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m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Andrei Iosifescu » 22 Oct 2020 11:43

Any live stream from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes. When I try to play it again, it gives me a 403 error. What could I do?

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Hitchhiker » 22 Oct 2020 13:25

Any live stream from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes. When I try to play it again, it gives me a 403 error. What could I do?

In vlc hit Ctrl + P to open preferences and remove the checkmark from "Save recently played items" in the Privacy / Network menu to clear the cache. Save, exit and restart vlc and then try streaming again.

A 403 error means Access Denied. See this site for an explanation of why that might be happening.

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Andrei Iosifescu » 22 Oct 2020 18:24

First time it stopped with a HTTP 503 error. Then I started it again. After 10 minutes it froze again and when i wanted to play it again it gave me a HTTP 403 error.
Log: https://pastebin.com/WLa8brQd

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Lotesdelere » 23 Oct 2020 10:01

Give us a direct link you're trying to play so we can check what is happening on our side.

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby InTheWings » 23 Oct 2020 10:20

So what ? You pass a url with a *temporary* token, it plays temporaly
:!: If you want your problem to be solved :
* First read troubleshooting guide VSG:Main
* Always provide verbose LOGS ! (command line or from gui)
* Always check your issue against a developer build from Nightly Build of VLC
* Tell us when your problem is solved !

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Andrei Iosifescu » 23 Oct 2020 17:37

So what ? You pass a url with a *temporary* token, it plays temporaly
But how can I get a permanent link?
If I want to integrate it in OBS, it will freeze and I would need to add it again.

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Re: m3u8 live streams from earthtv.com is freezing after 5 minutes

Postby Hitchhiker » 25 Oct 2020 08:42

EarthTV is protected by Cloudflare. There may be restrictions in place to prevent streaming.


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