Oh, it seems I'm wrong and that host just doesn't respond to pings. In
my tests, directly opening the stream succeeds:

vlc http://video.rfn.ru/vesti_24

opening via the asx file doesn't. Seems to be a bug in the asx parser.
This bug should be upstreamed then.

** Description changed:

+ vlc fails to open a stream via the attached .asx file
+ 
+ Steps to reproduce:
+ 
+  - download the asx file
+  - start vlc with 'vlc foo.asx'
+ 
+ Expected result:
+  - the stream should just show
+ 
+ Experienced result:
+  - vlc just hangs and does nothing
+ 
+ Workaround:
+  - lookup the url in the asx file manually
+  - start vlc with the looked up url: vlc http://video.rfn.ru/vesti_24
+ 
+ 
+ original report follows:
+ 
  Binary package hint: vlc
  
  When I'm starting .asx (stream) file in vlc player the laptop is buzzing 
completely. I can it to switch off only by power button. The bug is quite new, 
appears after update, in earlier versions (earlier than Linux 2.6.18) I didn't 
have it.
  It was happen also today, 26.10.
  My information:
  PC: Toshiba satellite-a110
  From terminal:
  ma...@maxim-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:  Ubuntu 8.04.1
  Release:      8.04
  ma...@maxim-laptop:~$  apt-cache policy vlc
  vlc:
    Установлен: 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.2
    Кандидат: 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.2
    Таблица версий:
   *** 0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3.2 0
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
  ma...@maxim-laptop:~$

** Summary changed:

- vlc buzzing a pc by starting .asx stream
+ vlc fails to properly open a webstream referenced by an .asx file

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Also affects: vlc
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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vlc fails to properly open a webstream referenced by an .asx file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289394
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