[Icecast] HTTP authentication

[Marvin Scholz]

On 14 Sep 2019, at 21:39, Mikel Sanz | 20 Comunicación wrote:

> I would like to have a private signal, which can only be tuned by whoever
> has the username and password, and know who is connected. But I wish the
> URL could be delivered with the username and password, to open it directly
> on a player or receiving device... Thanks.
>

Then http://user:password@server:port/mountpoint is the way to go,
which is supported by most players.

>
> El sáb., 14 sept. 2019 a las 21:33, Marvin Scholz (<epirat07 at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Sep 2019, at 21:09, Mikel Sanz | 20 Comunicación wrote:
>>
>>> Hi. I'm trying to set up a mountpoint with authentication
>> type="htpasswd".
>>>
>>> It's correctly set up, but I have problems to listen in some players. In
>>> Winamp, I've tried this URL structure:
>>> http://user:password@server:port/mountpoint.
>>> But in VLC, with same structure, a window is opened requesting that data
>>> every time.
>>
>> This is a bug in VLC. Anyway you should avoid to put the username and
>> password in the URL as thats a potential security issue.
>>
>>>
>>> In HTML5 players, the same problem.
>>>
>>> How can I play this audio stream with user and password in the URL?
>>
>> What exactly is your usecase?
>>
>>>
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