vlc https/tls problem

[FenrirTheWolf]

I've read a couple of tread about https/ssl problem:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78766
viewtopic.php?t=52751
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=68078
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=47128
and sadly I wasn't able to solve the certificate problem.....

I'm using windows 7 x64 with VLC 1.1.17 and I'm trying to open an https stream from my own server.

I'm using my own self signed certificate created with the following command:

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openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out server-test.crt -keyout server-test.key

and after configuring the webserver (which work with firefox after you accept the self signed cert) I've added those files in the /appdata/roaming/vlc/ssl/certs/ folder.

when I open an https stream I get the following error:

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gnutls warning: cannot add x509 credentials (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\vlc/ssl/certs\server-test.key): No error gnutls warning: cannot add x509 credentials (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\vlc/ssl/certs\server-test.crt): No error gnutls error: TLS session: access denied gnutls error: Certificate could not be verified gnutls error: Certificate's signer was not found main error: TLS client session handshake error access_http error: cannot establish HTTP/TLS session

and the video won't play...

I want to know if these is some open bug which prevent vlc to open https stream on windows or If it's my fault, any idea?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLC https support on Windows is broken, and I don't know how to fix.

[FenrirTheWolf]

from the log it seems that the problem is caused by gnutls, maybe I can ask to them...

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

They won't know, because the issue is in VLC tls module.

[FenrirTheWolf]

that is sad...

on a related note, there is some confusion on bug tracker too about this issue.

[FenrirTheWolf]

any news? there is any possibility that this will be fixed in future release?

[DGMurdockIII]

have you tryed updating gnutls to a later verson

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

any news? there is any possibility that this will be fixed in future release?

Sure, when someone fixes it...

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

any news? there is any possibility that this will be fixed in future release?

TLS support in VLC has been working fine for years, generally speaking. The problems are really specific to Windows. Most VLC developers do use Windows. Since developers are not paid, they tend to ignore Windows errors. Also bugs get opened faster than the current hobbyist team can deal with them, so it is unavoidable that developers cherry-pick bug reports.

Bottom line, if you do care about Windows or whatever specific bug/feature, provide patches or arrange for someone to do so on your behalf.

"Can this be fixed question?" really are never going to get useful answers.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Some things were fixed in 1.2 for TLS on Win32, by geal and me, but this isn't working fine yet. It loads correctly the certificate but then fails.

[flew]

Has any improvement on this been made with 2.0?