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12-14-2010, 09:12 PM
If your having trouble watching TV streams then first make sure the stream is actually available as a lot of players like the BBC iplayer and ITV player among others only have their streams available for a few days.
If after checking and the TV stream is available then it might be that you dont have the correct media player for that TV stream installed, below are a list of players that you need to make sure are installed.
Flash Player - This player is by far the main one that is used by the likes of BBC, ITV, Sky, 4oD and Channel 5 at some point during their lifetime. To get flash player goto http://www.adobe.com (http://www.adobe.com/) and install that and that should cure any problems there.
Windows Media Player - This player is used on some sites and athough not as popular as flash player it is still quite popular. To get windows media player goto http://www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com/) and install.
Real Player - This player is also not used as much. To get real player goto http://www.real.com (http://www.real.com/) and install.
Quicktime - This one although not as popular as flash player is ata about the same level as windows media player. To get quicktime goto http://www.apple.com (http://www.apple.com/) and install.
Once you have these players installed then there should be no problems in playing TV streams.
If after checking and the TV stream is available then it might be that you dont have the correct media player for that TV stream installed, below are a list of players that you need to make sure are installed.
Flash Player - This player is by far the main one that is used by the likes of BBC, ITV, Sky, 4oD and Channel 5 at some point during their lifetime. To get flash player goto http://www.adobe.com (http://www.adobe.com/) and install that and that should cure any problems there.
Windows Media Player - This player is used on some sites and athough not as popular as flash player it is still quite popular. To get windows media player goto http://www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com/) and install.
Real Player - This player is also not used as much. To get real player goto http://www.real.com (http://www.real.com/) and install.
Quicktime - This one although not as popular as flash player is ata about the same level as windows media player. To get quicktime goto http://www.apple.com (http://www.apple.com/) and install.
Once you have these players installed then there should be no problems in playing TV streams.