The football world cup is starting today and it surely is going to be the biggest sports event of the year. We all know that some television channels are going to stream the world cup live on the Internet for their countrymen while others may only show the matches on television. If you are not that tech savvy and still want to view the cup online your best bet is to download a software called pplive. I suggest the stable version but experienced users could use the beta version as well.
Install pplive on your system, make sure you chose English as your language. The options should appear at first start and you can change some settings like ports, connections and the like. Click ok or hit enter to leave the options. Select Play from the menu and you see a channel list on the left, probably lots of garbage if you don't have the appropriate fonts installed on your system. But this does not matter.
The important channels are the following:
CCTV1, CCTV5 and probably Shanghai Sports
All three seem to be showing all games of the football world cup live. Take a look at the boxtobox website for a complete schedule of the games and which station is broadcasting it. (Update: no longer available)
I suggest you take a look at this tool if you can't watch a match on TV.
Update: Download the latest Tvuplayer version from Rapidshare and select the channel ESPN2, they show the games live and it's working. Downloads also available from Badango and Rapidsharing.
Update 2: I compiled a list of frequently asked questions that help you resolve issues that you may experience while you are using the product.
Update 3: If TVUplayer does not connect you have the option to download either TVants or Sopcast and watch the world cup or other sport events using those programs. (CCTV 5 is the channel, unfortunately with Chinese commentary)
Update 4: The world cup has ended, but since one is played every four years, you may come back to this article to get the latest information regarding the upcoming world cup. I'd like to point out a couple of changes that have taken place in the mean time.
Recently, live football streams have moved from being almost exclusively available in p2p video streaming applications like TVU Player or Sopcast to the world wide web. While you still find some matches using P2p software, you will find the majority of matches only on the web. Check out out list of football scheduling sites that list where you can watch the matches online.
Good news is, instead of installing a software to watch football or other sports, all you need now is a web browser and Flash to do so.
Update 5: TVU Player has been discontinued and we have removed all links pointing to it from this article.
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what if you are at work and can’t download anyhting to your workstation?
If you are from Britain you could view the games from the BBCs webpage. Maybe a media company is offering the same if you are living in a different country.
If not you could try and find a proxy that is located in Britain to view the live stream there.
There are also lots of live tickers out there that give you information about standings and events.
I cant find CCTV1, CCTV5 or Shangahi with this program!
Click the play tab in pplive. On the right side of the tv window is the channel list. You see lots of entries starting with [+] II. Click on the first plus and you see CCTV-5 which is one of the stations that shows the live games.
If you move your mouse over a channel you see a preview image and a time table what they are showing.
I clikced on the first [+} and the second {+] neither of them show CCTV5
The worldcup (looking at previews) seems to be bogged down. :(
That is strange, look through all of them, it probably is somewhere else in your setup..
the football channes are either overloaded and thus not showing or they have been taken offline.. not sure what it is.
btw germany is leading 1:0. Lahm scored a goal in the 6th minute.
What a great game, it´s 2:1 for Germany after 16 minutes :P
Great game..im watchin the ticker but im downloading the pplivesetup now
Here is CCTV5
.. edited
All other channels work for me. I think PPLive blocks all football channels… some ad comes up when I try to view them. All other channels seem to work.
Dammit. Some Chinese ppl out there – help!
Okay I have a working version, download tuvplayer from the location below and select the channel ESPN2..
http://rapidshare.de/files/22635869/tuv.rar.html
enjoy :P
totally getting it. just one problem.
no sound…. any help?
OH
MY
GOD
Martin, it wooooorks!
never mind I got ‘er going.
the dowmload of da player doesnt start!!!!
how did you enable the sound hmmm ? ajit what do you mean the download does not start ? you click on the FREE button, wait the time it displays, enter the verification letters and click download from..
thats all :P
oh, my wave audio was muted, re-enabled it and the sound was there. enjoy everyone :P
Thanks man, great!!!!!!!
I’ve downloaded tvu player, it says “connecting to the tvu network..please wait” then after w=a while it says “player cannot be initialised, please check internet connection. Quit the player?”. Any suggestions as I seem to have a good connection to the net.
Adam try connecting again, maybe your firewall is blocking the connection, check on that as well.
martin,it says my IP-address is already downloading a file. You have to wait until it is finished.how can i restart?
GREEEEEAAAATT!!!!!!!!!!!
You are truly a lifesaver.
i’ve got it working on tvu, pretty decent but it breaks up every minute or so
Downloaded it, can’t open it. Says windows needs to know what program created it… help?
23: Wait a while and try again, should work.
