[mythtv-users] Icecast stream and Mythmusic

[Paul Harrison]

On 19/09/13 09:28, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I want to play an icecast stream with mythmusic. The stream URL is
>
> http://user:pass@localhost:8000/play.ogg
>
> I added it to mythmusic but it refused to play with error as
> Decider Error: Could not open file (stream)  AV decoder.
>
> Do I need to create a pls file for my local stream?
>
> Thanks
>
>

I think currently if you need to pass a user and password you will need 
to create either a pls or m3u file since while the player supports 
playback direct from http urls only the ice/shoutcast decoder handler 
knows what to do with the user and password.

Paul H.