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  • adarkmethod, on 08/11/2008, -11/+6what am I missing?
    • benoitcsirois, on 08/11/2008, -0/+9Only the 40 billion dollars Beijing Olympics
    • Xiata, on 08/12/2008, -0/+2A television underneath your current monitor.
  • SomeHobo, on 08/11/2008, -0/+30That will beat the programming we get here showing only partial events when the Canadians or Americans are involved!
    • djbon2112, on 08/12/2008, -0/+13I agree. Seriously... I'm in Canada but I watch it in American HD, and all it is is "Next up, see the Americans own everyone" or "here come the Americans [quietly:] in 30 minutes". Seriously, I was watching the Gymnastics (don't ask), and it was China competing, and all the voiceovers were "oh, she's good, but just WAIT for the Americans!!!1" And our Canadian feeds aren't much better!
      • shawnanigans, on 08/12/2008, -1/+3Let's call it pro-freedom.
      • daza, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1I'm surprised your coverage is that bad. In Australia one of the free-to-air networks (Seven) is providing excellent coverage in HD with good commentary and events that even Australians aren't participating in. Usually Australia is pretty backwards when it comes to broadcasts, I think the Seven network deserves at least a bronze medal for their efforts.
    • cowboy77061, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1for you Debian users: http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread ...

      no command line needed. just double click on the package.
  • bastilat, on 08/11/2008, -30/+0
    • benoitcsirois, on 08/11/2008, -0/+8Do not click, very sketchy site. tries to launch .exe and crashes browser under linux
    • GawtMilk, on 08/12/2008, -2/+11http://favoredtube.com/cd/88/1/wmcodec_update.exe contains sample of 'NSIS:Agent [Trj]'!

      aka, UAC caught it, denied it permission, then Avast aborted the connection. It's a site with a trojan horse.

      /cue OSX or Linux fans crying how I am a blatant noob for using Vista.
      • DestroyFascism, on 08/12/2008, -1/+1Not saying a word, not a word......hehe!
  • taishoes, on 08/11/2008, -23/+0you can watch on bbc.co.uk

    http://beijingolympicsvideo.blogspot.com/2008/08/w ...
    • benoitcsirois, on 08/11/2008, -0/+5Not live, stop spamming with your site.
  • portretnet, on 08/11/2008, -29/+0>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Watch Beijing Olympic Games 2008 online here:

    http://exclusive-videos.net/videos/Beijing_Olympic ...

    enjoy!

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    • benoitcsirois, on 08/11/2008, -0/+4Whatever this is doesn't work with my browser under linux.... Why the hell would you spam like this!?
  • Stemp, on 08/11/2008, -14/+1Don't know if it's working outside of France but :
    http://sport.francetv.fr/jeux-olympiques-2008/
    It ask for Silverlight ^^ but you can access an mms flux by clicking on the link «accéder à la vidéo demandée».
    I guess you just have to stop the sound and listen to radio ;)
  • thrikulam, on 08/11/2008, -20/+2Hey guys watch it over here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • wukillabee, on 08/12/2008, -40/+6sudo apt- install windows xp
  • keithnoir, on 08/12/2008, -4/+14Can someone post how to do this in windows and mac also? im sick of using the nbc player.
    • ethana2, on 08/12/2008, -2/+2I'm sure someone who uses one of those platforms will gladly use their time to help out their community..
  • mooseontheloose, on 08/12/2008, -16/+5What's the point? The white pasty nerds that use Linux don't care about sports or things that happen outside
    • Phocion55, on 08/12/2008, -3/+7Really? I played rugby for 8 years. What do you do exactly?
      • Wargasmic, on 08/12/2008, -3/+3There's a rugby MMO? Damn everything is an MMO.
      • Amiga501, on 08/13/2008, -1/+2Ha ha. This guy has done everything that could be done. He's a lying *****, don't sweat it.
    • spilk, on 08/12/2008, -1/+7i'm a white pasty nerd and i enjoy watching the olympics. i hate watching regular sports on TV though. weird.
    • leejarratt, on 08/12/2008, -1/+3I'm a white pasty nerd, I don't care about sports but I do care about things that happen outside, and going out socializing, and drinking, and generally having fun.

