[FFmpeg-trac] #6125(undetermined:new): some servers refuse to responde for requests with Range header(header set by ffmpeg)

Sat Feb 4 15:09:00 EET 2017

#6125: some servers refuse to responde for requests with Range header(header set
by ffmpeg)
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             Reporter:  remitamine   |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:
              Version:  unspecified  |  undetermined
             Keywords:               |               Resolution:
             Blocking:               |               Blocked By:
Analyzed by developer:  0            |  Reproduced by developer:  0
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Comment (by remitamine):

 the only case that makes the request work with Range header is set an
 empty value.
 {{{
 curl -H 'Range: bytes=0-100' http://androidhls-
 secure.cdn.turner.com:80/toon/big/secure/tve/2017-01/CARE1001271700019032_HLS/CARE1001271700019032_Layer6_vod.m3u8
 --cookie
 hdnea2=expires=1486299649~access=/toon/big/secure/tve/2017-01/CARE1001271700019032_HLS/*~md5=9fbb29cf7b366f13bf0f081f508ea0bf
 <HTML><HEAD>
 <TITLE>Access Denied</TITLE>
 </HEAD><BODY>
 <H1>Access Denied</H1>

 You don't have permission to access
 "http://androidhls-secure.cdn.turner.com/toon/big/secure/tve/2017-01/CARE1001271700019032_HLS/CARE1001271700019032_Layer6_vod.m3u8"
 on this server.<P>
 Reference #18.ca4d1f45.1486213333.8608d529
 </BODY>
 </HTML>
 }}}
 {{{
 curl -H 'Range: ' http://androidhls-
 secure.cdn.turner.com:80/toon/big/secure/tve/2017-01/CARE1001271700019032_HLS/CARE1001271700019032_Layer6_vod.m3u8
 --cookie
 hdnea2=expires=1486299649~access=/toon/big/secure/tve/2017-01/CARE1001271700019032_HLS/*~md5=9fbb29cf7b366f13bf0f081f508ea0bf
 #EXTM3U
 #EXT-X-VERSION:4
 #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES
 #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10
 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
 #EXT-X-KEY:METHOD=AES-128,URI="keyb2d2a4a2371745db81fb02d21c919cc0-0.key",IV=0x00000000000000000000000000000000
 #EXTINF:10.01,
 CARE1001271700019032_Layer6/10984_Period1/segment0.ts
 ...
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/6125#comment:7>
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