, but I can produce an URL to
another similar file at any time if possible). After starting kget and entering
the URL in question, the program (correctly) asked me about the location to
store the file and then, after confirming the save dialog, nothing happened.

Furthermore, I was unable to obtain an error message or any sort of debugging
message by running kget directly from the command line and/or starting it using
the 

kget mms://stream5.orf.at/zib24/zib24_2009_09_25.wmv

Note that I was able to download the file in question using the 
very same URL with the mms_client program from [1], so the feed iteself seems
to work.

Expected Behaviour:
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Either one of those:

- If support for downloads via the mms protocol is already implemented (I
somehow seem to recall that it should work), download should start and an entry
in the list should be visible

- If mms is an optional protocol which my distro (arch linux) did not provide
the necessary packages for, an error message indicating this would be very
helpful for the user to evaluate that the problem is probably distro / package
specific.

- If mms:// support is, in fact, not available currently, my suggestion would
be to inform the user via an error message that the protocol for the provided
URL is currently not supported.


Thank you very much for your considerations and all your efforts

Best regards
Martin

[1] http://geocities.com/majormms/

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