[mythtv-users] Can't get streaming to work w/Mythweb, help

Bobby Gill bobbygill at rogers.com
Mon Aug 11 01:39:18 UTC 2008


Okay, I tampered with my .htaccess changing AuthType from Digest to Basic,
but then I couldn't log into Mythweb any longer (kept prompting for login in
FF, although correct saved login/pass was already in the fields). What
exactly do you recommend? I used the htdigest command to generate a
httpd-passwords file and make a couple users (as per the README I linked to
in previous message). Should I delete this file and my
~/public_html/mythweb/.htaccess file and start over using htpasswd instead,
or ??

Thanks,
Bob

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2008/8/8 Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com>:
> >> > I just set up Mythweb and she runs fine in all respects but streaming.
> I
> >> > am
> >> > running Arch linux on my desktop and server (mythbackend). I have
> >> > Mythweb
> >> > secured with a couple logins. So I am logged into Mythweb from my
> >> > desktop
> >> > and I add a few songs to the playlist, hit Play and in Firefox the
> "Open
> >> > with" dialog pops up, so I open the playlist with VLC, which prompts
> me
> >> > for
> >> > a login and password, but it doesn't accept my correct login/pass. I
> >> > even
> >> > tried the second user's login/pass but it just doesn't accept, just
> >> > keeps
> >> > prompting. Here's the output from the error window in VLC:
> >> >
> >> > "Unable to open '
> http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/music/stream?i=7316'
> >> > Unable to open 'http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/music/stream?i=8577
> '
> >> > Unable to open 'http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/music/stream?i=8579
> '
> >> > Unable to open 'http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/music/stream?i=8624
> '"
> >> >
> >> > I tried to open it with Amarok and Amarok gives me this error:
> >> >
> >> > "Error Loading Media
> >> > No suitable input plugin. This often means that the url's protocol is
> >> > not
> >> > supported. Network failures are other possible causes.
> >> > http://192.168.1.100:1758/mythweb/music/stream?i=7316"
> >> >
> >> > However I do see the songs added to the playlist in Amarok, but can't
> >> > play
> >> > them of course.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Likewise, if I try to play a recording streamed, I click on the .asx
> >> > link
> >> > from Mythweb and open in VLC, I get:
> >> >
> >> > "Unable to open
> >> > 'http://192.168.1.100:80/mythweb/pl/stream/1042/1218088800'"
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks :)
> >> >
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> >> >
> >>
> >> Is is secured using AuthType Digest? From what I tested a while back
> >> it seemed that very few players will work when apache is secured using
> >> it.  I had to switch mine back to AuthType Basic before anything would
> >> work.  I guess the alternative would be to make an exception for the
> >> stream URL and have just that unsecured.
> >>
> >> Ash
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> 2008/8/8 Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com>:
> > To secure Mythweb I used this:
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythWeb#Other_Linux_Flavors
> >
> > I used the "htdigest" commands there as follow. I did not use the Apache
> > method. (I'm not knowledgeable enough in this respect to know if that's
> > AuthType Digest, hopefully you can discern and tell me if it is). I'm
> > curious, I just noticed that the .htaccess has a line:
> >
> > " BrowserMatch "MSIE" AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On"
> >
> > Could you share what yours has? I use Firefox only, would this matter--
> > would I change this?
> >
> > Still no luck here.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
> I have this...
>
>        AuthType           Basic
>        AuthName           "MythTV"
>        AuthUserFile       /var/www/htpasswd
>        Require            valid-user
>        BrowserMatch       "MSIE"      AuthDigestEnableQueryStringHack=On
>
> ...then just create the /var/www/htpasswd file using htpasswd.
>
> Assuming you are running myth 0.21 you should also read the README for
> mythweb as it advises against using .htaccess files now.
>
> Q: Where did .htaccess go?
> A: .htaccess has been replaced by apache- and lighttpd-specific
> configuration
>   files.  Your old .htaccess file should still work fine, but I encourage
> you
>   to use the new conf file, since it reduces some of the load on the
> webserver,
>   and takes advantage of some features not accessible through .htaccess.
>
> Ash
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