here's the problem: everytime you load the stream from a browser you get a new and unique "auth" -->
Code:
rtsp://a670.l1997219770.c19972.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/670/19972/v0001/reflector:19770?auth=caEcmcEctd_dMcCajbVcAc.cpd0clcybKbQ-bjwXXY-4q-NNXX9_4qtFInv2JCtlxtBs&aifp=1234&CPROG=SIMULCAST&MARKET=NEWYORK-NY&MNM=2&NG_FORMAT=chr&NG_ID=whtz100fm&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&REQUESTOR=WHTZ-FM&SERVER_NAME=wwwz100com&SITE_ID=1793&STATION_ID=WHTZ-FM
As long as the browser is playing the stream, that "auth" is good. and you are free to open it in vlc using mms, or w/e you want to do. But after all "sessions" (be it via vlc or a browser) are closed/ended, that auth code expires. So the main problem is that the "actual" address is dynamic/ever changing. Still investigating how there "auth"s are generated. But it sounds like it is generated from the z100 site, and then pushed over to have the streaming server unlock that code. Will reply if I ever find a way around "dynamic" streams.