3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/shared/manager-options/hls-options-builder.ts b/client/src/assets/player/shared/manager-options/hls-options-builder.ts
index 933c0d595..497a97436 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/shared/manager-options/hls-options-builder.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/shared/manager-options/hls-options-builder.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export class HLSOptionsBuilder {
     const loader = new this.p2pMediaLoaderModule.Engine(p2pMediaLoaderConfig).createLoaderClass() as P2PMediaLoader
 
     const p2pMediaLoader: P2PMediaLoaderPluginOptions = {
+      requiresAuth: commonOptions.requiresAuth,
+
       redundancyUrlManager,
       type: 'application/x-mpegURL',
       startTime: commonOptions.startTime,
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/shared/p2p-media-loader/p2p-media-loader-plugin.ts b/client/src/assets/player/shared/p2p-media-loader/p2p-media-loader-plugin.ts
index 3c4482f2e..2ed09c61c 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/shared/p2p-media-loader/p2p-media-loader-plugin.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/shared/p2p-media-loader/p2p-media-loader-plugin.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ class P2pMediaLoaderPlugin extends Plugin {
     if (!(videojs as any).Html5Hlsjs) {
       logger.warn('HLS.js does not seem to be supported. Try to fallback to built in HLS.')
 
+      let message: string
       if (!player.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
-        const message = 'Cannot fallback to built-in HLS'
+        message = 'Cannot fallback to built-in HLS'
+      } else if (options.requiresAuth) {
+        message = 'Video requires auth which is not compatible to build-in HLS player'
+      }
+
+      if (message) {
         logger.warn(message)
 
         player.ready(() => player.trigger('error', new Error(message)))
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/types/peertube-videojs-typings.ts b/client/src/assets/player/types/peertube-videojs-typings.ts
index 037c4b74b..f02673a66 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/types/peertube-videojs-typings.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/types/peertube-videojs-typings.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ type P2PMediaLoaderPluginOptions = {
   startTime: number | string
 
   loader: P2PMediaLoader
+
+  requiresAuth: boolean
 }
 
 export type P2PMediaLoader = {