VLC 0.8.6 and http login dialog

[kdonn]

I just installed 0.8.6 this morning and it doesn't seem to be able to show the login dialog anymore when I open an http stream that requires authentication. I've opened this same stream many times, even earlier this morning, with 0.8.5 and it always shows a login dialog, but 0.8.6 just doesn't do it. You can see in the log where it gets a 401 response from the server and yet, no dialog. Here's the log:

main debug: adding playlist item `http://localhost:8081/img/video.asf' ( http://localhost:8081/img/video.asf )
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: waiting for thread completion
main debug: thread 4268 (input) created at priority 1 (input/input.c:265)
main debug: `http://localhost:8081/img/video.asf' gives access `http' demux `' path `localhost:8081/img/video.asf'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='localhost:8081/img/video.asf'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main warning: no access_demux module matched "http"
main debug: creating access 'http' path='localhost:8081/img/video.asf'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 7 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='localhost' port=8081 file='/img/video.asf
main debug: net: connecting to localhost port 8081
main debug: connection in progress
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 401
access_http debug: Server: Boa/0.94.13
access_http debug: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
access_http debug: authentication failed
main debug: net: connecting to localhost port 8081
main debug: connection in progress
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
vcd debug: trying .cue file: localhost:8081/img/video.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file warning: localhost:8081/img/video.asf: No such file or directory
cdda debug: trying .cue file: localhost:8081/img/video.cue
cdda debug: could not find .cue file
cdda warning: could not open localhost:8081/img/video.asf
main warning: no access2 module matching "http" could be loaded
main error: no suitable access module for `http://localhost:8081/img/video.asf'
main debug: thread times: real 0m1.515625s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.015625s
main debug: thread 4268 joined (input/input.c:412)
main: nothing to play

I hope I'm not missing something obvious, but then again, I kinda hope I am. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin Donn

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

You have to use the .hosts file. This has been added for obvious security reasons

[kdonn]

I think maybe I wasn't clear, J-B. I'm not trying to use VLC's http server. I'm simply trying to open a stream for viewing with VLC. I can't open any stream on any http server that requires authentication. For example, I can open this stream just fine:

http://little-wing.com/NoSecure/waiting.avi

But I can't open this stream at all:

http://little-wing.com/Secure/waiting.avi

VLC never displays the login dialog. If I try to open it with Media Player, it shows a login dialog. Even VLC 0.8.5 shows a login dialog, but VLC 0.8.6 does not show a login dialog. Does VLC 0.8.6 show you a login dialog when you try to open the Secure stream above?

kd

[kdonn]

I'm still trying to get any confirmation that anyone can open a video stream that requires a login with VLC 0.8.6. I've never been able to get 0.8.6 to show the login dialog like 0.8.5 does. Can anyone confirm that they're able to open a stream from an http server that requires authentication?

Thanks,
Kevin Donn

[jjbig]

I have to say:
SAME PROBLEM HERE.

Since 8.6 the password-username-dialog is not shown anymore. this should be fixed.

but, if you start vlc on a url like http://username:passwort@<THE_ACTUAL_URL> it should work fine.

[nad]

I have the same problem. In 8.6a version any dialogs don't shown.
I tried to find a mistake in a code, but all that I find out, is that constructor of dialods class not call.
The unique found decision - compilation with the module of the interface from 8.5 versions. But then vlc works not stably.
May be somebody can solve this problem on another?

[jjbig]

It would be realy nice, if somebody would look into thsi problem.

[nad]

It seems so works more stably
In modules/gui/wxwidgets replace files Makefile.in, Makefile.am, Modules.am with the same from 8.5 version
In src/interface it is replaced interaction.c on the same file from 8.5 version
Compile and receive the program with dialogues

[jjbig]

Compiling it with the right parameters would do the job for me, but I reported the bug, so that this nice function finds its proper way into the next releases of vlc, so that other people can benifit from this function too

[fkuehne]

As far as I remember, we added an option to VLC 0.8.6, which disables interface interaction by default. Have a look at the "Interface" category of VLC's preferences and make sure that it is checked

Edit:

I just re-enabled this setting by default for 0.8.6b, which is about to be released in 6 days.