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
Related Articles:
TVU Player FAQ updatedTVU Player Beta Invites
TVU Player 2.20 is out
Worldcup Preparations
Democracy Player
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tvuplayer worked very well for me intitially but now i’m getting an error:
“The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click on OK to terminate the application.”
I’ve rebooted, reinstalled, googled and changed permissions on some dlls but can’t seem to find a fix. Maybe this is a more general windows issue but I can’t find a fix. Any ideas?
Download the Microsoft .NET Framework (again) and install it.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
oh. i figured it out. spyware can pick up TVU Player because of the open remote connection. changing the name of the exe or adding it to a list of allowed programs will fix the issue.
tvuplayer will no longer connect to tvu network – log file says “Peer sc can not be initialized.”
tvu player will no longer connect to tvu network, is that on my end or are other people having this problem now?
I got this message:
CHRect
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Plater can not be initialized, please check the network connection.
Quit the player?
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What should I do?
was working fine until today, now i’m also getting the “Peer sc can not be intialized” error. is this everyone?
Likewise, this was working fine this morning for the 1st half of the Arg match. Was just trying to reconnect, but am getting the same “Player cannot be initialized, please check the network connection.”
Log:
16:41:34 June 14, 2006 => Failed to update the channel list data in memory
16:41:34 June 14, 2006 => failed to update the channel list data, when initiating
16:41:34 June 14, 2006 => failed to update the peer server list data, when initiating
16:41:34 June 14, 2006 => SC service port initialized:12284
16:41:34 June 14, 2006 => Local play port: 8901
16:41:37 June 14, 2006 => Peer sc has been initialized…
same here i was watching every game and got to work this morning and goth the same message help!!! i want to see Holland play
Ya, i having the same problem, any solution?
Looks like it’s everyone. I thought my work closed the port (can’t imagine the bandwidth this thing is sucking up), but then I Terminal Serviced into my home PC and it’s not working there either. My guess is their servers can’t handle the insane amount of bandwidth being asked of it. The entirety of PwC Mexico has this thing installed on their desktop to watch the cup …
Me Too
Network issues?
Same problem as Kurt and or
Log:
22:24:57 June 16, 2006 => Peer sc can not be initialized…
22:25:26 June 16, 2006 => Peer sc can not be initialized…
22:25:28 June 16, 2006 => channel : Failed to connect
Help some one Plz
i cant connect to the network either. is the network or is it my computer?
Yep, same failed to initialzie as everyone else. I hope they fix it soon! i want to watch the football matches!!
Is there another free program that we can use like the Tvu player??
Looks like it is their problem.
Bummer.
None that I am aware of.
Curses, same problem here. Was working fine the last couple of days, and today I’m getting this:
09:20:03 June 16, 2006 => channel : Failed to connect
09:20:25 June 16, 2006 => success to update the channel list data in memory
09:20:25 June 16, 2006 => success to update the channel list data in UI
09:20:25 June 16, 2006 => SC service port initialized:10376
09:20:25 June 16, 2006 => Local play port: 8901
09:21:02 June 16, 2006 => Peer sc can not be initialized…
www.tvants.com, its mostly chinese channels, but it works.. I dont think its nearly as good as TVU Player, but its something.
What channel?
Hi everybody,
I have the same problem,
Peer sc can not be initialized…
Is there something I can do??? I need the World Cup.
I’ve the same problem…
We’re all having the same problem here in Hong Kong, despite the mega bandwidths available here. We’ll just have to wait until they sort the problem out. Oh well, another excuse to go to the pub!
OK ITS TIME TO PANIC!!! I hope its fixed by the start of the Holland game I want to see that game
Same problem in Singapore ……. watch Argentine vs Serbia-Montenegro, suddenly it stop at the 2nd-half …….. now can not connect.
has no one made a mirror of this tvants program. sheesh.
Same problem in Portugal! Server is down, almost certain! When will it be back on-line?? Anyone knows???
Yeah I am getting the exact same thing here in the USA. Worked fine till today. I thought work had blocked me as well, but see they are haing problems.