[Live-devel] RTSPClient::describeURL authentication problems

[Ross Finlayson]

>  > This suggests that the real solution would be to change the VLC code
>>  to call "describeWithPassword()" rather than "describeURL()".  Or,
>>  even better, call "describeWithPassword()" iff the user supplied a
>>  (username,password), otherwise call "describeURL()".
>
>This requires changing both live555 and vlc since vls depends on the
>ability to pass kassena flag to describeUrl and there is no such
>option in describeWithPassword.

Yes - I will shortly be updating the LIVE555 code to add a 'kasenna' 
flag to "describeWithPassword()", and then submit a patch to VLC to 
use "describeWithPassword()" instead of "describeURL()" (if there are 
already username,password strings), and to not pass its own 
'authenticator' object.

In the meantime, you can get authentication to work for your streams 
by *not* including the "username:password@" hack in the URL, but 
instead waiting for VLC's authentication dialog box to pop up, and 
then enter the username,password there.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/