shinsen Wrote:

radical_tyro Wrote:you can drag the html file into the sop client's channel list, and it will display there. here's an example of that xml converted to html for you: http://pastebin.com/kKZEVjv9

Totally works! Awesome, thanks.

Now the only thing I need is to a way to view the video in VLC so I could force the correct display ration. The built-in player has the picture squished from 16:9 to 4:6. Not a huge deal but a bit annoying.

yeah it is kinda annoying. if a stream as running in the sop client, you can view it in VLC by file > open network, and paste http://127.0.0.1:8902. It seems you need to re-open this each time you change the channel though.

radical_tyro Wrote:if a stream as running in the sop client, you can view it in VLC by file > open network, and paste http://127.0.0.1:8902

Yay!

radical_tyro Wrote:It seems you need to re-open this each time you change the channel though.

Enable auto reconnect by clicking the "Repeat" button on VLC's main window (it's next to the "Shuffle" button) and it'll work like a charm when you switch channels in Sopcast.

I have been getting "H.264 player can not be created!" error lately.

Is anyone else getting this error?

warakawa Wrote:I have been getting "H.264 player can not be created!" error lately.

Is anyone else getting this error?

I started getting that after I uninstalled NIJI. I installed NIJI because everyone was saying it was so great but for me the program ran really slow. Assuming the issue is with SopCast as it was for me, I reinstalled SopCast and it works again.

squarezebra Wrote:There are lots of options to choose between. I'm not saying NTKTV is a better option for you or anyone else out there, I'm just saying that I use it, and I feel it's worth the cost associated with it.

NTKTV was the first reliable way for me to watch Japanese programming, however, I hated that I always had to manually start the next 1 hour segment when the last one ended (in other words, I couldn't just leave it sit on-screen 24/7 without me having to do anything).

The problem with NTKTV is that the software interface is just a time log without an easy way to browse content. They have an excellent archive of TV content, I can't believe they didn't design the interface for Hulu-style content browsing. What they have is essentially on-demand programming and it could be awesome with a little user-friendliness. Much better than live streaming waste of time nonsense where you mindlessly flip through channels hoping something interesting is on. Live TV is so last century.

shinsen Wrote:

radical_tyro Wrote:if a stream as running in the sop client, you can view it in VLC by file > open network, and paste http://127.0.0.1:8902

Yay!

radical_tyro Wrote:It seems you need to re-open this each time you change the channel though.

Enable auto reconnect by clicking the "Repeat" button on VLC's main window (it's next to the "Shuffle" button) and it'll work like a charm when you switch channels in Sopcast.

oh, clever. thanks!

Small FYI, if your on a later Win OS like Vista/Win7, You should toss your favorites.xml in the Virtualstore rather than the usually protected Program Files directory.

Just type this into the Explorer address bar:
%localappdata%\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\SopCast\

(Well, you probably don't need the x86 part if your on a 32 bit OS.)

Also be sure to save the favorites.xml as utf8.

Anyway, now for a question. Any channel lists for other language channels, like Taiwanese or Korean?

Daichi Wrote:Small FYI, if your on a later Win OS like Vista/Win7, You should toss your favorites.xml in the Virtualstore rather than the usually protected Program Files directory.

Just type this into the Explorer address bar:
%localappdata%\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\SopCast\

(Well, you probably don't need the x86 part if your on a 32 bit OS.)

Also be sure to save the favorites.xml as utf8.

Thanks a jesus for telling this, man. Had no idea what everyone was doing that didn't work for me.

I'm on windows 7 and I didn't use that folder...

Googled a bit and it seems to be related to administrative power. That directory can apparently be used when a program that doesn't have administrative control tries to put files into a place that requires it.

I'm not computer savvy, I just know that I've got a very new one that's running win7 64bit, and sopcast seems to be working now

any way to record channels with a timer on the japanese channels? I can record the channels that come with sopcast on a scheldule but not the jp channels. help?

Zarxrax Wrote:I'm on windows 7 and I didn't use that folder...

Your right, it's not required. You just don't need admin access to make changes to the VirtualStore.

Anyway, another ProTip:
If your sick of manually changing the aspect ratio in VLC every time you switch channels, make a new VLC shortcut.

