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I'm trying to set up a monitor in the back room of a business to monitor the reception area with a foscam through an http stream to an old machine running Lubuntu. I've used the vlc -vvv http://ipaddress:port/videostream.cgi?user=user&pwd=password from command line to open the stream, but it still asks for a password when i run the command.

Is there any way to not have it request for a password? I really want to set up a cron task that will automatically start the stream everyday, so that's why i'm using the command rather than the gui. Also, if i leave it on for a while the stream usually freezes, which is why i just want to schedule it to start every few hours to avoid that problem.

Thanks for the help!

I'm trying to set up a monitor in the back room of a business to monitor the reception area with a foscam through an http stream to an old machine running Lubuntu. I've used the vlc -vvv http://ipaddress:port/videostream.cgi?user=user&pwd=password from command line to open the stream, but it still asks for a password when i run the command.

Is there any way to not have it request for a password? I really want to set up a cron task that will automatically start the stream everyday, so that's why i'm using the command rather than the gui. Also, if i leave it on for a while the stream usually freezes, which is why i just want to schedule it to start every few hours to avoid that problem.

Thanks for the help!

You need to pass the User Id and Password this way:

I'm trying to set up a monitor in the back room of a business to monitor the reception area with a foscam through an http stream to an old machine running Lubuntu. I've used the vlc -vvv http://ipaddress:port/videostream.cgi?user=user&pwd=password from command line to open the stream, but it still asks for a password when i run the command.

Is there any way to not have it request for a password? I really want to set up a cron task that will automatically start the stream everyday, so that's why i'm using the command rather than the gui. Also, if i leave it on for a while the stream usually freezes, which is why i just want to schedule it to start every few hours to avoid that problem.
Thanks for the help!

You need to pass the User Id and Password this way:

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http://UserId:Password@ipaddress:port/videostream.cgi

Hi, I'm usind the following: http//userid:password@ipaddress/video.mjpg to see the cam from home. It works fine in open networks, but from work it's bloked by VPN.
How can I pass the privat network via VLC? I have other usedid and password (works for iExplorer). but I don't know how it works for this case.
thanks for help