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This article describes the possibilities of PC TV, which simply means to watch tv on the pc. Have you encountered a situation like the following before? Great the next match of my favorite sports team will not be shown on free tv. Actually it will not be shown at all in my country, except for satellite of course. If you encounter situations like this one and always thought there would be no other solution than to watch boring live tickers on internet sites, then you have come to the right place that brings you the solution called PC TV.

I will describe three freeware programs that let you connect to channels that stream tv and especially live sports events. This includes all major european football (soccer) leagues, champions league, uefa cup, espn, wrestling, national team matches, boxing matches aso.

You also find regular tv stations like mtv and custom stations like gamers tv there.

live tv stream over internet basketball sports live tv stream over internet soccer football


PC TV

All you need to watch pc tv is a computer with the latest windows media player and / or real player. A broadband connection is desired for best results. All three programs to watch pc tv have been produced in Asia making it hard to read the websites. Those websites offer tv program lists among other information.

First, let us take a look at some options in media player and real player:

Start the media player, make sure you use the latest version. Right-Click and select Options from the menu. Click on Performance and Change the Buffer Size of Content to 30 seconds.

In real player you select Tools -> Preferences and click on the General -> Playback Settings. The setting Buffer up to 30 seconds is at the bottom of this window.

Stream formats:

mms:// and .asx open with windows media player
rtsp:// and .rm / .ram open with real player

Starting Streams manually:

Sometimes you need to start streams manually. Use the stream formats information to figure out the program to use.

On windows media player choose File -> Open Url or the shortcut ctrl + u
On real player choose File -> Open

PC TV Programs

Sopcast

sopcast tv over pear to pear networks live football soccer sports

Download from the above link, unzip, start. A channel list will be displayed. Double-click a channel and windows media player should start and begin buffering and displaying.

Pplive

pplive tv over pear to pear networks live football soccer sports

Just download and run the installation script on pplive. Its all in English, no need to worry. You need the pplive channel list for it, it does not come with a loaded list.

Ppstream

ppstream tv over pear to pear networks live football soccer sports

Download from the above location. This one has an installation script that is unfortunatly producing lots of gibberish. The buttons are designed like in every other windows installation script. (left button, choose a directory, 3x middle button). The Channel list is on the left, you see the channel name, the quality of the stream in Kb per second and the users connected to the channel.

If I had to choose one of them I?d defiantly choose ppStream which has the best interface and good user rates and a nice overall stream quality.

Popular PC TV Channels:

channel content language
CCTV5 european soccer, other sport events. Asian ?
ESPN All major us leagues, european soccer + more English
Games Tv (ppstream) professional game play, tournaments, mags Asian ?
Soccer Demo soccer Asian ?
Sport Italia Italian Sports Channel Italians

Additional Information:

Live Football Streams Schedule

More P2P TV Tools:
Coolstreaming
QLive
TvAnts

Watching PC TV on your computer has never been easier than these days. Users can pick a wide variety of applications that bring pc tv to their computer without having to pay a dime.




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133 Responses to “PC TV”

  1. static says:

    well, the gibberish is because your average american computer cant read chinese script
    although some i can read most r just gibberish. if u download “north star” you will be able to read it in real chinese( for the chinese viewers out there)

  2. Martin says:

    static thanks for the information, I think I probably need to install a chinese language set which is available from microsoft for them to display correctly.

    A tip would be to run a translator on the site like I did with the pplive link. (for websites only of course)

  3. nouhad says:

    ive blogged this and linked your website, if you dont mind. :)

  4. Steve C. says:

    Can someone write this in a format that makes sense?
    I’m a computer tech and still can’t make heads or tails
    out of any of this!

  5. Martin says:

    Steve: You need to install a chinese language pack from the microsoft site

    Which program are you trying to install ?

  6. Carlos says:

    Or just use winamp’s media library to watch hundreds of streams

  7. doa'er says:

    can someone please explain to me how i use a chinese language pack to view the text in the programs in english?

    i have installed several of the programs but cant understand what any of them are saying because they are in chinese!

  8. maciej says:

    are there any sites that english commentators? all i seem to find are channels that are in chinese

  9. greasebag says:

    I tried all 3. Don’t expect to watch anything in English from the default settings. If there is a way to find Ameican tv, that would be cool, but I wasn’t able to find any. You’ll need to have “Chinese” installed in Windows. (When I installed pplive, Windows asked for my XP installation cd and it installed the Chinese language pack automatically) But that will only give you true Chinese characters, it won’t help you read anything in English, so forget about changing any program settings, cuz you won’t be able to read the menus. The exception is Sopcast. I WAS able to install this in English and read all the menus. Looks like that one will allow you to stream media somehow, but I didn’t get into it before writing this. The technology is cool. Streaming is pretty good most of the time. Picture quality is OK. Not great. Not great at all at full screen. What about rebroadcasting laws and all that? If anyone know where/how to get streams in English, please post it.

