Help needed: How to handle authentification with stream link

[praul]

Hi there, since #52 introduced a link for streaming to external players, I'm struggling to use this feature.

If I click the link in Chrome, it simply downloads the stream.

I can not open the URL in VLC directly due to missing cookies/authentification.

Would it be possible to add username/password parameters to the streaming url?

How can I use the generated link in VLC? Is there a possibility to auth and set cookie in VLC?

Answers would be much appreciated. Thank you :)

[ghost]

VLC can't open stream links when you use authentication, you have to disable it.

[praul]

Allright, I handled it with reverse proxy + http basic auth. VLC does support that.

[milindpatel63]

Can you provide a bit of details on how you achieved this.... I am having similar issue.

[kyuu840]

For future reference: after setting a username and password, click the Generate API key button (in the Security page, same as where you set the credentials). After that, the external player links in the Scene pages will include the apiKey=... parameter, and VLC and MX Player should work. Don't forget to refresh the Scene page.