[wellylug] TVNZ Olympic coverage online

[Cliff Pratt]

michael at diaspora.gen.nz wrote:
> Nathan Cook writes:
>> Has anyone been able to view the coverage online from 
>> http://www.tvnz.co.nz/olympics 
> 
> Sure have, I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and the totem plugin works fine.  You
> might want to try using vlc directly, though; see
> http://halfpie.net/article/819/tvnzs-streaming-urls-for-the-olympic-games
> for more details.
> 
'... totem plugin works fine.'  Not on my machine! Either used directly 
or as a plugin I find it to be next to useless! It will load but not 
play, play but stop, play only the video, play only the audio, and just 
generally misbehave. It might play something and then not play anything 
else unless you shut it down and restart it. I've been looking for 
alternatives for ages.

Is it just me?

Cheers,

Cliff