buildm3u is checking for a source before returning.. Not good for file serving

"can you report that on bugs.xiph.org, the buildm3u is checking for a source before returning and as you say, that doesn't work for files.

karl."

buildm3u is always checking for a source before attempting to authenticate a stream. This does not work for file serving.

Are there any thoughts to create an option like buildm3u for file serving?

Was attempting to create a mount to a file and alias it to its directory. Then in the mount, use the url authenticator to protect it.

/song.ogg

I use the following to auth a stream when I have a user currently logged into my site. http://myserv:8000/admin/buildm3u?username=test&password=test2&mount=/song.ogg

but, since a fileserve mount is not a true source, this will not work for serving files.

error_log: [2006-03-11 15:49:08] WARN admin/admin_handle_request Admin command buildm3u on non-existent source /song.ogg 65.67.62.64 - - [11/Mar/2006:15:49:08 -0600] "GET /admin/buildm3u HTTP/1.1" 400 83 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" 0

Any way to auth file server requests with passing username and password information without requiring user to type it in on the player pop-up?

thanks, -matt