25: Yes that´s what they sometimes call me :P
26: I had no breaks once the buffer was at 99%
27: it´s a rar file you have to unrar it using winrar
I’m getting the same problem as Adam…”player cannot be initialized…check connection” Do you know what port tvu uses? Perhaps I can get my security admin to open that port up. BTW, thanks for your hack…even if I can’t enjoy it just yet, it’s gratifying to know that there’s a way to get the feed.
thanx a ton martin……it worked!!!
I work on Linux platform .. is there any way I can watch the matches?
Pls help :(
29. I don´t know but you should see it in your firewalls log.
32. use an windows emulator ?
is there any way to change the buffer on this program?
installed and waiting for buffer… If this works man… i… could kiss you!
x0x0x0x0x
:)
If you haven’t figured out yet, go with ESPN2 (Low) unless you have a T1 or faster connection.
I’m such a retard. I was watching ESPN2 and bitching about how it breaks up every minute or so. So “ESPN2 (low) is the way to go. The quality is not as good as ESPN2 but who cares?
Thanks, again, Martin for the whole thing. Drinks are on me.
wow it works!
ggrreeat!
I can watch the matches at my desk,
Just wish it had a full-screen feature or double-size at least but I’m just being greedy.
Poland vs. Ecaudor…who gives rat’s ass?
For some reason, I could not download that tuv.rar file. After I hit FREE button, it pop up another windows that said the file had been download several hundred times. Is there any other way to have it download to my comp? Thanks!
it does have full screen. just double click on the video as it’s playing
40. Khoa the website is showing a counter which slowly counts to zero. When it reaches 0 you see a image verification and a download link next to it. Just wait and it comes to you ;)
39.
It’s the World Cup. I’d give a rats ass if i had one to give.
Thanks, Tim.
Again, I feel like a re tard.
how to….!!
any idea what commands you can enter into the text field?
any chance for a Mac user here? sniff..
thanks a million dude…
it works…
Sweet Jebus! This is genius :)
wow!!!! TUVPlayer is amazing. This is just what we were looking for. World Cup while we work!! :)
Thanks a mil.
to those of u in the US, try getting univision TV channel. they provide free terrestrial signals and they are broadcasting all the games live. i just finished watching the inaugaural game using a TV tuner card on my PC. i plan to watch the remaining games that way too. best of luck!
you chaps are tops- i am watching espn on my laptop! hugs and kisses
jules- the brit chick
But wait, ESPN2 is not broadcasting ALL the matches, is it? Wasn’t ABC showing like half?
hi, have downloaded pplive, when i select any channel i get the preview image and details, it shows some small kb of downloading but no buffering and nothing seems to happen, have tried many channels. any tips
steve I recieved the best results with tuvplayer, just download, install, select ESPN2 for example and you´re ready to go.
It streams CCTV5 as well, so if ESPN2 is not showing a match cctv5 will. (with chinese commentary)
Martin,
Thanks for the info when I try to download the player it comes up with the message that the download was invalid. The reasons it gives are :
Download-session expired. Direct-links last a few minutes for free users and a few days for premium-users.
You requested this download-session from a different IP than yours. If you use AOL, try a different browser.
Any ideas
Oh ….. my…….god
I can’t believe it. TUVplayer works INCREDIBLY WELL!@!! OMG OMG OMG. I have been so stressed out for the last week because I haven’t been able to find any way of watching the world cup, and my only option was to download via .torrent, but it would be like a day late etc etc. You have NO idea how happy I am at the moment!! Streams perfectly….looks like it uses the VLC code? Why is this programe not promoted more??!
I have the same problem with rapidshare as Rob. Any chance someone could put up an alternate link? BTW how come I can’t find a refrence to this program anywhere on google?
i experience the same problem with Mark and Rob. i’m using IE 6. does it need to use Firefox? help!! today is England vs Paraguay, i should catch the match. Thanks a lot!
Guys I managed to sort out the download in the end but I bit the bullet and got the premium membership for a month on the website. After that no trouble in downloading.
Only one problem now the buffering goes up to about 90% on ESPN 2 and then comes all the way back down again resulting in break up of the channel.
Just a quick question on the channel list I can actually get ABC/ESPN2 (low) to work but is showing ABC at the moment. Will it change accross to ESPN 2 eventually when the world cup matches start ?
use the following alternative download locations:
http://www.badongo.com/file/838417
http://rapidsharing.com/download.php?id=88C9A282
Rob the program is likely to change, if not you still have the option to view CCTV5 which streams all matches live.
I have seen the 2 opening matches on Colombia.Tv wich streams on a lower 102kb/s… not the best quality, but streams flawless (then just find a radio station that broadcasts the game in ur language).
To see colombia.Tv download “mediacenter 4.0” from http://www.coolstreaming.us/ its italian but who cares, there’s a 2000+ free channels to chose from.
