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

Ashley Bostock abostock at gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 07:49:38 UTC 2008


> 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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2008/8/11 Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com>:
> 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
>

Like I said you need to create the /var/www/htpasswd file using
htpasswd not htdigest.

Ash


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