Only Basic Authentication for HTTP Stream
Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:03
I am trying to connect to my streaming media server over an HTTP connection. I use digest authentication in Apache.
When I try to connect from the Windows VLC to the media stream, all I get is the authentication box over and over and over again. I have checked my HTTP logs and found that VLC is trying to use Basic authentication (e.g. clear-text password transmission) to login - which is rejected by the server.
Is this the only way that VLC will connect to a secured HTTP stream - via clear text authentication? Can it be configured to use Digest? If so how can I do that?
Thanks for the help!
Jon
When I try to connect from the Windows VLC to the media stream, all I get is the authentication box over and over and over again. I have checked my HTTP logs and found that VLC is trying to use Basic authentication (e.g. clear-text password transmission) to login - which is rejected by the server.
Is this the only way that VLC will connect to a secured HTTP stream - via clear text authentication? Can it be configured to use Digest? If so how can I do that?
Thanks for the help!
Jon