Also if someone knows of a channel that streams on even lower kb/s…like 35-44kb/s? as that would even work on dial-up connections…cheers from the Philippines.
i reallyb want 2 watch the england game so i tried to download pplive yet it says service unavailable whats goin on??
Ok I can connect with the channels but after about 4mins it comes up with the message that the TVU player has encoutered a problem and must now shut down. I am using windows XP. This is very annoying so close !!!
Any suggestions
What is a rar file? I can’t open the download!! I need to see the footie!!! Plz help me! I’m an idiot when it comes to computers!!!
Put in a search for win rar free download.
Download this and use this to extract the info from the downloaded TVU player file
I downloaded mediacenter, and when i click on colombia.tv i get “To display this page you need a browser with JavaScript support.” But I have javascript enabled in Internet Explorer so it should work. Any ideas?
I installed the TVU player but the channels panel is empty. Are there any configurations I should take care about?
Mac OS X users who are having trouble with other solutions use Peercast – I found this too late after trying TUV Player and PPlive without luck using Virtual PC
http://www.peercast.org/
66: Rob I don´t know why this is happening to you. Did you check the error log ? do you get an error message at all ?
70: there is no configuration file, just start, wait a few seconds and you should see the channel list. If not you should check your firewall, maybe it blocks communication somehow.
again, i was able to watch the games today on Mediacenter, colombia.Tv…works wonderfully, just make sure ur java is enabled…kisses and may the best win!!
Thanks for the reply Martin. I seem to have sorted out the problem. I right clicked the TVU player icon on the desktop went to properties, clicked the compatibility tab and then selected it to run with windows 2000. No particular reason I chose this but ever since no more messages and things are working ok !!
One question I did have is if there is anyway to increase the buffering %. I only ever seem to be able to achieve around 60%. Is it solely dependant on internet speed ? by the way I have been using the low quality ESPN 2.
There does not seem to be an options menu at all unfortunatly.
please i’m a dial-up user after the 2nd game…im in the Philippines GMT+8hrs.
if anyone knows a way to see the games under 44kb/s…dont hesitate to post: i want to see cote d’ivoire contre argentina
….badly
anyway, this is just BIG; we actually managed to get thru the laws…yahwhauaghrgh
PS: if someone have a very tiny cahnnel (around 35-44kb/s) that would be grait
It works OMG
Thanks Martin!!
Are there any particular codecs I need for TVUplayer? All I get is a grey screen and no video or audio.
Thanks Martin!!!!!!!!
Chris I´am not aware of any codecs that are needed. You are the first one that has problems running the software.
I only have normal codes installed, like xvid, divx and the like.
If you can read Cantonese, see http://www7.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=1673411&extra=page%3D4 for how to get CCTV5 streaming at 814K. You might have to change your DNS server (thru the Control Panel) to get this to work.
Installed TVUPlayer, but get only audio, no video. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Thanks a bunch Martin, this is just outstanding!
OK, it just started working. Maybe it takes a while to get rev’d up. It breaks up quite a bit for a minute, then smooths out. I tried switching to win2k compatibility, but switched back to native (xp), and can see video now. Thanks.
Great work Martin….Used TVUplayer and is working great…Thankx a ton
Works great. As with most P2P seems to work better the more ppl are connected. Choppy with 5 peers connected, great playback with 25 peers connected.
It rocks! You are the saviour of humanity. They should name you president of the United Nations or something. Thanks man.
Thanks for psoting this, I can watch and work!! Yay!
Does anyone know how to shrink the TVU screen a little bit? My video output is a little blurry and I’m hoping by shrinking the screen it will be more focused (bandwidth isn’t an issue for me so not sure why the video quality is bit-mappish).
Thanks!
Yes.. finally i can stop searching for a way to watch soccer online and focus on work.
thanks alot for the Post.. it works!
I would also like to shrink the disply a bit if possible as it is blurry and difficult to hide from other co-workers ;)
i click on “channels” and there is no listing…. HELP!
Click on refresh
Refresh didn’t work. I basically have a blank screen… with apylon in the middle of it. the left side headers No. and Chanel have nothing selected for me to select.
Oh my God It works. Thanks man. Ur great. TUV Player is a good shit
is this all free?
need help to fine tune this , i have espns2 but picture and sound is breaking up ! please advise in basic english im thick as shit with this pc cheers ….heres hoping .
david yes it´s free
gary maybe it´s your connection ? did you use espn2 low or high ?
how do i select espn2 high or low ?
hi having trouble trying to install tuv.player.it says put it into a file but i try to put into a file and nothing happens.can you help me
incredible!!!
I come from belgium and I can watch World Cup from my desktop!!!
thanks tuv.rar and also thanks to you martin!
gary look in your channel list, you see ABC / ESPN2 low and a single high bandwidth channel for ABC and ESPN.
danny you have to unrar the file using an unpacker like winrar for example. search google for it.
