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milesrichardson / open-vlc-m3u8-url-with-http.md
Created July 10, 2024 21:50
How to use VLC to watch m3u8 playlist at URL with custom HTTP referrer and user agent

Imagine this: it's Sunday afternoon at 1pm, and you want to watch some live content. But you don't have a TV subscription. So you do a little Googling, and eventually you find yourself on a sketchy website where you can watch the content you're looking for. But while the website has a video player, it's surrounded by advertisements, and probably a cryptominer too. You don't want this website eating your CPU for 2 hours while you're watching your favorite Sunday afternoon content.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could watch that video in VLC instead? Then you can close the sketchy website and still watch your content. It's like having your cake and taking a bite of it too!

Here's how you do it:

  1. Capture the m3u8 request in dev tools. Open the site (or just the iframe, if possible) in DevTools and click "play." Search the network tab for m3u8 and grab the first request.

  2. Run VLC with command line flags to set the User Agent and Referrer. From the request body, you need to copy the requested URL,

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kirinelf / clock.html
Last active August 29, 2026 18:01 — forked from sam0737/clock.html
OBS Studio: A HTML page for showing current date and time in the video
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Controlling 27.145 MHz BOSE Lifestyle with Raspberry Pi

I want to tie my BOSE Lifestyle system into my smart home control setup like this:

mute

The Remote Control RC9 for BOSE Lifestyle 3, 5, 8, 12 systems is using radio rather than infrared. Also, since these systems do not have other ways to control them, it is difficult to integrate them into home automation setups. Also, there are no replacement remotes available and even worn-down used original remotes go for absurd prices on eBay.

This is why I was curious how these devices could be controlled using the apparently proprietary radio signals.