Using the binaries from http://johnvansickle.com/ I get an error when using a http input, "failed to resolve hostname": (using ffprobe, but also with ffmpeg): ffprobe version N-41351-g676110e- http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Oct 15 2014 01:22:19 with gcc 4.8 (Debian 4.8.3-11) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-shared --disable-debug --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libwebp --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libfreetype --enable-fontconfig --enable-libxvid --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-gray --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --disable-ffserver --enable-libass --enable-gnutls --cc=gcc-4.8 libavutil 54. 10.100 / 54. 10.100 libavcodec 56. 5.100 / 56. 5.100 libavformat 56. 9.100 / 56. 9.100 libavdevice 56. 1.100 / 56. 1.100 libavfilter 5. 1.106 / 5. 1.106 libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101 libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100 [tcp @ 0x3f82100] Failed to resolve hostname mirrorblender.top-ix.org: Name or service not known http://mirrorblender.top-ix.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/big_buck_bunny_480...: Input/output error Note I have tried with various http sources/hosts, all same result. Using the builds from ffmpeg.gusari.org it works fine: ffprobe version N-63893-gc69defd Copyright (c) 2007-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 16 2014 05:38:01 with gcc 4.6 (Debian 4.6.3-1) configuration: --prefix=/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit --extra-cflags='-I/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit/include -static' --extra-ldflags='-L/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit/lib -static' --extra-libs='-lxml2 -lexpat -lfreetype' --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffserver --disable-doc --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-version3 --enable-libvpx libavutil 52. 89.100 / 52. 89.100 libavcodec 55. 66.101 / 55. 66.101 libavformat 55. 43.100 / 55. 43.100 libavdevice 55. 13.101 / 55. 13.101 libavfilter 4. 8.100 / 4. 8.100 libswscale 2. 6.100 / 2. 6.100 libswresample 0. 19.100 / 0. 19.100 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'http://mirrorblender.top-ix.org/peach/bigbuckbunny_movies/big_buck_bunny_480...': Metadata: major_brand : qt minor_version : 537199360 compatible_brands: qt creation_time : 2008-05-27 18:32:32 timecode : 00:00:00:00 Duration: 00:09:56.46, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3342 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 854x480, 2899 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 2400 tbn, 4800 tbc (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2008-05-27 18:32:32 handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler encoder : H.264 Stream #0:1(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74) (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2008-05-27 18:32:32 handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler timecode : 00:00:00:00 Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, 5.1, fltp, 437 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2008-05-27 18:32:32 handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler The error from http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ is the same for the nightly and version 2.4. The gusari.org binaries havent been built since July 16, for now I am using ffprobe from gusari for http sources and for file sources johnvansickle. From where are you getting your (supposedly stable) binaries? Ubuntu x86_64 GNU/Linux -- View this message in context: http://ffmpeg-users.933282.n4.nabble.com/Failed-to-resolve-hostname-Ubuntu-s... Sent from the FFmpeg-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.