HTTP stream "please enter a valid login name and password for realm vlc"

[mahmoudahmed]

Hi everyone
Excuse me, I am no expert but I have been trying to capture Virtual Audio Cable and stream through http to my android device.
I am using VLC 3.0.1 and vlc for android.
I have been using port 8080 and checked that vlc allowed through windows firewall.
whenever I try to stream in my android device using my localhost ip in the form "http:192.168.1.2:8080/" . I get a dialog box showing " "please enter a valid login name and password for realm vlc"
I have tried my pc username and password but to no avail.
Please help what are these?
thanks in advance

[mahmoudahmed]

The PC is running win 10 and android device is running KitKat 4.4.2

[mahmoudahmed]

Thank you all but I managed to solve the problem but downloading an older version of vlc.
I started by downloading older versions one by one and I found that version 1.1.11 worked for me. It was randomly chosen.
I don't know what caused the issue in the older versions.
thank you all and I am still interested to find out what is meant by login name and password though no authentication was set up in the first place.

[luislema]

I am having the same issue, so the solution for this is to install an older version of VLC???

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

It should be same password that you configured on the server side. Leave username empty.

[luislema]

I tried leaving the username empty and using the LUA password, but that didn't work. This only works from my browser on Windows 10 to be able to control the player, but it doesn't work when I open a stream from a VLC client.

[unidan]

Hi,

Are you trying to stream a media from your desktop to your mobile phone ? The interface you're trying to use is probably the one used for having a VLC remote.

[luislema]

Yes, from my desktop to my mobile phone and also to my Fire TV. VLC remote needs https://vlcmobileremote.com/ installed in your PC, but streaming from VLC doesn't need this.

[chiomajadeimoh]

how do i get the username and password for authentication for http strea on VLC stream realm?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Username is empty, and password is whatever you configured.