embybob1 1 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) Hello Emby Team, Related to an earlier feature request: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/74731-additional-header-option-in-m3u-tuner-tv-source-setup-page/?hl=%2Buser+%2Bagent I'm currently using .strm files to organize remote video content. My source requires me to send a specific HTTP_USER_AGENT in order to access the content. With IPTV sources it is possible to set a custom User Agent in order to use when playing IPTV content, however such an option does not exist for remote video content using .strm files. My suggestion would be to make it possible to add a custom User Agent either within the .strm file (as an optional parameter/line within the file), or possibly set this at the Library level. Adding it in the .strm file seems most logical IMHO since multiple .strm files from different sources could be in the same library. Alternatively, for me it would be enough to be able to set/override the User Agent for all remote content going through Emby HttpClient / ffmpeg //ffprobe etc. As a temporary solution I already tried to create wrapper scripts around the ffmpeg binaries to supply/override the User Agent using the user-agent parameter, however unfortunately Emby itself also seems to access the stream URL directly (in case or Direct Play?), so no way for me to hook into that. Here is an extract of the logs when trying to access remote content using the Emby Android App: 2019-12-16 12:43:14.876 Info HttpClient: GET http://some.remote.location/video.mkv2019-12-16 12:43:14.901 Error HttpServer: Error processing request *** Error Report *** Version: 4.3.0.30 Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffdetect /opt/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb Operating system: Unix 5.3.0.24 64-Bit OS: True 64-Bit Process: True User Interactive: True Runtime: file:///opt/emby-server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll Processor count: 2 Program data path: /var/lib/emby Application directory: /opt/emby-server/system MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException: MediaBrowser.Model.Net.HttpException: Unauthorized at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager.CoreHttpClientManager.SendAsync(HttpRequestOptions options, String httpMethod) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpResultFactory.GetContent(StaticFileResultOptions options, Int64 offset, Int64 length, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.FileWriter.SetContentResponseHeaders(Nullable`1 reportedTotalContentLength, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpResultFactory.GetStaticResult(IRequest requestContext, StaticResultOptions options) at Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Api.Progressive.BaseProgressiveStreamingService.ProcessRequest(StreamRequest request, Boolean isHeadRequest) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceController.GetTaskResult(Task task) at Emby.Server.Implementations.Services.ServiceHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerHost appHost, IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, RestPath restPath, String responseContentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer.HttpListenerHost.RequestHandler(IRequest httpReq, ReadOnlyMemory`1 urlString, ReadOnlyMemory`1 localPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken) Source: Emby.Server.Implementations TargetSite: Void MoveNext() 2019-12-16 12:43:14.902 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 500 to *. Time: 30ms. http://emby:8096/videos/645686/stream.mkv... Checking tcpdump to see the request that went out, there was no User-Agent sent at all: GET /video.mkv HTTP/1.1Accept-Encoding: deflateHost: some.remote.location Thanks for your consideration. Bob Edited December 16, 2019 by embybob1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37097 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi, yes I agree this would make sense. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmi18 0 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 12/16/2019 at 8:40 PM, Luke said: Hi, yes I agree this would make sense. Thanks. can i change user agent of ffprobe in emby now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephus 15 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 12/16/2019 at 11:40 PM, Luke said: Hi, yes I agree this would make sense. Thanks. Any progress on it now? Also Referrer in Headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37097 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 39 minutes ago, Josephus said: Any progress on it now? Also Referrer in Headers. Hi, not yet, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjasonlyu 2 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Also looking forward to this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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