Livestation: watch TV free on your PC

jacktyler

there are several free TV players around, but this is one of the better ones, and it's still only in beta. i've been using it for a while and had no problems. excellent quality picture and sound. you need to download it and install (it's completely free).

it comes with 5 or 6 channels already, but you can add your own, there are hundreds to choose from. these channels are legal - don't expect to find Sky Movies or anything like that, but you can get ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, Discovery and plenty more. click the logo to go there.



i'm watching police,camera, action at the moment on ITV4

jacktyler

TorrestheGreat wrote: »

better than zattoo? zattoo is impressive

i use both, but i found the quality a bit better on this one.

red

can this work on a mac?

jacktyler

red wrote: »

can this work on a mac?

it says it works on Mac OSX

red

thanks jack!

Pip26

Hi - thanks so much for this - looks really good!

There was another recent thread with T.V. links that I cannot find now - have searched (wanted to copy a couple of links - sorry - can't for the life of me think who from) - any ideas? - thanks!


Sorry - don't want to appear thick !!! - have installed - sound & visual excellent quality but no idea how to add the channels, .i.e., ITV or Discovery ones - sorry - any help appreciated!

jacktyler

to add a new channel, go to my channels, add / remove channels




it opens a new web page. click on browse, find the channel you want and click add to player





finally, click on my channels, then refresh channels. you need to do this step, otherwise the channel will not appear in your list.

Pip26

Great - thanks! - will do it now! - ta!!!

Pip26

Hi - thanks so much Jack - have done it!!!!

Jo*_2

Thanks i've downloaded it and its great. But i'm concerned about internet charges. Will i have to pay more? I see in the FAQs it says

• How much bandwidth does Livestation consume?
  
  Depending on the data rate of each individual channel, Livestation may consume up to 800kbps downstream while it is viewed and 256kbps upstream capacity. At other times, when the player is idle, it may use a small amount of capacity to keep in contact with the Livestation network. This is limited to 64kbps.
  

But i dont really know if thats alot of not? Is it the equivalent of downloading loads of albums or films?

Pip26

Does anyone get stops, starts and buffering - maybe it's just my cheap laptop or me not knowing quite what to do - thought i had done it!!