      Now, you were saying?..
    • slugicide, on 08/12/2008, -0/+6White, pasty nerds (see what I did there? Called grammar.)? Are you stuck in 1999 or something? It's possible that the maintainers of Linux are still mostly white and pasty, but you are a ***** clueless if you think they're the only ones running it. Spend 10 minutes on ubuntu forums for an eye-opener.
    • elfprince13, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1their mothers do though ;)
  • benoitcsirois, on 08/12/2008, -8/+7WIndows:
    http://sopcast.fuerzw.de/#download
    download "Sopcast 3.0.3 for Windows"
    I think it has a GUI where you can browse channels... not sure, I haven't used it.
  • deathfix, on 08/12/2008, -1/+9A bit confusing at first, but it does work.

    Thanks.
  • totalblackout, on 08/12/2008, -7/+2for linux users who want to use www.nbcolympics.com
    I believe you can use
    http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
    then change your user agent to windows
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
    • chmcarro, on 08/12/2008, -1/+3Does this work? I thought Moonlight was only capable of of Silverlight 1.0, while the NBC site uses Silverlight 2.0.

      Although the NBC Olympics site has some great features such as PIP, it is strange that they decided to go with a beta Microsoft product. Plus they chose not to allow for full screen, which sucks. (I'm blaming NBC, not Microsoft.)
      • totalblackout, on 08/12/2008, -0/+0there is alpha support for Silverlight 2.0 but i have not tried to see if it works...
    • benoitcsirois, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4The advantage of sopcast is that you can get streams from various different sources, not only nbc.
  • loconet, on 08/12/2008, -1/+8It would be nice to get a list of channels that will actually be showing the live stream
  • consciousNOT, on 08/12/2008, -7/+1My chicken pot pie will be ready in 5 minutes. I'm sorry, were you saying something?
    • leejarratt, on 08/12/2008, -1/+1You must be a loser to eat chicken pot pie ^_^
  • kokoshka, on 08/12/2008, -6/+17feedback@nbcolympics.com

    Just finished letting them know how much silverlight sucks.
    • Atomic1fire, on 08/12/2008, -1/+13Flash would be a much more painless choice, support for fullscreen, multiplatform, and tried and tested.
      silverlight is stil in its infancy, and just because they could use it, does not mean they should especially for something as global as the olympics.
      • B1663r, on 08/12/2008, -5/+1Worksforme(tm)!
      • saulmora, on 08/12/2008, -3/+1Uh, I'm pretty sure the suckage of the interview viewer on the olympics web site is due to NBC not wanting to cannabalize their primetime ratings. Silverlight is PERFECTLY capable of doing full screen video, and multiples streams at that. It is more likely NBC just wants to have supplemental content, and make it annoying to consume at that...

        also, WTF, this crap crashes in safari on my mac...ugh
      • Atomic1fire, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Just because they could use sliverlight does not mean they should regardless of what it can do.
        my current rule of thumb with microsoft software in most cases is wait for any version involving 7 (IE 7 was an improvement, with tabs and search and feed reader, and windows 7 is masively hyped even if its at a beginning stage
    • Culyt, on 08/12/2008, -1/+8They use it to help with aiding Microsofts grab for the internet. Large corporations have a common goal here.

      If MS make SilverLight a defacto standard they will close it and shut out OpenSource/Mac versions with proprietary crap fairly quick (assuming they don't just turn around sue Novel later).

      Since most web developers will be tracking the Microsoft .NET implementation not Mono they will be watching MS for all the new features added and the old ones deprecated, and I doubt many web developers worry about patent laws and such.

      Its also an attempt to get rid of the internet standards body w3, when people are using SilverLight they can just implement their own standards as they see fit.

      We will end up with stuff like MVG, 'Microsoft Vector Graphics' instead of SVG or Flash. Their own formats for data intercange and such. Want a table of values, use Microsfot Excel to embed them. Typing an email? Microsoft Word embedded in the HTML page.
    • bootup, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4I don't think a writing campaign makes any difference in this situation. Unlike writing to other entities using proprietary anti-competitive technology Microsoft has a vested interest in NBC. I don't know how far the relationship goes here. I do know MSNBC = Microsoft NBC. This is a separate operation from NBC I think. Also notice if you go to http://www.nbcolympics.com/ the MSN, NBC, and "©2008 Microsoft" logos/text displayed. Whatever the case may be I think it is pretty apparent that Microsoft has intentionally fostered a monopoly illegally by incorporating proprietary technology they know or should know is preventing competition. I wish someone would sue Microsoft and/or any other entity with the power having not (government) forced or attempted to force Microsoft to implement open standards and support complete feature for feature bug-free (to the extent of the MS Windows implementation) implementations on minority operating systems. The point being failing to do so in anti-competitive given Microsoft's dominant position in the market and financial stake/influence in these companies. When companies with competing technologies have implemented cross-platform implementations Microsoft has no legal excuse not to.
  • colonels1020, on 08/12/2008, -13/+2Or you could just turn on your TV.
  • kavaliro, on 08/12/2008, -12/+1See, now this is a great example of, "Just because you can do something, that doesn't mean that you should."
  • Culyt, on 08/12/2008, -1/+17We really need a opensource streaming p2p TV program.

