RTSP Basic Auth

[willwh]

Hi folks, I'm running the following:

Wowza Media Server 2 Developer 2.2.3 build26454

When utilizing <PlayMethod>basic</Playmethod>

I'm receiving the following error in my log;

WARN server comment 2011-02-02 11:24:42 - - - - - 21.886 - - - - - - - - RTSPCore.handleMessage: java.lang.NullPointerException

Digest doesn't seem to work with VLC - and I do have a user/pass set in publish.password (and I don't see anything in the error_log, although I do see the app start in access_log when I attempt to connect.

willwh@cloverdale:~$ cat /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/conf/publish.password | grep -v \#
test testing

Can anyone offer any pointers here? From what I read - it seems that RTSP auth should be in Wowza - no requirement to have the Security Module loaded.

[rrlanham]

There was a problem on the Wowza side. Charlie sent this patch to fix it:
http://www.wowzamedia.com/downloads/...2.3-patch5.zip

Richard

[willwh]

Awesome, thanks Charlie!

Indeed I no longer see an exception when using Basic auth. Does VLC support basic or digest auth types with Wowza? It seems to be failing for me when I attempt to connect, with digest, it takes a couple of seconds to fail - with basic auth - it's almost instant - the Extremists.m4v I am playing through a flash player without an issue.

Just for note; I am using rtsp://serverip/app/mp4:Extremists.m4v - I have 554 bound - and after removing Play auth completely - the video plays no problem.

I simply have Wowza running in debug through the IDE - and I am completely killing my debug session between changes.

The interesting thing - with either auth type, I do see the app start up - but that is the only thing printed in the debug console -> I do not have debug logging configured - is that required if I have wowza running in debug in the IDE?

If VLC is no use here - can you recommend a player I can test either auth type with?

[charlie]

I think there is a problem with VLC and digest. I think it is a VLC issue. At one point in time I think this did work then VLC somehow broke.

Charlie

[willwh]

Hey Charlie,

Thanks for the note - are you aware of ANY player / device I can test this out with? Gave it a shot with a few Blackberries in house - with both auth types - and no go... I do remember this functioning in the past with VLC too........

[rrlanham]

You can get old versions of VLC here:
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/

Richard