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Website · by **super-ted** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 13:32

guyz, i am havin a prob with streamed media, when ever i access it it asks 4 a password, the ict department swear there is no password, can anyone help?
interestingly, rough boy played after askin me the same question but other stuff doesnt

by **Forum Admin** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 15:07

god wrote:guyz, i am havin a prob with streamed media, when ever i access it it asks 4 a password, the ict department swear there is no password, can anyone help?
interestingly, rough boy played after askin my the same question but other stuff doesnt

It depends on what streamed media you are referring to.

The rough boy vid (which Slim hates me having available heheheheh), isn't streamed per se, i.e. we don't have a dedicated Real Video server here so I use HTTP streaming for it. As such, I can't use any of the dedicated server 'tricks' like authentication etc.

Website · by **super-ted** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 15:10

i mean any media, live + archive

by **Forum Admin** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 17:27

god wrote:i mean any media, live + archive

Like I said, you didn't say which media. Quicktime, Real, WMV.

You also didn't say which app you were using to display them, nor what operating system, or any useful pointers for that matter.

Does your school use a netcache or proxy that uses authentication?

Website · by **super-ted** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 17:37

oh, sorry. im using explorer/real/wmv on a lan internet filtered by chaparon

by **Forum Admin** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 18:14

god wrote:oh, sorry. im using explorer/real/wmv on a lan internet filtered by chaparon

You still haven't said which prog is asking for the password.

Website · by **super-ted** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 19:42

yes i did explorer/real/wmp everything. Interestingly, when i try 2 click on an mp3 on the comedy ting it gives me this question -in wmp, so i have 2 save the target and then play it. sorry

by **Forum Admin** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 23:38

god wrote:yes i did explorer/real/wmp everything.

No. You eventually said that they were the programs you used to view the files. You didn't say which of them (or any other) generated the password request.

Just out of interest, give me an example link to a video file that results in asking for a password.

Interestingly, when i try 2 click on an mp3 on the comedy ting it gives me this question -in wmp, so i have 2 save the target and then play it. sorry

What question?

Sorry but you are doing a naff job of explaining yourself.

Are you using a browser to view the ftp site?

If so are you attempting to play the file directly from the website in WMP?

If you are then of course you will be asked for a password. This is one of the main problems with using browsers for ftping. FTP clients use constant sessions. You login, you stay connected til you logout. On the other hand, the browser uses 'stateless' connections, i.e. it requests the page/site from the remote server. The remote server responds with the webpage then promptly forgets about you. This is why browsers and web servers need cookies to remember who people/connections are.

So for example...

Browser requests access to ftp site
Server requests password
Browser asks user for password
User fills in password
Browser sends password to server
Browser then access first directory/page
User changes directory
Browser then relogs in with password previously memorised
User clicks on MP3
WMP opens new connection to FTP server
Server asks WMP for password
etc etc etc

If you want to get the best file transfer rates then use an FTP client. There are plenty of free ones about. Personally I use CuteFTP (and have done for years), it isn't free, but it is good.

Website · by **super-ted** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:11

the question requesting username/password/domain name which occours when i access certain media. Yes, that list is correct, so to download i have 2 right-click and save target 2 disk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/6music.shtml thats 1 of the links

explanation satisfactory your honnor?

by **Forum Admin** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 11:38

god wrote:the question requesting username/password/domain name which occours when i access certain media. Yes, that list is correct, so to download i have 2 right-click and save target 2 disk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/6music.shtml thats 1 of the links

You still haven't said which of them generates the user/password dialogue.

All of them can't be doing it. I suspect it's the browser, but I can't really tell until you say what is exactly on the dialogue. A screenshot would be great. If it's the browser it should have something referring to 'domain' on it. If it does then whatever you are accessing is using http authentication.

explanation satisfactory your honnor?

Not quite

Website · by **super-ted** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 12:14

all of them are. :cry:

i would take a screenshot if i knew how 2 on win 98, id do on mac

by **Forum Admin** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 14:28

god wrote:all of them are.

This is what I don't understand. All 3 simultaneously? Individually? Normally the caption bar of the popup dialogue can give you a clue.

i would take a screenshot if i knew how 2 on win 98, id do on mac

Simplicity itself. Ever noticed that keyboard button at the top that says "Print Scrn"?

You can either press that (at which point it copies a screenshot to the clipboard) then open a graphics package (Paint for example) and copy what's on the clipboard into an image.

Or you can press Alt-PrintScrn which will copy a screenshot of the active window (ie just the window not the rest of the screen) into the clipboard.

Website · by **super-ted** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 14:42

i've emailed them, got em?
BTW Do u + theboyz have the same address

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