Peter Galbavy wrote: > Yeah, the Basic auth details for the proxy, when it doesn't need it, > just drops through in the headers to the native HTTP interface and hence > the UI works for me. > > In my case using a 3rd party proxy would still NOT work as I am not > removing LMS password protection. I have "real" players outside my home > and they cannot support HTTPS anyway, so the most basic clear text auth > is better than none. The username / password are not shared with any > other platform I use so it doesn't matter if they are intercepted - > someone can potentially screw up my LMS configs but that's about it, > although there will be holes in the server or plugins for the > determined. > > I am going to see if I can using nginx to proxy with hardwired auth to > /stream.mp3 or see if LMS can somehow unprotect just that endpoint as a > test hack - but the former would not work for your skill I assum as the > endpoint is derived from the LMS servers own knowledge of it's IP and > fixed port and so can't be redirected to a munging proxy solution :) > > One potential simplification, if you are willing to change your code, is > to pass the *same* auth details as for the proxy in the URL in the > playlist, like you show, which would have no effect on an unprotected > endpoint but could act as a workaround for those like me (sample size > obviously one for now) that want to support a Frankenstein like hybrid > environment.
I didn't know that LMS would just ignore basic auth parameters if they were not enabled :D. That indeed makes it harmless to embed the credentials in the PLS file for streaming. I've just tested that and it worked no problem so I've pushed it live. Let me know if it now works for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philchillbill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68920 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111016 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
