why does it not work in VLC or Simple tv? need help

[passa1]

http://www.stream4free.eu/france-2-direct

What I have got (below) but not working in VLC

http://195.154.188.161:8080/hls/fr2.m3u8

Thanks.

[peterpan]

Just use ffplay to send in a UA along with the link -- courtesy of chaptheman

[troller12]

You can use livestreamer.

livestreamer "hls://http://195.154.188.161:8080/hls/fr2.m3u8" best

@ Peterpan

Can you post the data you have entered to play it in ffplay?I get always any http error 403 forbidden.Thanks.

greetz

[sysanin]

why does it not work in VLC

Merry Christmas

[troller12]

It also not works for me to play the m3u8 URL directly in VLC (other players too).

greetz

[nullacht]

Basically when you change the User Agent it should work.

VLC - MEDIA - OPEN NETWORK STREAM - SHOW MORE OPTIONS - EDIT OPTIONS:

:http-user-agent="Mozilla/5.0"

Personally I don't care if it works directly with VLC, as long as it works with the Livestreamer application.

[biezom]

Originally Posted by troller12

You can use livestreamer.

livestreamer "hls://http://195.154.188.161:8080/hls/fr2.m3u8" best

@ Peterpan

Can you post the data you have entered to play it in ffplay?I get always any http error 403 forbidden.Thanks.

greetz

ffplay -user-agent Mozilla/5.0 http://195.154.188.161:8080/hls/fr2.m3u8

but you need a recent ffplay

[troller12]

Hey guys,

coolio it works now (both VLC + New FFPlay). Thank you again for the new informations.

PS: Can I also save the new user agent parameter line in VLC options itself somehow?

greetz

[passa1]

Thanks to all of you and great work of Nullas......
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