    Anyone with a tuner can seed the channel, it either broadcasts what you are watching or allows for requests (most requested channel is streamed).

    Everything can be recorded on the master in the background on a roll over schedule so you have a days worth of programming for the most requested channels. Channel and TV show names can be pulled ala XMLTV or from EIT when supported.

    The OpenSource aspect stops big media killing it.

    Free wordwide cable.

    Regular TV dies... people watch whats good rather than whats on. No more 'exclusive' content per country, stuff like the Plympics has an official channel with their own advertisers.

    Maybe the internet is not fast enough for it yet. But soon...
    • thall, on 08/12/2008, -0/+6Sounds like a good plugin for MythTV
    • innovati, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4or just support internet-based TV networks like Revision3.com and have independant internet TV today!
      • Atomic1fire, on 08/12/2008, -1/+1except A.
        Big media still has markets such as children's entertainment, I could see flash being a huge potential tool in creating a independent web channel for children I mean with the right amount of content and advertising somebody could get disney knocking with a wallet, it worked for club penguin even though thats more of a game/kid hangout.
        B. they also have news
        of course the internet could cover this, but there are still people who view local news, and local content is something the internet lacks in, especially in small towns where news is usually discussed by newspapers, sometimes with limited, if any online content.
        C. Most ITVN's are niche based, lacking any mainstream popular content such as revision having mostly technology shows.
    • reformation, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1We already have in demand and streaming TV Services that work.
  • cyborg, on 08/12/2008, -5/+2You guys need a guide.....?
  • totalblackout, on 08/12/2008, -6/+6wget linuxtoy.org/files/deb/gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb

    GUI version
    • rdvon, on 08/12/2008, -0/+2Why digg him down? this alot easier then that command line method.
    • waratah, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1
      I am on AMD64 and the following works (except for lack of XML file...)
      sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture gtk-sopcast_0.2.8-1_i386.deb

  • jayselle, on 08/12/2008, -12/+2Thanks for reminding me why I'll stick with my Mac as my primary desktop OS.
  • PokerGigolo, on 08/12/2008, -10/+0Boy, life is so much simpler when you're not trying to be a desktop rebel just for the sake of it. But, I guess you get what you pay for. Personally, I'm able to watch live streaming olympic coverage by double-clicking an icon on my desktop. I guess I could have tried to find a harder way just to be cool, but I leave that to people with more time and less life.
    • Atomic1fire, on 08/12/2008, -0/+3Personally, silverlight is underdeveloped
      the last decent use I can remember seeing was a movie player
      Line rider as a silverlight game was attacked by players they all prefered the flash version as far as I saw, even if sliverlight added msn messenger as a feature and improved map saving, and it barely worked in firefox. whereas flash worked fine.
      the olympics is not the place for using a new technology, when an allready existing almost standard technology is available even to the desktop rebels, even if silverlight could have made a good choice, the player they created with it is underimpresive
  • shawn1122, on 08/12/2008, -2/+1channelsurfing.net or justin.tv?
  • jehanr, on 08/12/2008, -2/+1Where can I get Olynmpic video highlights online?
  • shamanovsky, on 08/12/2008, -8/+1Did you buy your gramma Linux pc for Christmas? Forward her these instructions.
  • HubbertWins, on 08/12/2008, -2/+1Yea, because everyone knows the Chinese networks only show Americans competing...seriously, what country do you think this is?
  • waydee, on 08/12/2008, -3/+2If you're in the UK or have a UK proxy server just use the BBC website, live and highlights on there.
  • dkla, on 08/12/2008, -5/+2How to Watch Olympics Live under Linux

    Step 1 - Boot up your Linux machine

    Step 2 - Walk over to your television and turn it on.

    Step 3 - Tune in to the network broadcasting the Olympics.

