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Deanjo · 2011-10-01, 00:12

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone would know how to spoof VLC's user agent in XBMC? I'm trying to open up a HTTP stream that requires XBMC to be read as a VLC client. (WinTV Extend recently added VLC client support and to get a untranscoded raw stream with AC-3 intact from the Hauppauge Colossus it requires that the user agent is VLC.)

Deanjo · 2011-10-01, 00:45

BTW, what is XBMC's user agent in case I want to tackle it from the other end?

jhsrennie · 2011-10-01, 10:08

XBMC v10.1 sends:

Code:
User-Agent: XBMC/10.1 Git:e9e9099 (Windows; Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit (WoW) Service Pack 1 build 7601; http://www.xbmc.org)

VLC v1.1.11 sends:

Code:
User-Agent: NSPlayer/7.10.0.3059

JR

**mkortstiege** · 2011-10-01, 10:13

XBMC supports the user agent faking by appending "|User-Agent=<agent-string>" to the URL. It's used in some addons and scrapers e.g. In case you want to utilize it from an addon urllib2 supports this as well (afaik).

Deanjo · 2011-10-02, 19:38

Thank you. Fortunately no spoofing is needed. Just a simple .m3u is needed like

Code:
#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1,329 NBC Seattle (KINGH)

http://192.168.1.200:7799/stream?channel=329

Unfortunately if you add more then one channel to a playlist XBMC scans through all channels before allowing one to be selected (which can take a long time with a long channel list). The downside to one channel per m3u is that it requires you to select the playlist and then again the channel in the playlist. Is there a way around this?