[MPlayer-users] Playing m3u8 playlist with additional token parameters

[Reza Rizvi]

Hello, any ideas about this issue?  Or any thoughts about how I can test
HLS (m3u8) streams via scripting another way?  Thanks.

- Reza


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Reza Rizvi <rezilient at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hello.
>
> I am trying to TEST a Live HLS stream (m3u8 playlist) using MPlayer on
> Linux.  Here is the command I'm using to test the stream:
>
> mplayer -user-agent 'Apple-iPhone3C1/801.293' -noconsolecontrols -nocache
> -nolirc -nomouseinput -identify -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -v -playlist
> http://streamer.website.com/tv/channelfive/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NC8xMi8yMDEzIDQ6MTI6MTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1hcVZoRG1RVElzNVBVVTFkdWkrVEtnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTI=
>
> You will notice the "wmsAuthSign" and then a token, this is because the
> streamer is using the WMSAuth plugin for Wowza (http://www.wmsauth.org).
>  The streamer is our partner so we have a valid token and I am able to play
> the streams fine using VLC and other methods using a valid token.
>
> The problem is MPlayer is not allowing this token in the command line.
>
> Here is the output that I'm seeing:
>
> Connecting to server streamer37.eboundservices.com[146.185.20.106]: 80...
> --- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- START ---
> protocol:           [HTTP/1.0]
>  http minor version: [0]
> uri:                [(null)]
> method:             [(null)]
> status code:        [403]
> reason phrase:      [Forbidden]
> body size:          [0]
> Fields:
>  0 - Server: FlashCom/3.5.7
>  1 - Content-Length: 0
> --- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- END ---
> Server returned 403: Forbidden
>
> No stream found to handle url
> http://streamer.website.com/tv/channelfive/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NC8xMi8yMDEzIDQ6MTI6MTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1hcVZoRG1RVElzNVBVVTFkdWkrVEtnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTI=
>
> Error while opening playlist file
> http://streamer.website.com/tv/channelfive/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NC8xMi8yMDEzIDQ6MTI6MTAgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1hcVZoRG1RVElzNVBVVTFkdWkrVEtnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTI=:
> Operation now in progress
>
> Error parsing option on the command line: -playlist
>
>
> Notice the "403 forbidden" code, this occurs when the WMSAuth model is not
> accepting the token.  I'm assuming MPlayer is not treating this URL as a
> valid one for HLS due to the extra token parameters.  Is there any way to
> make this work?  We are trying to build a testing script that will evaluate
> if the streams are working periodically and it works great for
> "non-protected" streams but we're having trouble with this WMSAuth model.
>
> Thanks.
> Rezilient
>