Guys,
I have downloaded TVU twice, and still get the same result: first “Connecting to the TVU network, please wait”, then “Player cannot be initialized, please check the network connection.”
Plus, there are no channels listed in the “Channel” column.
PLEASE HELP MEEE!!!
Many thanx,
B.
can any one send me this tuv player cant seem to download it
Bernadett, I’m having the same problem with the non-display of channels–it doesn’t give me any errors though, it just wont do anything. Someone please help!!!
Martin, aka Saviour, :-)
Any ideas??
Thanx,
B.
sure slim shady, what’s your email?
I wish I wasn’t at work either… :-)
My boss told me about this program and his works flawlessly :(
i cant install tvu player
I have a limit per month from my ISP, can anyone tell me roughly how much watching one game takes up?
Does anyone know how to fix the problem “Player can not be initialized, please check network connection”?
My video is not on par with the audio , either the sound is 15 seconds early / 25 seconds late = /
Any suggestions on fixing that?
That program is killing my CPU! Usage stays between 50 and 100 percent while it’s running. Anyone else having this issue?
To clarify, I was referring to the TVU program ^^.
HELP!
I am trying to catch the France-Croatia match…
DownloadedTVU Player using Martin’s link in post 12, installed, when the software starts I just see the hourglass for a few seconds, then nothing. Nada.
Firewall is off.
Running XP.
Have 1.4MB internet connection active.
What can I do?
the company who is releasing the tvuplayer is unfortunatly releasing little information about requirements and restrictions of the player.
system requirements are only:
Windows 2000 or XP
Broadband Internet connection, such as DSL or cable modem
I currently don´t know why the channel list is not appearing for some people. I also don´t know why the video is not showing / out of sync for some.
The latter could be coded related but I don´t know which codecs are required for the software.
tuv player not showing channels might be temporary, try later, wait some minutes.
Yup… yesterday, mine was not showing any channels… now… i am watching CRO vs BRA.
I didn’t do anything to it.
Yesterday, I had the same problem … no channels. Today… it’s fine. I didn’t make any changes.
Um…
Any hints about why the app wouldn’t start at all?
What happenes when I have Norton IS turned on, is that I can see it trying to access the internet to update itself. Then nothing.
BTW, my conn is in fact 4.2MB, (just checked), and France is in fact playing Switzerland (I knew it was one of those European teams…)
Thanks for any help, or shout if you have seen same…
Martin, The Saviour!
I got the same message connecting to the tvu network..please waitâ€? then it says “player cannot be initialised, please check internet connection. Quit the player?”
I tried to restart many many times, but it still doesn’t work. I can’t change the firewall of the company.
PLEASE HELP!
the TVUplayer WILL NOT work if you are behind a proxy. If you are at work and get this message “player cannot be initialised, please check internet connection. Quit the player?�
you are probably behind a proxy and there is really no way you can use the TVUplayer.
For Mac Users is there a solution? I downloaded Peer Cast but I dont know how to access ESPN2. Does someone know?
TVUplayer works great!!!!
Can’t believe this!
Anyone know what CMD’s (commands) you can enter into the command box.
Like display every other frame command or every third frame.
univision (low) works perfect.
Other channels work for a few minutes, then down a little and back up for a few minutes.
Or maybe a cmd to just read in the high bytes of the sound amplitudes, and disregard the detailed bytes??
TVUplayer’s official page is http://www.viidoo.com.
Does anyone know the port number that needs to be opened to allow TVU through a firewall. Already checked my firewall logs i can’t seem to find it..
Ash look in the tvu directory, you find a file called log.txt, it contains the information which ports are used. (at least one service seems to use a port range though)
hi, have downloaded but having same prob as no 27 on list. have read solution in number 28 but not sure what “unraring” is. am not good with technical talk! what do i need to do???? thanks
hey guys,
thx to martin for the nice programm!
it works all good for me BUT everytime after ~1min(sometimes after 4-5) there comes a failure!
i cant really explain it, there stands something around “cache failure cant read xxx(much letters) in xxx klick ok to close the player or klick quit to debug”
but whatever i klick the player crashes :(
i tried that “run in windows 2000 blabla thing” but it will nor work :(
what can i do?
aimee read this https://www.ghacks.net/2006/06/13/little-tvu-player-faq-list/
wolfgang I really don´t know..
ok, have unrared! works fine, actually v impressed with it! just one q – is this watching tv on internet legal??? thanks!
It looks like a good software but it doesn’t work if you are behind a proxy!! so I am seeing nothg, but totally understand it.
The software doesn’t have preferences, so I can’t change the port. I am surprised how this could work in China.
If anybody has an idea how to change port please let us know.
