[wellylug] TVNZ Olympic coverage online

[Rimu Atkinson]

Yeah I don't understand why totem is the default media player in ubuntu, 
it fails. VLC works way more often, although is less user friendly.

R

Cliff Pratt wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   

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