Streaming only works with username * password *

Jens Ahrens

Hi everybody,

I set up tvheadend on a Rapspberry Pi with wheezy. I use a Cinergy T2 DVBT USB Stick. Everything is setup and most things are working - but one thing:

I can only get a stream, when a user without username(=*) and password(=*) exists. As I want to stream over the net I would prefer an access control, but as soon as I delete this \*/* user and only have users that have username/password I get no more stream. The VLC plugin in my firefox opens, but there is no picture.

When I restore the \*/* everything works fine - but without access control.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any hints,

Jens

Jens Ahrens

Here is some more additional info from /var/log/daemon.log when I connect from the internet to my pi running tvheadend:

No User/PW/ exists - no picture:
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May 27 10:16:42 raspberrypi tvheadend\[3205\]: START: HTS Tvheadend version 3.4~wheezy started, running as PID:3205 UID:108 GID:44, settings located in '/home/hts/.hts/tvheadend'

May 27 10:16:57 raspberrypi tvheadend\[3205\]: HTTP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: /stream/channelid/11 -- 401

A User/PW/ exists - picture with vlc in firefox:
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May 27 10:55:32 raspberrypi tvheadend\[3360\]: START: HTS Tvheadend version 3.4~wheezy started, running as PID:3360 UID:108 GID:44, settings located in '/home/hts/.hts/tvheadend'

May 27 10:55:44 raspberrypi tvheadend\[3360\]: subscription: "HTTP" subscribing on "hr-fernsehen", weight: 100, adapter: "TerraTec/qanu USB2.0 Highspeed DVB-T Receiver", network: "HR-RM", mux: "HR-RM: 618,000 kHz", provider: "HR", service: "hr-fernsehen", quality: 100

Cheers,
Jens

mpmc

Jens Ahrens wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I set up tvheadend on a Rapspberry Pi with wheezy. I use a Cinergy T2 DVBT USB Stick. Everything is setup and most things are working - but one thing:
>
> I can only get a stream, when a user without username and passord exists. As I want to stream over the net I would prefer an access control, but as soon as I delete this/ user and only have users that have username/password I get no more stream. The VLC plugin in my firefox opens, but there is no picture.
> When I restore the/ everything works fine - but without access control.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for any hints,

> Jens

I've just tested this myself.

When the browser asks you to enter a username and password you can access the webui fine but you can't stream because the username/password are not being sent with the request made by the plugin.

However if you request the webui using the username and password in the url, e.g. http://user:pass@ip:9981 the urls generated by the webui follow the same scheme (http://user:pass@ip:9981/stream/channel/foo) this will allow you to stream although it's not ideal.