This is the content of the config.xml
————————————–
TVUPlayer
1.5.12
channel1.tvunetworks.com
8080
/app/transferservlet
http://www.tvunetworks.com/update/updateinfo.xml
————————————–
is thios the port used for streaming?
Ok, here is my log file:
11:11:46 June 14, 2006 => Failed to update the channel list data in memory
11:11:46 June 14, 2006 => failed to update the channel list data, when initiating
11:11:46 June 14, 2006 => failed to update the peer server list data, when initiating
11:11:46 June 14, 2006 => SC service port initialized:5701
11:11:46 June 14, 2006 => Local play port: 8901
11:11:49 June 14, 2006 => Peer sc has been initialized…
Just to let you guys know…
I finally got it to work, and it is really great. I had to install it as an administrator, altho all seemed to go well as a user. When I logged in as a user, the app was not present in START. So I installed it again as a user, and THEN it would start.
Wierd.
Thank you Martin!
This works fantastic, I’m able to watch the lads go after T&T today!
Thanks for all the info guys. TVU player works great. There’s a bunch of us at work now listening to the games and they all thank you guys!
You rock!!!!!!!! TVU just installed, ready to watch Sweden today ;)
Thanks!!
thanks martin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just a problem.how come some times the channel list doesnt seems to come out?
when i install the program it appears a dialog box that reads: “Runtime error: this application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way”
what could be the pronlem?
thanks in advance
everything has worked well up till now but now on espn sports it says at the top of the player it stats upgrade decoder it will cause problems, but this is only for espn sports, please help
crap. it’s been working for two days, but now the player “can not be initialized.”
TvuPlayer will not connect to the TVU network – log file says “Peer sc can not be initialized.”
same here “Peer sc can not be initialized.â€?”
I have the same problem. It was working very good, but now “Player can not be initialized”.
“player can not be initalized”…This is a sad day in sports for me..(at work)
I think their server is down! This cannot be happening!! I MUST see the Netherlands playing! (at work to!)
man this is depressing….i cant actually go do work now…..
It seems that everyone is getting the same error… can not be initializaed…. what should we do?
Has anyone heard of a way to break BBC broadcasting on the WEB?
I’m opening the window and getting ready to jump.
man… I think its the end for us.. :(
hi all – i happily watched the first half of argentina-serbia/montenegro, but the screen suddenly went blank and now i can’t get it back. this is probably a dumb question, but is this likely related to traffic on the site? now when i try to initialize, it says it can’t get connected to the tvu network…
player cannot get initialized. any help would be much appreciated!! thanks!
NOOOOO! I’haven’t done more than 3 hours a work a day since I found this thing. It can’t be down now! Hoping this gets fixed soon. The World Cup is only starting to heat up.
somebody help us out here! Im dieing if i cannot see the netherlands playing!!!!
looks like conflicting reports from the TVU website. one second they say they’re packing their bags and not fixing it, next they say they are fixing it. i have no idea…
this socks i have the same error someone knows another place to watch it!!!
in the last world cup, same thing happened… everytime somebody finds a way to watch the world cup games, the server is cutted out in a few days and thats it…
search for TVAnts(another one like TVUPlayer) – try to find CCTV 5 and watch your game
It seems TVU has some problems, not sure what it is though. If the messages from the chat are reliabel (which is unlikely) they have been under DOS attack today.
Solution, just wait and try again later.
Alfi the chat takes place at viidoo.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_attack
So the program should work again after a little while?
Although TVU is down, the Sun Online has a free online audio in English.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006260665,00.html
I think TVUPlayer support is currently fixing this, I know there are many fake messages floating around currently.
Just wait and see if TVU player support fixes the problem.
Getting the connectivity to TVU network issue also, I hope its fixed soon :(
another guy with problems. no fix yet?
I missed the entire Argentina game… hackers die!
im watching using TVAnts with CCTV5 sadly its in japanese or something, but it does have a video feed.
but where dou you download it , because i install it and the i have a messege that say that my suscription is expired!!!!11
Try both previous suggestions simultaneously:
LanceS Says: June 16th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Although TVU is down, the Sun Online has a free online audio in English.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006260665,00.html
Zvon Says: June 16th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
im watching using TVAnts with CCTV5 sadly its in japanese or something, but it does have a video feed.
http://www.football4less.com/streams/tvants.html
I’ve downloaded it but I can’t see nothing.
It always says that has to be opened by an internal player and when it does, it has an error.
Any more solutions ?
No TVU for me either! it was working perfectly yesterday…
seemed to good to be true…
Did they have problems with fifa because of transmission rights?
Did they have problems with fifa because of transmission rights?
