How to watch game online

by MMHorns on Nov 3, 2007 2:34 PM CDT Comment 7 comments

I know I am not the first to ask this, but the sports bars are closed out here until for another hour and a half and I am getting the UCLA v Arizona game. Any advice. I tried sopcast.com but there is no ABC sports on there.

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Sorry I didn't post this earlier, but here is the connect to see the OSU-Texas game online. MMHorns, as you said the game IS on Sopcast on NASN channel, BUT is only visable through VLC player. This is a little confusing, but its not terrible. Naturally, you need Sopcast (www.sopcast.org) and the channel is 25813. Here's what you do:

(Directly from the streamer):

To use VLC, download VLC at http://www.videolan.org and install it , then start the Sopcast stream and let it buffer. Then open VLC, go to Open Network Stream, select HTTP option, and type in 127.0.0.1:8902 (if not working, try port 8912). You MUST leave Sopcast running; closing Sopcast closes the stream.

Make sense? Sorry for wasting space for those who don't use these programs. Basically, open Sopcast, then open VLC player, in VLC "file" menu select "open network stream", then in the "HTTP/etc..." line paste 127.0.0.1:8902 and you're good to go. Hope that's not too complicated.

Good luck man, the things we go through to watch our horns...

Hook em!

by UTbilisiFan on Nov 3, 2007 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

wow

i just am now reading this, but that is exactly what i did. i am pretty proud of myself for figuring it out but I wish I had found your comment earlier. Thanks a lot for posting that though. I am in Hawaii and the sportsbar don't even open until 11am and the game started at 9:30.

I am so glad I caught that game. Wow...just wow.

Hook em!!!

Crystal Balls

by MMHorns on Nov 3, 2007 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

will this be possible...

for any game that is blacked out in our respective region?

I live in Northern California and if the next 2 games are blacked out over here, will this method work for those 2 games as well?

My adopted son Sergio Kindle does not sleep; he waits.

by mvplonghorns on Nov 3, 2007 9:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Mostly depends on the station broadcasting.

A general rule is if someone is broadcasting, it's most likely going to be on the internet.

by anonyMoose on Nov 4, 2007 3:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you see whats on Sopcast?

how can I search for games?

by the other Andrew on Nov 4, 2007 12:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i don't have the answers

i just googled my ass off looking for it, knowing that i was starting with sopcast.

this is the forum I found that had the link to the game and instructions on how to watch it:
http://85.92.128.155/~myp2p/forum/vi...

but I don't know if that forum is going to work for the next Texas game that is blacked out.

if anyone finds it earlier in the week, or whenever, maybe we should have a diary going about how to do this, because although the video was in and out, I couldn't have been happier getting to watch that game.

Crystal Balls

by MMHorns on Nov 5, 2007 5:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

future games...

Well, odds are that one if not both of these games are going to be streaming. Basically comes down to who's streaming it and where--sometimes its as simple as clicking a link and watching directly, other times via Sopcast, TVU, or the insanely complicated "Sopcast but only through VLC", which is what happened this week!

MMHorns, you're right--www.myp2p.eu is probably the best source for what games will be on and HOW to watch them. Schedules usually show up on Thursday or Friday of each week. Alternately, you can try this one as the interface might be a bit easier:

Sports Talk World

Completely agree that if/when folks see a game will be streaming, would be helpful to post here WITH instructions on how to view. I'm happy to do this, but if somebody beats me to it, all the better! ;)

by UTbilisiFan on Nov 5, 2007 7:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs