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Hi I am trying to stream a link on my raspberry pi using the command line. I am trying the following: vlc -vvv http://username:password@192.168.xxx.xxx:8080/tv4.nsv However vlc opens but asks me to enter my username and password. I know the link uses icecast. Can anyone help me to stream and play th...

Hello @rrrssssss

Do you still have issues with vlc asking for authentication when viewing http links?

I tried your method of double quotes in a bash script in linux but it still asks for my username and password.

http://<user>:<password>@webserver.com/media.mkv still asks my for my username and password on linux. please help? thanks.

any updates on this?