  10. Martin says:

    8. ESPN on Sopcast is english for instance
    9. you are right, the chinese language pack only displays the menu entries in correct chinese letters but does not translate them to english. see 8 for english channel

    you can use google translate to view the websites translated. (enought to figure out whats going on)

  11. dairygalpal says:

    Looks like all the channels on PPstream are broacast in Chinese.So there’s no point of installing the chinese language pack and even using this program since we don’t understand a word of what they say.
    just mention this to those who bother to have a try of Ppstrem.

  12. Gloc9 says:

    Hmmm…i tried installing pplive 1.9.5, but it didnt go too far since my AV detected a virus. http://tinypic.com/ixbo8m.jpg

  13. Emerica says:

    I’ve got a list going at
    http://www.projectxnetwork.net/index.php?s=streamdrive as well.

    http://www.streamdrive.com also has a big list of feeds as well but not p2p.

  14. AlleyTrashCan says:

    Looking to watch all NFL games on my computer, any suggestions?

  15. PK says:

    Check out this website listing all P2PTV software

    http://www.p2ptvguide.tk

  16. dragan_sydney says:

    I GOT A PROBLEM.i dont know how to download ppstream .i just wanttowatchsport

  17. dragan_sydney says:

    is there any other website where you can watch basketball or soccer

  18. dragan_sydney says:

    can someone help me ? please!

  19. dragan_sydney says:

    i downloaded pplive but there wasntsnt any chanells in it.i dont know why

  20. robert says:

    i am getting rid of cable and sat.. but i need to watch all my shows but i want them free

  21. rudeboy2006 says:

    can i watch the tele on the internet free

  22. dragan_sydney says:

    wher can you watch basketball or soccer on the net for free

  23. dragan_sydney says:

    go to the http://www.rts.co.yu
    you can watch live tv from serbia and monteneegro
    you can watch live soccer basketball all the events
    you can watch english premier league and italian seria a]

  24. cate_perth says:

    I logged onto http://www.rts.co.yu but couldn’t get any further. Can you give me some more steps on how I can watch live coverage (I’m new to this kind of thing)

  25. Joakim says:

    U should add TVKoo to ur list: http://www.tvkoo.com
    It even streams three Norwegian channels:D

  26. nabil says:

    Hi Everybody
    I’m just about to know how to get CNBC US and NBC Channels on one
    or more of the above softwares, Could I be able to get a help to watch them
    because they ‘re just doing a wonderful broadcasts, thank you for your help and please don’t miss to reply….

  27. Waley says:

    Hey everybody, if you want to watch news, soccer, basketball. WWE wreslingue,
    and movies, just go to http://www.asiaplate.com. They have softwares that you can
    download and watch everything for free. Make sure you have nice time okay!

  28. Justin says:

    Just clicked on the sopcast link and it automatically closed my browser windows with work I have been doing all afternoon, also windows which included items which i was wanting to read. The sites I had open had come from links on other sotes so i dont know the web address. Very unhappy and now got to start and afternoons work all over again thanks to a dodgy link posted on this site. Thank You Very @@@@@@@@ Much.

  29. Bill_brasky says:

    do any of these programs give access to the channel ESPN U? All your help is much appreciated.

  30. Kevin says:

    if you want winamp streams for football movies and music etc plus all these p2p programs then go to http://www.freelivesport.co.uk its totally free and its by far the best site ive been on

  31. Ballern says:

    I want to watch espn,hbo enlgish version and NBA chanlles how can do it contttact me at

  32. Ballern says:

    ballerny@gmail.com or aim ballerny827 thanks

  33. rigoberto says:

    I recommend to you tihs website:

    http://www.peerperview.com

    FAWs, tutorials, forums and more, both in English and Spanish

  34. rigoberto says:

    [url]www.PeerPerView.com[/url]

  35. Flyy says:

    this looks really good and i want to try it out

  36. stevej says:

    Woah! really good, since i found this web (www.peerperview.com) my live have changed

  37. Andrés y otros 3 says:

    I’m pleased you like PeerPerView.

    We are working to hard to bring you the best sports, FREE!

