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Quote from bilobilo : SopCast has the option to "Use [your] own player". I use VLC to change the aspect ratio (don't think the default player can do it). Run SopCast manually, then go to Option and browse to where vlc.exe is located. You can also set VLC preference for "Source aspect ratio" to 16:9 to keep the setting when changing channels.

Alternative, use the same trick as with BeTV. While Sopcast is playing the live stream, open VLC and go to Media and Open Network Stream. Type in 127.0.0.1:8902/tv.mpeg. Then you can see the video on VLC and you can change aspect ratio or make it full screen. Next time you just need to press Ctl-1 (short cut to last play) in VLC without going through the menu input. Make sure you mute the Sopcast windows otherwise you will hear 2 unsynchronized sound.

Quote from abstractj : Dumpav, In the blog Max mentioned you must have Multimedia On Demand installed to work? Isn't that another streaming device? Sorry, I can't read Chinese very well even with Google Translate it's a little confusing. Thanks.

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Quote from billcsho : Go back and read the whole thread. I have already posted it. See #156 and earlier. Here is the link to instruction.

Where do you put tvchannel.xml? In my install, there's no tvchannel.xml to be found, and BETV appears to be getting the channel list from http://channel.sopserv.com/chlist.xml. Thanks in advance for the help.

Quote from whothehellknows : Where do you put tvchannel.xml? In my install, there's no tvchannel.xml to be found, and BETV appears to be getting the channel list from http://channel.sopserv.com/chlist.xml. Thanks in advance for the help.

I put it in the BeTV folder and it works for me on my laptop running Win7 32-bit. On my HTPC running Win7 64-bit, I need to replace the tvchannel file every time and then click the update button (the update will fail anyway) before it reads from the tvchannel file. It is not clear to me what causes the difference. I even tried copying the whole BeTV folder from my laptop to the HTPC and it still behaves the same. Interestingly, when the channel list reverted to default, the tvchannel file some times still have the same size and date (some times not). So there may be a way to load the tv channel list from other source as you said, and that may be set in the registry.

Quote from tsx : That tells you TVB is addictive and is hard to get for free as well. The direct TV crap is in non-HD and charge you $30 a month. TVB is a rip off in US.

Not to mention the crappy Chinese medicine commercial they play over and over again, and the stupid US host I can't stand him.

I think the HK VPN is the best solution.

Quote from billcsho : I put it in the BeTV folder and it works for me on my laptop running Win7 32-bit. On my HTPC running Win7 64-bit, I need to replace the tvchannel file every time and then click the update button (the update will fail anyway) before it reads from the tvchannel file. It is not clear to me what causes the difference. I even tried copying the whole BeTV folder from my laptop to the HTPC and it still behaves the same. Interestingly, when the channel list reverted to default, the tvchannel file some times still have the same size and date (some times not). So there may be a way to load the tv channel list from other source as you said, and that may be set in the registry.

I couldn't get BETV to show the TVB channels. Followed the procedure in that link, and tried it on multiple machines, running windows 7 and XP. For some reason, the tvchannel.xml file was not honored by BETV. I have run different versions of BETV's too.

Another interesting thing is that once I copied that tvchannel.xml file into the BETV directory, and before I ran the program, when I looked at that file using an xml editor, the contents have changed: TVB channels were no longer listed. However, if I open the tvchannel.xml file with a plain text editor, the file is the same as the original one, with TVB channels there. So the file is not actually modified, but for some strange reason, using an xml editor gives a different view than using a plain text editor.

Has anyone else besides Bill make it work successfully and see TVB channels? OTOH, I am happy that sopcast works!

Quote from clau : I couldn't get BETV to show the TVB channels. Followed the procedure in that link, and tried it on multiple machines, running windows 7 and XP. For some reason, the tvchannel.xml file was not honored by BETV. I have run different versions of BETV's too. Another interesting thing is that once I copied that tvchannel.xml file into the BETV directory, and before I ran the program, when I looked at that file using an xml editor, the contents have changed: TVB channels were no longer listed. However, if I open the tvchannel.xml file with a plain text editor, the file is the same as the original one, with TVB channels there. So the file is not actually modified, but for some strange reason, using an xml editor gives a different view than using a plain text editor. Has anyone else besides Bill make it work successfully and see TVB channels? OTOH, I am happy that sopcast works!

I have the same problem and will like to know as well.

Very informative thread. Got Sopcast to work just fine on my XP laptop streaming TVB live. Thanks!

Quote from lucyl : I have the same problem and will like to know as well.

I was able to get BETV to work by following this method posted here:
http://www.popularasians.com/foru...post980872

Subsequently, I then used the tvchannel.xml that was posted earlier although the one from popularasians might work too and it has more entries.

I tried this on my laptop running running windows7 (32bit).

As an aside, is there any quality difference between sopcast and betv?

Quote from renten : I was able to get BETV to work by following this method posted here: http://www.popularasians.com/foru...post980872 Subsequently, I then used the tvchannel.xml that was posted earlier although the one from popularasians might work too and it has more entries. I tried this on my laptop running running windows7 (32bit). As an aside, is there any quality difference between sopcast and betv?

Thanks for the link. Where did you download HDPlayer-3.3.2.exe., and why is it necessary?

Quote from clau : Thanks for the link. Where did you download HDPlayer-3.3.2.exe., and why is it necessary?

The HDPlayer is contained within the BETV.rar file. I just ran it once to install it and then ran betv.exe to start the player.

Quote from renten : The HDPlayer is contained within the BETV.rar file. I just ran it once to install it and then ran betv.exe to start the player.

Thanks, I finally got it to work. I copies the tvchannel.xml file over, and it still did not see the correct list. Then I clicked update in BETV, refused the subsequent update, and then the TVB HD channel appeared.

Quote from clau : Thanks, I finally got it to work. I copies the tvchannel.xml file over, and it still did not see the correct list. Then I clicked update in BETV, refused the subsequent update, and then the TVB HD channel appeared.

So the update trick works for you too.

Quote from billcsho : So the update trick works for you too.

Yes, it finally did, using the customized version of the betv program (no installation needed).