Eurosport Stream Server Issues

[manfredmann]

In the past I have used VLC to connect and record a Eurosport 1 or 2, and British Eurosport 1 or 2 Streams using the following URLs:

http://esioslive2-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/201149/AL_ESP1_INT_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8

http://esioslive2-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/201150/AL_ESP2_INT_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8

http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/2007328/AL_ESP1_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8

http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8

However, now none of them work. Even similar URLs with lower bit rate do not work. I get the "VLC is unable to open MRL" error. Has something changed with Eurosport or is these a VLC problem? Is Eurosport or ISP preventing VLC from connecting? Are there new URLs for these streams?

Below is the VLC log file (Verbosity 2) when trying to connect:

main debug: resyncing on http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8
main debug: http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8 is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: resyncing on http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8
main debug: http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8'
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.510 ms - Total 1.510 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.510 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 4.148 ms - Total 4.148 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4.148 ms)
main debug: art not found for http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\Mike\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8' gives access `http' demux `' path `esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8' file='\\esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net\hls\live\200736\AL_ESP2_UK_ENG\playlist_1800.m3u8'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.194 ms - Total 0.194 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.194 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' location='esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8', path='\\esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net\hls\live\200736\AL_ESP2_UK_ENG\playlist_1800.m3u8'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net' port=80 file='/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8'
main debug: net: connecting to esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net port 80
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1204)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 403
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden
access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0
main debug: net: connecting to esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1204)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 403
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden
main debug: net: connecting to esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net port 80
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1208)
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden
main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1098.208 ms - Total 1098.208 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1098.208 ms)
main error: open of `http://esioslive4-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/200736/AL_ESP2_UK_ENG/playlist_1800.m3u8' failed
main debug: dead input
main debug: repeating item

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Any help is much appreciated.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I think HTTP error "403 Forbidden" coming from their servers is self-explanatory.