    Step 4 - Enjoy! (not a requirement if your team/person/country is losing)
    • Atomic1fire, on 08/12/2008, -0/+3Replace step two with get a tv tuner if wanted.
      /not helping, but it seems like a good second idea
    • CircleFusion, on 08/12/2008, -1/+2Awesome!
      I'm on my lunchbreak at work, so I'll try it right now.

      Step 1 - boot up linux machine (done)
      Step 2 - Walk over to your telev....wait a second.

  • ethana2, on 08/12/2008, -5/+1I'd take silverlight over flash any day of the week. Do you realize, legally, that the next ubuntu release could ship working java and moonlight out of the box on the DVD?

    Can't do that with flash. Poor gnash folks...
    • Eruaran, on 08/14/2008, -0/+0"I'd take silverlight over flash any day of the week."

      Is your name Miguel ? Do you like to "hang out" with the guys in Redmond ?

      "Do you realize, legally, that the next ubuntu release could ship working java and moonlight out of the box on the DVD?"

      Legally ? So what ? And why you mention Moonlight in the same breath along with Java I don't know, unless you're being paid to be deliberately mendacious.

      Java is GPL software. Moonlight is not.

      We'd rather have proprietary Flash that actually works rather than a patent encumbered trojan like Moonlight which taints the free software movement with its poison. At least with Flash, we know exactly where we stand.

      You can take Moonlight/Silverlight/Mono/.NET/C# and anything else you want to push regurgitating the mantras of Miguel's mutual Microsoft admiration society and shove them firmly up your anus.
  • ZeroDivide, on 08/12/2008, -2/+1I know its cheating, but this is how I watch the olympics.

    1: install xp in vmware
    2: launch x in twinview mode, display 1 svideo, display 2 crt
    3: boot xp in vmware and go to nbcolympics.com
    4: using compiz, clone the crt onto the svideo out
    5: zoom in until you have full screen video on your tv.
    • sqrt7744, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1under linux you can use the Zattoo player, way better than your method. zattoo.com
  • cowboy77061, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Debian package: (no command line needed)

    http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread ...
  • Balk2K, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Go the Aussie volleyballer in the screenshot!!
  • Soave, on 08/12/2008, -0/+2Is there a good way to do this in Windows (besides NBC online)?
  • reformation, on 08/12/2008, -3/+1'Under' doesn't make sense.
  • reformation, on 08/12/2008, -5/+1Switch on TV instead?
  • waratah, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Anyone have a mirror of the XML?
  • stutimandal, on 08/12/2008, -2/+1Sit with your Linux laptop in Beijing. Put the laptop on your head, so that you are "under Linux."
  • sqrt7744, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1I just use Zattoo player ... quite a few channels show the olympics and the quality seems better.
  • computershack, on 08/12/2008, -7/+0How to watch the Olympics..

    Windows. Click on link, watch events.
    Linux. ***** around for half a day downloading 100MBs of stuff to find one that works and editing config files.

    And the Linux advocates still have the balls to try and tell me its easier than Windows?
    • CircleFusion, on 08/12/2008, -0/+4Look, I realize you like thinking in simple terms, but I don't believe that most Linux advocates would claim that everything on Linux is easier. Some things are easier and some things aren't. Some things are supported and some things aren't. But Linux is free (using both definitions) and it has been improving rapidly over the past few years.

      This particular problem is due to NBC.com using Silverlight version 2 instead of version 1, which isn't supported on Linux yet by way of Moonlight. It is (yet) another unnecessary technology block that Microsoft has put in place.
    • GavinZac, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1what the hell are you talking about? 99% of linux users will have VLC installed anyway, and its a few megabytes. Sopcast is a few megabytes. There is no config file editing. None. Bloody ignorant trolls.
    • AyoMotion, on 08/12/2008, -1/+0You..take...that...back!!!

      Ubuntu is SO ***** easy to work with. If you don't have patience that's your problem.
  • dopesunt, on 08/15/2008, -1/+0Hey Guys! I watched Beijing Olympics highlights online here:
    http://cinemacafe.tv/mov.php?v=Beijing_Olympics_hi ...
    Beijing Olympics 2008 live streaming available at:
    http://cinemacafe.tv/mov.php?v=Beijing_Olympics_li ...
    Enjoy the olympic games!
  • chayong, on 08/15/2008, -1/+0According to http://www.tiphub.com/ViewTip.php?tipId=741, you can use Anchor free to watch on macs, has anyone tried it on Linux?
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