As a fast look, using the ActiveX with wine I get this log:
[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: Creating an input for 'http://radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx'[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../../../src/input/input.c:230)[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: thread started[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: using timeshift path 'C:windowstemp'[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: `http://radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx' gives access `http' demux `' path `radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx'[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx'[0x6dad5c] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates[0x6dad5c] main demux debug: no access_demux module matched "http"[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: creating access 'http' path='radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx'[0x6dad3c] main access debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates[0x6dad3c] access_http access debug: http: server='radio.rtl.fr' port=80 file='/rtl.asx[0x6dad3c] main access debug: net: connecting to radio.rtl.fr port 80[0x6dad3c] main access error: cannot resolve radio.rtl.fr port 80 : Host or service not found[0x6dad3c] access_http access error: cannot connect to radio.rtl.fr:80[0x6dad3c] main access debug: net: connecting to radio.rtl.fr port 80[0x6dad3c] main access error: cannot resolve radio.rtl.fr port 80 : Host or service not found[0x6dad3c] access_mms access error: cannot connect to radio.rtl.fr:80[0x6dad3c] main access warning: no access module matching "http" could be loaded[0x6dad3c] main access debug: waitpipe: object killed[0x6dbd2c] main input error: open of `http://radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx' failed: (null)[0x6dbd2c] main input error: Your input can't be opened[0x6dbd2c] main input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://radio.rtl.fr/rtl.asx'. Check the log for details.[0x6dbd2c] main input debug: thread ended
A DNS issue?
The error seems to be around tcp.c:144 (call to vlc_getaddrinfo)
I can confirm this once worked in previous releases and has since broken since going to 1.x
I made a ticket here which has a link to a page with an example and has a drop-down list with the options that used to work (links to various playlists containing different bitrates) and now don't and also one of the direct stream link which works fine when singled out.
I use standard playlist files which simply contain SHOUTcast servers:
Just thought I would update that I have changed my scripts to parse playlist files and extract the entries myself to get past this issue for now, to view the old page you can use this URL:
You are using the wrong JS API. The addTarget() methods is for the old webplugin API which is supported till VLC version 0.8.6.
The old API has been removed from the mozilla based browser plugins (firefox/mozilla/safari...), but it has been retained in the ActiveX version. The old JS API is not consistent across both webplugin implementations, which is not convenient for webbuilders. Therefor a new unified JS API has been developed since vlc 0.8.6.
It is recommended to use the new JS API iso of JS API version 1. The old JS API version 1 is going to be dropped from the ActiveX plugin for VLC 1.1.