If you are reading the comments of my two posts that suggest using the tvu player / tvuplayer to watch the worldcup games you notice that some people have initial difficulties with the utility. I collected a list of frequently asked questions. Reading this will solve most of the problems that the users encountered so far.
1. Where can I download the TVU Player / TVUPlayer ?
You can download it from the official website, rapidshare, badango or rapidsharing.
2. What do I do with a .rar file ?
A .rar file is a packed file. You need to unpack it with a packer that supports .rar files. This is for example winrar.
3. What are the requirements for the tvu player ?
Windows 2000 or XP
Broadband Internet connection, such as DSL or cable modem
4. I installed the tvuplayer but I do not see a channel list !
This seems to be a temporary issue. Close the program and start it later again.
5. The streaming stutters / stops, buffers all the time.
Try the (low) bandwidth channels. Please note that you need a broadband connection.
6. tvuPlayer cannot be initialized, please check the network connection
This can have two causes as far as I know. First you need to check your firewalls settings if it blocks the ports that tvu player needs to connect to the channel list and the streaming clients. Second it could be that you are using a proxy server which does not allow connection to the tvuplayer at all.
Quoted from the comments of Worldcup Preparations post. (thanks gornea)
At start TVU Player uses UDP 3950, 3951 and 3952 then at least one of TCP 3950, 3951 or 3952. The TV channels list is obtained from a connection on port TCP 8080. All those connections are made to the server previously mentioned by others. When you choose a TV channel it uses UDP 3940 and then a TCP connection to 3940. Then you just get a rain of connections to other servers using UDP/TCP combinations. In the end it settles to only UDP streaming between peers and an brief TCP reconnection for control and status I guess.
7. Log file
TVUplayer creates a log file which might help you in finding out why something is not working. It is located in the tvuplayer directory. You can check on the ports that the player is using on your system, you see if it was able to show the channel list and more.
My player is working fine and my log file is showing some problems , the following could be normal and temporary. Try closing and starting again.
Failed to update the channel list data in memory
Failed to update the channel list data, when initiating
Failed to update the peer server list data, when initiating
8. Where do I recieve official support for the tvuplayer ?
The official website for TVUplayer is tvunetworks.com and viidoo.com. Viidoo.com has a tvu player support forum.
Unsolved Issues:
Out of sync video and audio
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TVU Player Beta Invites
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A user of the TVU forum is reporting that he had no channel list because of missing files. He downloaded the missing files from a different source and added them to his tvu player directory and was able to see the channel list afterwards.
http://forum.viidoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=1035
Could someone try this out and tell me if this workaround is working ?
i have audio but no vedio why is this?NEW YORK
i have no audio and i was just about to watch the megan mullally show! very dissapointed! was working yesterday!! help why is this?
Need 2c the Ryder Cup this wknd so if anyone can help as i’m using tvants!
PLEASE>> Vin.
e.mail me at vindude1@hotmail.com
CHEERS PEOPLE!
Very good program, best I have ever come across apart from:
On my PC the video output color is very blue, is this normal or is it my PC with the problem
AMD3200+/2GB/Geforce7800GT SLI x2
I found a good site thats worth a look for its streams alone, all free it has setanta sports which is great for saturday afternoon
http://www.freefootballforum.com
mario,
I had the same problem and I had to use the older version 1.5.12. The older version says it’s connecting and buffering, then it plays.
David
it was my VLC Player video output, it was set to OpenGL
Could someone tell me why yesterday I was seeing FOX on tvu player and today it does not even come up on the channel list??
same problem as poster above. i enjoy watching fox from here in australia but at the moment, it’s not coming up. anyone got any update re this issue?
My TVU Player opens fine and has a channel listing and says “Ready” in the info box below the screen. Problem is, when I click on any of the channels listed nothing happens, the info box just says “Ready” and no channels come on. Any advise?
Thanks!
“”My TVU Player opens fine and has a channel listing and says “Readyâ€? in the info box below the screen. Problem is, when I click on any of the channels listed nothing happens, the info box just says “Readyâ€? and no channels come on. Any advise?
Thanks!”"
i don’t know much about this player, but it sounds like you need to install VLC Media Player or your firewall is stopping it!
my tvu was working but now when i click on a channel it say connecting and then says “closed” – am i a computer retard or is there actually something wrong- i just want to watch my morning cartoons!
Have you tried looking at the homepage viidoo.com and seeing if it works through that?
I had the old tvuplayer and just got the new one but I still get the same problem.
Everthing opens fine, it says ready, but there is no signal. Also when i double click on a channel it says connecting and then says closed after a minute. Can someone help me please
Thanks
viidoo.com has been changed to tvunetworks.com
Hi I’ve been having problems trying to play the channels in my tvu but not of the channels will work when i click on it. but my tvants program works fine. What can i do about the tvu program, how to get it to work,already been reinstalled twice?
I have a weird problem..I can connect to the channels and the quality is fine, the sound works, but the picture is all weird..it’s green and blue and pink..like I’m missing a codec. I have ffdshow..tsunami codec pack, xvid, divx..
the same with sopcast..
help please
I have a weird problem with the picture..I can connect to the channel and get a good sound, the quality is ok, it works without interuptions but the picture is all weird..it’s all green, blue and pink..like I’m missing a codec and I have xvid, divx, ffdshow..the same problem with sopcast!
please help
what channel is it to watch a live wwe paper view event on TVU
Same here? What channel, if it’s even on TVU
In Japan, I cannot access TVU at all now. It used to load up ok, but I made the silly mistake of installing the update. BIG MISTAKE. Nothing worked so I unistalled it and reinstalled the old version (still available to download at their site).
Now, when i load up TVU, the message from themasking me to upload appears,then the programme screen and then it suddenly vanishes plus the toolbar icon also disappears!
Seems like TVU is dead now. Scifi and Comedy Central havent ever loaded up in a very, very long time. Ho hum…
Whenever i try to play a station i get no video i only get audio. Any body help!!!!!!!!!
I already know a channel number. How should I play it? I don’t need the channel list etc. Thanks.