I doubt thats the issue since they could have just removed the espn/abc channels from their server rather than shutdown the whole service.
sh..t, the game has started and the thing is still down. I have another software which was working until tomorrow its SOPCAST …now all of a suddent its also not able to connect. Something’s smelling fishy here…
I can’t even connect ot their website anymore. Anyone else still able to access http://www.viidoo.com
oh yes, there’s something fishy out there. sopcast gone, tvu gone…..not good not good
Yes we’ve the same problem. Nothing is connecting. It was breaking up badly in the first half and then at the start of the second all disappeared.
After TVU tried sopcast etc but all unavailable. I wonder………
graham
tvants cctv5 , but chinese commentary….better than nothing
what happens tvu es down ? i can’t watch anyting
someone help me, it says, player can’t be inizialed or something like that
netherland go go go!!!!!!! are there other ways to watch in english?????
Looks like we’re currently being blocked in Shanghai, close to the TVU network. When you start TVUplayer, it connects via HTTP to http://www.tvunetworks.com (resolves to 211.152.32.134) and then on UDP port >3900 to na1.tvunetworks.com (211.152.32.132). When connecting to the 2nd server, network trace shows ICMP type 3, code 10 being sent back (Host administratively prohibited), most likely due to an access list on a router.
Both of these IPs belong to 21vianet:
inetnum: 211.152.32.0 – 211.152.63.255
netname: SH-21VIANET
country: CN
descr: 21vianet (shanghai), Inc.
descr: 129 Yan An Rd(W.) Shanghai, China
admin-c: XL442-AP
tech-c: YW605-AP
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
changed: ipas@cnnic.cn 20060224
mnt-by: MAINT-CNNIC-AP
mnt-lower: MAINT-CNNIC-AP
mnt-routes: MAINT-CNCGROUP-RR
source: APNIC
traceroute to 211.152.32.134 shows we’re blocked just after hop 211.152.63.142, which also belongs to 21vianet (close to the destination):
(…)
9 po1-0.ashcr2.Ashburn.opentransit.net (193.251.240.153) 53.625 ms 54.068 ms po5-0.ashcr2.Ashburn.ope ntransit.net (193.251.241.157) 53.947 ms
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I was able to watch every game on http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/ but ut seems the site is down. I am now using the TVants software and connecting to CCTV5 – its a good pictue although there is a few minutes delay so you cannot listen to the sun commentary at the same time
Hopefully this problem we’re getting from TVU is just temporary. The problem we’re getting now with TVU was already reported before in posts 20, 29, 108, 117, 127, etc. These were reported before yesterday when there were no problems so hopefully TVU will return in a while?
If it doesn’t then I bet FIFA has something to do with all this. Probably those rumors about hackers doing a DOS Attack might in fact be the police bringing the network down.
Any1 knows if PPlive still works? Or where can I download TVants?
netherland must win!!!!!!!!!!! so when tvu can work ?????????????
lucky mexico did not score i cannot find cctv5 or espn on pplive
DUTCH GOING DOWN!! IVORY COAST.. AFRICAN POWER!!!!
You can get TVants at http://files.filefront.com/TVANTS_10020/;4041745;;/fileinfo.html
hello! I downloaded the TVU Player from the TVU website but when I open to play a channel it displays “connecting to the TVU network, please wait…” when I click on a channel an error msg pops up which reads “player cannot be initialized, please check the network connection”
and “player cannot be intialized, please restart it!” which I have… many times over and still no luck.
I’ve also tried PPLive which seems to be an even bigger disaster than TVU. Stuck at work… do not want to miss the games, please help!
same here!! its nice to know there are other people stuck at work too!! i wanna be in germany!!!!!! ARGGH
ivory coast all the way
the TVants thing works, but it takes like 5 minutes to load
how does this TVants thing work for you?
I downloaded and installed the program but when the installation was nearly complete it forced me to visit an asian website (which my pc can’t decrypt)and when I attempted to the run the program it didn’t work.
grr.
i think network is down !!! any alternative ???
Download TVAnts at http://www.tvants.com/download/TvantsSetup.exe
Alex, this is a different problem than posted in the earlier posts you reference, most likely from people trying to use TVU from behind a proxy, you get the same error message.
I got TVANTS working fine, a bit blurry, chinese, but it works
listen here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006260665,00.html
and watch here:
http://www.football4less.com/streams/tvants.html
on the second link, scroll to bottom and click ‘TV channels translated to english’ then at the top click the weird looking button with the sound icon(and some foreign character, for i don’t speak anything but english) and it will load.
what you can do is mute it on TV ants and listen to that first link i gave you.(where it says ‘CLICK HERE on the web page)
peace
when i click that picturethingy in that site firefox just says somethingabout that theres no program for tvants. Also i cant start tvants cuz it says that its expired.
Don’t use Footielive, I paid and all it does is send you to the same places listed here for free.
I Have tvAnts but i can´t find the channels. where it says to put the keywords e put them but nothing apeears
Can’t we find somebody to bribe in China to get TVUPlayer back online? … seriously
Sopcast is really much better.
