[MPlayer-dev-eng] RN5 authentication for rtsp

[Nico Sabbi]

Il Wednesday 26 March 2008 23:10:36 Paul ha scritto:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Nico Sabbi wrote:

> > why? username and password should always be in the stream syntax.
> 
> If they should always be in the stream syntax, what is the purpose of the 
> -user and -passwd options ? I've expanded its functionality to rtsp 
> streams. Are these options considered obsolete ?
> 
> From manpage:
>  	-user <username> (also see -passwd) (network only)
>                Specify username for HTTP authentication.
>  	-passwd <password> (also see -user) (network only)
>                Specify password for HTTP authentication.
> 
> Paul

maybe those options were aded before the introduction 
of the second generation stream API, but now I don't
see the reason to keep on supporting them (maybe they
are still needed for using proxies ? )