Today we will discuss on how to watch International football matches ( or any other sports (basketball, cricket, etc...) on Linux via the internet.
As you might know there is many softwares on windows to do this kind of work (Tvant, ppmate, etc...).
As a heavy linux user, I was looking for a solution and I came across SopCast.
Sopcast is, like all programs, also fully free. It's one of the older programs, and it has been developed very well with alot of interesting feautures and options. It's so far the best program, besides the fact it can't handle most busy moments. It's fully English, and many other languages are available aswell.
Channels:
Alot of main channels like StarSports, ESPN, CCTV5, SHTV, Guandong, 3TV1 cable channels and many good test channels (Americain, French, British channels, etc.). Also many movie channels, series and music or stuff.
It works great with an additional VOD function. VOD = Video on Demand, think of a movie, or a serie: you can watch it at any time you want, and it will always start from the first minute on!
* How to watch?
There are 2 ways to watch:
- Start a channel from our schedule pages, you click a link and then it starts Sopcast + the channel.
- Start sopcast manually and select a channel. By clicking any channel it will open a new frame with the channel loading.
Download Sopcatst for Linux:
1. Command line Version
http://download.sopcast.cn/download/sp-auth.tgz Please read the Readme file in this package, about the usage and library dependency.
If you need the stdc++5 library, download it here:
http://www.sopcast.com/download/libstdcpp5.tgz
Note: No need to download the libstdcpp5.tgz if you can run sp-sc.
2. GUI front-end
You can download and read more about the Linux GUI front-end here: http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/
The GUI versoin is developed by Jason Scheunemann, thanks a lot!
Notes: Be aware that for the latest version (here), you will need ia32-libs which is not available for the moment under ubuntu/debian. For that issue, the only solution will be to use an old version which work great for me:
sp-auth_3.0.1_i386.deb
sopcast-player_0.3.0-0ubuntu1_i3..deb
libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb (karmic user).
After installation, lauch Sopcast (Multimedia), click on Open, past a link:
by example, visit http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=&part=sports&discipline=football, click on the match you are interested, copy the sopcast link, then past it and wait until buffer is finished, if not working get another link.
You shall be able to a watch a live football match now.
Njoy
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