    Remember, all sports in

    http://www.PeerPerView.com

  38. daima says:

    i have seee this

  39. Here is a nice guide about P2PTV, they also have free tv streams of tv episodes.

    Check it out

    http://www.p2ptvguide.co.nr

  40. Just like to inform you guys that the URL for PK’s P2PTV Guide has changed. It can now be found at http://www.p2ptvguide.co.nr

  41. Lee Wood says:

    Where can I watch live WWE and ECW wrestling?

  42. MEANGUNS says:

    I want to watch the Live Boxing match on HBO tonight. Hopkins vs Taylor. I wound even pay to watch it on my PC. Is there any way to do this?

  43. mark says:

    that website Sopcast i tryed to download the zip file but the website doesnt seem to work. cani download it from some where else?
    thx

  44. Dan says:

    I dled ppstream but I am not getting any channels! Whats up with that?

  45. victoria says:

    good

  46. nabil says:

    Hey Everybody,

    Please to visit your web site these days, wonderful work by all the members makes everyone enjoy watching many channels with a lot of interests, my question is to ask your widsom about the possibility to get CNBC or NBC broadcast on one of you famous softwares, any suggestions will be welcomed, once again many thanks to all of you and wish everybody spend nice moments with your softwares.

  47. paul says:

    Hi guys, I basically have the same question as nabil, but I would like to watch the SciFi channel, all I need is the actuall stream URL, I already have a program, Thanks

  48. ali says:

    i good

  49. Zanzibar says:

    NetAnts is cool but right now when I’m at work or at school, I use this online site that I found on a blog somewhere. Freetube { http://www.freetube.co.nr } works well. I usually watch the news at work because I’ve got not nothing better to do, watch them republicans on abc

  50. Nanla says:

    greatï¼?

  51. Rah says:

    “Kevin Says:
    April 8th, 2006 at 7:42 pm

    if you want winamp streams for football movies and music etc plus all these p2p programs then go to http://www.freelivesport.co.uk its totally free and its by far the best site ive been on

    You wouldn’t happen to be Kevix Fox, owner of that con-site would you?

    “its totally free” and £5 if you want any of the goodies!

  52. Jade says:

    Does anyone have a URL for the SciFi channel??

  53. wy says:

    i just want to watch epl on espn.
    anywhere i can catch that?

  54. Big j says:

    BEST SITE ever. And it’s in English. NFL games!

    Customer service sucks but hey it’s cheap.

  55. D says:

    PPStream is all in chinese, how do you convert them to english

  56. daz says:

    Hi all

    Great site showing free movies, music, sport and tv episodes etc

    http://www.worldtvpc.com

  57. Tim says:

    I am trying to watch nfl games. How do I do it?

  58. dawnraid says:

    guys i highly reccomend using TVU its all in english gives you hbo abc fox espn discovery disney cnn nbc cbs… and tvans just google them

  59. Ram says:

    I wanna watch epl matches live on my pc for free, any ideas anyone. Any software available in english

  60. Vador says:

    Is there any way to watch ESPN U, or ESPN Classics?
    THX

  61. lito canilla says:

    i want to watch paqiuao morales fight this november 2006 if it i can possibly view here live

    hoping to watch the figth thank you

    lito canilla

  62. Jeff says:

    tvuplayer carries espn, espn2, abc, cbs, fox, nbc and etc. all in english. I have been using it on daily basis now. its web site is http://www.viidoo.com

  63. razor says:

    Hi all

    The best streaming internet tv site showing free movies, music, live sports and tv episodes etc

    http://www.worldtvpc.com

  64. SliQp says:

    tvu is great, but its slow now. And after you install it you have take like 2 hours to remove the adware that it installs. But its still good, but I won’t ever install it again because it installs so much crap on your system.

    Still using the http://www.FreeTube.co.nr .

  65. Anonymous says:

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Wounder how to watch EPL and others soccer match. Introducing ,,,TVU(FAST) is easy to use and its fast to reload the channel that u wants to play than the Max TV which had lots of world wide channels but VERY SLOW. So you can try the TVU at http://www.viidoo.com
    ……ESPN, ESPN2,STARSPORTS+ others…..
    HOPE U LIKE IT :)

  66. Anonymous says:

    Sorry i Forgot to put my name up :)

    NAME : BB

    if you got any thing to ask or say . plz send me a message :)

  67. RAM says:

    Hi Guys,
    Can any1 tell me where I can find the latest version of TVU(Beta)

  68. BB says:

    to: RAM

    at : http://www.viidoo.com

    From: BB :)

  69. Ram says:

    hi guys,
    TVu is great , but it buffers a lot… and is slow…. I want 2 watch live matches continously… without any disturbances. any ideas or suggestions.
    I live in india , broadband speed is 256 kbps.

  70. Jaba says:

    Why not just use some free SW like this to watch over 3000 stations on your PC?

  71. Jaba says:

    Sorry, here is the link.

  72. Ram says:

    Can anyone tell me how can i increase the signal (for star sports)….. in TVU. I find dat NASA channel has very gud signal…

  73. bupa says:

    Online tv on pc totally free

    http://www.worldtvpc.com

  74. jason says:

    I used pplive, watched some starcraft games online but got sick of the very poor quality, no buffereing, but it was only playing 1 frame per second, might be typical of SC replays….but I think I’ll stick to torrents.

  75. tom says:

    if you want to watch live sports for free then go to this web site http://www.myp2p.eu/index.php?part=home

    it has a step buy step guide to use all the programs like sopcast, pps, ppmate, tv ants, tvu, usee, etc..

    it also has an online guide to what time all sports are airing, nba, ncaa, nhl. football, nfl, tennis etc…

    hope this helps

  76. kelly says:

    Sopcast has worked the best for me when it comes to watching sports. im a die hard Steelers fan and pretty much watched the entire season on there.

  77. kelly says:

    The only negative about sopcast is the sports channels sometimes come in chinese language and the channel pauses to much.

  78. Jack says:

    Maybe you should go back to your own country if you want a different language.

  79. kelly says:

    I have no problem with the language. I just turn down the volume. As long as i can check out the Pittsburgh Steeler games,im fine.

  80. lucas says:

    It will be great if I had it.

  81. Ben says:

    I like watching StarSports on Sopcast because Sopcast is very reliable and StarSports commentary is english. That’s my recommendation. They show live boxing, rugby, football and more so do check that channel/software combination out.

  82. Thanks for the links & advice great stuff.
    You can also watch live football here without having to install any software:

    http://freelivefootballstreaming.blogspot.com

  83. SC says:

    Try http://www.net-tv.tk it have some great TV channels….

  84. footiefan says:

    Watch Chelsea v Liverpool Live UEFA Champions League Second Leg Semi-Final 30th April 2008 here:

    http://footballstreamingfree.blogspot.com

  85. Lee says:

    Looks like watching free tv is getting more famous and competitive this days =)

  86. dave says:

    There are so many online tv websites these days. This is a very good list of sites on here. It looks like pplive and ppstream gets some quality channels.

  87. John says:

    hey, um what do i download cause there’s so much stuff here im so confused, please tell
    -thx-

  88. chich says:

    how can i watch live tv? a link anything to download?

  89. http://www.net-tv.tk

    have some great TV channels…. and its free…

  90. peaceman says:

    you can watch live tv from all around the world.
    you can watch live soccer basketball all the events.

  91. Dish TV PC says:

    There seems to be a ton of software out there to watch satellite tv from your PC. But many people would like to know which one has the most channels, or the best channels for them. Dish TV PC.

  92. David says:

    the best TV for your PC website would have to be http://www.onlinetvportal.com

    they also give you another software package as part of the deal with a huge amount of movies and songs.

    check it out. best $15 i ever spent and canceled cable shortly after!

  93. Rizwan says:

    Nothing to disply

  94. slayernut says:

    by far the best i have used, includes lots of local stations including mma tv, spike, ect.

  95. ME says:

    TRY TVU PLAYER!
    http://www.tvunetworks.com/
    ITS ENGLISH

  96. James Baldridge says:

    Hey, all…this satellite-on-pc is too good to be true. Save your money and your time. It’s a racket and a scam. You’ll see. I sure did.

  97. mattyv says:

    this is no scam its legit and legal. I have not found one that works for macs but this one definitely works on windows. http://www.getsatellitesoft.com

  98. Ranking Fifa says:

    Muy informativo, vamos argentina en el mundial carajo ! aguante el diego !!

  99. surachai says:

    very good my watch tv pc

  100. Anonymous says:

    I want know more about stick for the pc pc tv thank you so munch

  101. adonisk2 says:

    Quiero saber si hay algo para Mac?

  102. Great post. It’s actually unbelievable how many people nowadays think that you can’t watch TV on your PC.

    I’ve been watching TV on my PC since 2006 probably, and without having to pay any monthly bills, plus getting over 3000 channels, I definitely can’t complaint about anything.

  103. haberler says:

    and one more thing is you need to have great net connection :)

  104. mafia says:

    my dream is to watch tv in my pc for free

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