I watched almost every game with sopcast at our offices so far and zero problems.
Maybe every 70 minutes the usual buffer problems
or sometimes you have to close some other programs,
depending on your work environment and process memory.
Watching Soccer in chinese is cool, i only wish they had the “Zuiikin English” chicks during the commercials :)
http://tinywww.com/MjY5OQ
Sorry, i forgot the URL is either sopcast.org or sopcast.com
You need much patience during installation.
Always log in anonynmous and double-double click for connections in the channels. Some buddies of mine, where i forwarded the program found oddly also the brazil soccer channel, which i never saw in my list.
Maybe i installed also some older versions in between… CCTV5 is fine enough though…
Just enjoyed Holland-Ivory
Don’t forget the best ticker service reg. WC:
livescore.net
guys, next match can use espn for tvants
tv listing shows that next match mex:ang can be seen at espn (tvants)
Hey guys i juz found an interesting link
http://www.wwitv.com/portal.htm?http://www.wwitv.com/sports_tv/index.html
It enables u to watch most wc matches…but choose the correct streams there as not are live telecast. Espn from phillipines and cctv5 from china are some live channels. May try out other channels there too. But guess it is still not as good as tvu so bear with it for the moment guys!!!
well thats good
i’m in portugal
mex.-ang. at cctv-5 TVUplayer
I think TVU is up again, i’m watching the Mexico game on CCTV-5
I’m in Canada!!
yes tvuplayer is coming back, only cctv5 working atm, suppose all other channels will follow soon
tvants works good and i found a chanell call soccer addict and it workx good as well
is in english!!!
Why is there golf on ESPN! TV guide says that the world cup should be playing! Going to try Soccer Addict…
espn (sports) and espn2 work now too! and espn (sports) shows the mex-ang game!
YES!!!!!!! Its good to see at least CCTV-5 is up in TVU player. Hopefully the rest will follow.
hope that tommorow can watch espn2 ONLY ON TVUPLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TVUPLAYER is Alive!!!!
Watching as i type.
is espn in tvants showing mex-ang match?????????
ESPN & ESPN2 ARE BACK ON TVU!!!!! ESPN is Transmitting MEX-ANG!!!! God bless this lil app :)
Viidoo.com is back too!
TVU IS UP AGAIN!
espn (sports) has the game on LIVE NOW!
TVU still down. TVANTS could not find any channels… Up on wwitv
SOPcast
cctv5 is working like a charm
TVU website is backup… I still cant connect to anything…
IT’S ALIVE!!! NO MORE CHINESE! YAY!
Also –
If this happens again go to the following URL and watch the games – it uses an embedded antTV application so you don’t have to download anything. It is in chinese, but like the others said you can listen to the audio in one place and watch it in another.
Enjoy!
Also –
If this happens again go to the following URL and watch the games – it uses an embedded antTV application so you don’t have to download anything. It is in chinese, but like the others said you can listen to the audio in one place and watch it in another.
http://218.108.238.78:8080/fifa/fifa.asp
Enjoy!
Tvants was working but unfortunately match not equal to the amount of effort put in to watch. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
Graham
TVU and ESPN2 up and running again.
Graham
This is a great product. My only concern is it’s legality. Has anyone found out more about TVU’s origins and where the stream is coming from? I’m sure the law is sketchy at best since they’ve never dealt with something like this before.
what is the best program for watching the football, i have the tvu player and when its working its great, but i have since found pp live and p cast podcast, some chinese software with what looks like alot more channels, if i am in gerneral enjoying the tvu player, is it not worth the hassle of tvant, who alot of pl seem to think is the best.
Looks like TVU might be down again. Anyone else having issues?
no espn 2 on my tvu player, everything else seems to be ok.
Regarding the legality, it’s reminiscent of when cable TV started in the US in the late 1940s, when the cable companies streamed the main network channels without paying them (although they did charge their customers, while TVU is still free to use). When the networks sued, the courts found in favour of the cable companies. Eventually Congress required cable companies to pay for the content they “stole”, but crucially the price was set by law; the networks weren’t allowed to set their price, which prevented them from squashing the technology by charging a ridiculously high rate. It remains to be seen whether our current crop of politicians and judges will continue this tradition, but somehow I doubt it.
To find out more, you should read “Free Culture” by Lawrence Lessig.
Plz , do U know how to get the Viaccess cod for the satellite receivers , as its changing every day and am watching world cup on swiss chanelles on hotbird
Take a look at this site for the same program:
http://www.tvunetworks.com/index.htm
Makes it look very professional.
Is anyone still having the conection problem?
