[MPlayer-dev-eng] Authentication for RTSP( live555 plugin )

[Compn]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:03:13 -0800, Ratin wrote:

>Anybody went thru this problem or can comment on it?

from the man page:
-passwd <password> (also see -user) (network only)
              Specify password for HTTP authentication.

-passwd and -user are for http:// streams only

http://www.live555.com/mplayer/
says that:
Streaming access-controlled RTSP sessions
Some RTSP servers require user authentication (via a name and password)
before a session can be streamed. To stream such a session, use the
"-user <username> -passwd <password>" options. The program
authenticates using RTSP "digest authentication"; the password will not
get sent in the clear over the net. 

Alternatively, you could try including the user name and password
inside the URL, as: "rtsp://<username>:<password>@<hostname>:<etc.>".
(In this case, though, the password will be sent in the clear over the
net.)

so either live555.com is wrong or mplayer manual is wrong.

also try nemesi with mplayer , its the alternative to live555. but its
new so it does not support all codecs/formats yet.

-compn