andoma/tvheadend — pull request #61 by john-tornblom (2012-03-02 21:24:17+00:00)
Title: added a new htsp method, 'getTicket'...

...that will generate a http access ticket for a channel or recording.

This is useful when you wan't another application to play back a stream but you don't wanna leak passwords.
In TVHGuide, this is used to launch an external video player to watch live or recorded streams