[Bug 477317] [NEW] mplayer does not work with proxies requiring authentication

[Bob Harvey]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mplayer

I am attempting to use mplayer to stream bbc programmes via a proxy in
the UK.

The proxy does not work because it require authentication, and mplayer
appears to strip out but not use the username:password definition in the
proxy name.  I get the 407 error message

Reading the fora and mailing lists this appears to have been unchanged
since at least 2003, but there are published patches to fix it.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: lpia
Date: Sat Nov  7 10:51:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: mplayer 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13.1
PackageArchitecture: lpia
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mplayer
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-lpia i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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