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moonmonkey · Jul 23, 2005, 12:58 AM

I want to be able to watch the feed live, but

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/video/news169.ram

doesn't work from china, does anyone know where I can watch it online?

I used to be able to watch it from the quicktime player!!

willed · Jul 23, 2005, 05:23 AM

I don't know if you realise but that particular feed links to old news - it's about the possibility of hunting being banned, a ban which actually came into effect earlier this year. Don't know if this makes any difference.

andreas_g4 · Jul 23, 2005, 05:33 AM

You sure you could watch a RM File in QT? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that Real Media is proprietary and can not be played in QT.

TiggerToo · Jul 23, 2005, 05:34 AM

you would be right, it can't, install the real player from Real.com and bb news is open to China, last I heard

moonmonkey · Jul 23, 2005, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by andreas_g4

You sure you could watch a RM File in QT? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that Real Media is proprietary and can not be played in QT.

My post was very badly worded sorry,

There used to be q quicktime version, apple used to promote it in Quicktime "Hot Picks" or something, seems like it has been dropped.

Does anyone know where there is a live stream of any news TV channel?

BBC News 24
BBC world
CNN
FOX NEWS

There used to be lots but I cant find any??

andreas_g4 · Jul 23, 2005, 08:16 AM

Full-Time H.264 live feeds - that'd be sweet...

moonmonkey · Jul 23, 2005, 10:46 AM

There must be some live feeds about????

HELP!

ghporter · Jul 23, 2005, 11:31 AM

You are in China. The government of China has strict controls on what can and cannot be accessed from China. The BBC should be honored that they have been blocked; it says that Beijing feels uncomfortable with what they're saying.

Really, you won't get any useful live feeds where you live because the government won't let them in. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

And I know this could easily devolve into a PL thread, but it's just the truth.

moonmonkey · Jul 23, 2005, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

You are in China. The government of China has strict controls on what can and cannot be accessed from China. The BBC should be honored that they have been blocked; it says that Beijing feels uncomfortable with what they're saying.

Really, you won't get any useful live feeds where you live because the government won't let them in. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

And I know this could easily devolve into a PL thread, but it's just the truth.

Irrelevant of my location, it seems like there are no free live news TV feeds left, for anyone.
Correct me if I am wrong.

Link · Jul 24, 2005, 02:21 AM

Careful dude, the chinese thought police might be on to you! Make fun of us "stupid americans" all you want but it looks like we've got something on you now lol.

Seriously, the stream works fine for me.

moonmonkey · Jul 24, 2005, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by Link

Careful dude, the chinese thought police might be on to you! Make fun of us "stupid americans" all you want but it looks like we've got something on you now lol.

Seriously, the stream works fine for me.

Is it a live stream or pre recoded stuff?

Is there an actual live stream?

Thanks!