In the "Target" part of the shortcut you can put something like this:

Quote:"C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" http://127.0.0.1:8902/tv.ts --aspect-ratio 16:9

I also have " --fullscreen" inside that, since VLC is usually on my 2nd monitor.

Any particular shows people like watching?

I'm fond of a cooking show that comes on at 9.pm (Japanese time, weekdays) on NHK. I haven't had a lot of time to explore though.

rahsoul Wrote:Any particular shows people like watching?

I'm fond of a cooking show that comes on at 9.pm (Japanese time, weekdays) on NHK. I haven't had a lot of time to explore though.

I like watching the language shows on NHK Educational, because it's fun to watch a language show in Japanese. XD I've caught the ones for French, Arabic, & Chinese. I wonder when the English one airs...

radical_tyro Wrote:yeah it is kinda annoying. if a stream as running in the sop client, you can view it in VLC by file > open network, and paste http://127.0.0.1:8902. It seems you need to re-open this each time you change the channel though.

For Mac users, this trick also works for MPlayerX. Many thanks for the tips radical_tyro!

The last streaming apps I tried was antTV and keyhole which I promptly dropped because of the bad quality. Sopcast looks to be much better and easier to use too.

Here's a list of links to TV listings （番組表） for different Japanese channels that I made:

http://chillimuffin.tumblr.com/post/3186...v-listings

I would have copied the whole thing here directly but the links disappear in the process :/ Hope you find it useful anyway

chillimuffin Wrote:Here's a list of links to TV listings （番組表） for different Japanese channels that I made:

http://chillimuffin.tumblr.com/post/3186...v-listings

I would have copied the whole thing here directly but the links disappear in the process :/ Hope you find it useful anyway

I use Yahoo Japan's TV guide to see what's on: http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/ . I don't know if it covers all the TV stations you linked to though.

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ファブリス Wrote:If there is something like twitch.tv in Japan that could be fun too if you like gaming. There are Chinese and Russian streamers on there, Japanese I don't know.

Not exactly live TV but more options doesn't hurt...

So I noticed a live stream in Japanese atm on Twitch.tv, advantage is there is an iOS and I think Android apps. Edit: the Twitch.tv iOS app was super buggy but a recent update has improved playback a little bit. I was watching a really nice 720p stream of Torlight II yesterday... playback quality is really nice if you can find the streams that have 720p enabled.

This one's streaming "TOKYO GAME SHOW 2012" as of writing...

http://www.twitch.tv/feed_rss

Edit2: Oh sweet.. looks like they finally enabled HTML5 on their site so it plays in the Google Chrome app, no need for the Twitch.tv app.

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Guoguodi Wrote:Then load up SopCast, click "Live Channels" and then click the button with a yellow star (My Favorites).

I feel like an idiot. -_-

Just wondering, why don't channels air 24/7? I see off air a lot, and right now Sopcast and Keyhole can't connect to pretty much any station.

Yeah the channels were working fine for me before I left for work. Now they're all down. Streaming is not downloading, but maybe it has something to do with this?

http://torrentfreak.com/anti-downloading...ay-121001/

Oh yeah I heard about that too. That might be it, I don't know. I hope they come back up soon.

Quote:There is also vagueness as to how the law applies to anime and other TV broadcasts – it applies only to “paid” distribution, so freely aired TV broadcasts are said to be exempt.

That's what I read. But I have noticed a huge drop in dubbed/movies and TV shows being uploaded in the past 24 hours so it has to be the new law. Like everything it'll probably pass though, scare a few people for a while and then it'll go back to normal--at least I hope so haha.

Jombo Wrote:Just wondering, why don't channels air 24/7? I see off air a lot, and right now Sopcast and Keyhole can't connect to pretty much any station.

TheVinster Wrote:Yeah the channels were working fine for me before I left for work. Now they're all down. Streaming is not downloading, but maybe it has something to do with this?

http://torrentfreak.com/anti-downloading...ay-121001/

Doh damn draconian law, right as the new anime season begins. How do these crappy laws pass so easily in Japan? SOPA turned into a huge deal in the states. Do Japanese people just not care about their laws at all?

I'm sure sales on audio/video media is going to rise soo much because of the law. >_>