After missing last nights sensational game between Liverpool and Arsenal, I decided I needed to sort out my entertainment system to once and for all be ready to watch live Internet football on my TV. I have to admit to watching many games online through P2p services such as TVU, Sopcast, TVants etc, as geeky as it sounds. There was no better excuse than tonights must win game between Manchester United and Portsmouth.
From past experience in streaming video files from my PC to my playstation, I knew this was the best place to start. TVersity is such a great little program that allows you to set your PC up as a media server with ease. Another great feature of TVersity is the ability to stream live Internet streams directly to your PS3. TVU Player has been my TV streaming tool of choice, simply because the quailty seems to be in most cases better than Sopcast.
All I needed to do now was figure out how to set up a mini streaming server that would take the video from TVU Player and allow me to stream it as a web address. After a little bit of searching, I found the information. Here’s a link to the forum that this post was taken from: http://forums.tversity.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9503&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
And here’s the text ripped to save you having to move from this wonderful website……
TVUPlayer:
1) Install TVUPlayer
2) Install VLC media player
3) Open TVUPlayer and select the channel you want to stream.
4) Right click on your “VLC mediaplayer” shortcut on the desktop, chose “properties”.
5) Target:“C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe” http://localhost:8901–sout “#duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:1234}}”
6) Go to Tversity and add the video url: mms://127.0.0.1:1234
Now you should be able to stream TVUPlayer chosen channel
SopCast:
1) Install SopCast
2) Install VLC media player
3) Open SopCast and select the channel you want to stream.
4) Right click on your “VLC mediaplayer” shortcut on the desktop, chose “properties”.
5) Target:“C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe” http://localhost:8901–sout “#duplicate{dst=std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:1234}}”
6) Go to Tversity and add the video url: mms://127.0.0.1:1234
Now you should be able to stream SopCast chosen channel
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This didn’t work straight away for me – I had to play around with the port numbers for a while before it would.
One thing to remember is that you should choose the channel you want to stream on TVU or Sopcast before using your VLC shortcut.
From your Playstation3, go to Video, choose your media service (should be there with the TVersity Icon) and choose Video, Internet and you should see your stream. Click on it and that’s it! Happy Days!
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#1 by Kevin at April 23rd, 2009
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ya i have used sopcast and tvu for football and i used tversity to stream video to my 360, i’ll have to give the combination of them a try now
#2 by zuber at May 1st, 2009
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Hi, have done exactly as you say for sopcast. I get sopcast to come on vlc using 8902 instead of 8901. I get the title of the stream on the ps3 tversity menu but when I click it, I get The data is corrupted. Any ideas?
#3 by Tom Doyle at May 1st, 2009
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I’ve got this a couple of times, what I usually do is restart the PS3 and it’s usually fine then.
Will try get you a more technical explanation as to why this happens!
#4 by Dean at July 6th, 2009
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Hi, did anyone solve the problem of the corrupted data issue yet? I’m so near but yet so far!
#5 by stephen j kirk at January 19th, 2010
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just got a wicks sat box £25. lots of channels most blocked can i unblock them,no card slot is there a chip to put in?also i have a ps3 thats all. i want to get football nfl golf on it.how do i do it..cheers s.kirk
#6 by jamie at February 3rd, 2010
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can u please tell me a good site to stream football directly to my ps3 if any1 can ur a god.
#7 by Awnings Gauteng at July 15th, 2011
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Wow, thanks for the tools. i literally spent every last penny i had on my ps3 and now i can’t afford the dish payment to watch the matches. this is a perfect tool for me; just what i have been looking for. You’re a genius!
#8 by Mouthguards at July 22nd, 2011
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can somebody tell me a site to stream football on directly on my ps3/ i would really appreciate if anyone would help me out here; it would make my life a lot easier.
#9 by Dessyboy at April 27th, 2012
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Can any1 please help!
I want 2 stream live football from laptop 2 tv perfectly
At the moment I use vipstand, but when I put it full screen the picture becomes pretty poor,
If I need 2 purchase some equipment and spend time getting it setup then fine.
I just want a good picture + hassle free