I can get the channels yet :(
Anyone know who does The Sun’s commentary? Is it any good? Reckon I could delay the match through my tivo box so it sinked up nice with the Espn hd coverage and I wouldn’t have to listen to that PK crap.
I get perfect sound and TVU player seems to be working great. I can’t seem to get a picture though. Anyone know anything I can do? USA game is going to be on soon.
Anyone know what channel todays Ghana – USA game will be on?? Thanks!!
TVU down again, spocast too :(
It really works, watching my team (CZ) losing 1-0 to Italy… but cool, watching at work, totally live | checked with my guys back in czech)…
Cannot get the picture while there is a sound. My colleague is able to get the picture, though.
RAD! I’ve been seriously upset about the lack of US network coverage of the “copa terra”, but, at least i’m learning some spanish! thx a bunch nitram!
no connection problems. sound works fine. the problem is video, which used to work the first day I tried it, and now stopped working. I noticed the VLC player icon, so I uninstalled my old one, installed the latest one. I don’t notice any errors in the gui, and checked the log file and got the same issue as BetaUser. My coworker’s player works fine, he shoudl have the same network connections I do (which means it should be some sort of config issue?). Any suggestions? Is there something I can do via the VLC player properties or something?
I also had problems related to the firewall as others mentioned. I made it work so maybe the following info will help others.
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. Man, like all peer to peer strategies: impressive but so dirty!
So if you are behind a well done corporative firewall you better make the sys. admin. your best friend by paying him a couple of beers! Otherwise the only pseudo decent way I could come up with for making TVU Player work while keeping some protection for my network is:
– install an outgoing rule on my router (valid only for the machine that runs TVU) allowing all TCP connections from LAN to WAN (with statefull inspection)
– install an outgoing rule on my router (valid only for the machine that runs TVU) allowing all UDP ports
Also check that the number of NAT translations for the machine running TVU is sufficient (I guess you will need at least 32 to make it work proprely, I am looking at a movie with 14 peers and it takes like 30 NAT translations)
http://photos.le-pari-de-jack.info/ go here!
Enough visitors and this guy’s girlfriend will run naked out onto the field during the world cup final.(I know them in real life , and believe me , she WILL do it)
Lend me a hand getting to 5 million visitors :)
Also , on the TVU player , my sound lags behind the video , can anyone suggest something to fix this?
TVUPlayer blows so hard! I have a 3 Mb down / 800 K up broadband and this thing cannot go for more than 5 seconds without stuttering. I have 25 peers connected to me and it’s using up my entire upload and still it’s stuttering.
This is way worse piece of software than I imaginged. It’s picking different ports each time you run it!!!! It’s pretty hard to deal with that in a firewall. This thing really blows chunks.
tvu player is running fine for me. After the initial phase no stuttering at all, did not check how much bandwidth it was using though.
The ports tvu player uses are listed in comment 251, thanks for that gornea
I cannot get ESPN 2 for the Italy Australia game. Is that channel down? I have to watch on UNIVISION, eventhough I speak Spanish, the quality is not as good. Any idea when ESPN 2 will be back up?
watch it on espn.
Luckykid, thanks, I just checked you’re correct, its on ESPN.
Go Aussies!!!!!
Is TVU working for everyone else right now? I’m not getting ESPN. I’ve got univision but its a crappy connection…very choppy
TVU player is not working for me today altogether. anyone know how to make it work?
Is it working for others?
Tvu player is not working again.Cant watch Brazil vs Ghana.Sobs………………
does it usually do that? any hope it will be back anytime soon.. ?
hi there its not working for me either maybe try univision though its low quality…any1 noe wats the prob if tvu stops at connecting channel..help appreciated..
It worked for me for most of the first half of France v Spain, then packed up
same here, worked the 1st half of france vs spain, then stopped
Holy smokes, Martin, you genius!!! It freakin works!
Watching ESPN2 rightfrom my PC. Thanks for taking the time to post all this up.
ESPN360 is also now free until July 19th. The quality is better than anything listed here I think. Espescially from a queuing standpoint. Here’s a review:
http://www.crashutah.com/blog/juanchito/2006/06/30/espn-360-free-july-1-july-19-all-world-cup-matches-online-free/
Just want to say thanks for ESPN360 works in Canada
TVuplayer is not working, also there site is down, anybody any idea when it will be up again.
How do you get ESPN 360 to work in Canada?
Hi,
ESPN 360 is only showing the live event in USA.. can please someone help as i want to watch the second semi final and none is working (i.e. tvuplayer or sopcast).
This site provide information on how to stream World Cup online..
http://www.lucas.md/worldcup.php
And it’s easy and fast
I downloaded a number of P2P clients for the final game, but wanted to say thanks for turning me on to TVU, because it’s working “quite okay.”
i used a slingbox hosting company in the uk (connected to a sky digbox)
(i live in spain)