Watch streaming Live TV using Windows Media Player?

[bryan_chow]

Can I watch streaming Live TV with Windows Media Player without the web browser and going to the Watch page?

Thanks,
Bryan

[jkoon]

No, the web browser is needed to keep the live tv stream running.

[V_D_O]

I thought if 'always timeshift' was enabled, you could connect to http://whatever:1755, but I may well be wrong. In any case, you can connect to that address in WMP as long as a web browser somewhere is running the live TV page.

[jkoon]

Originally posted by V_D_O
I thought if 'always timeshift' was enabled, you could connect to http://whatever:1755,

Hmm, yea that could be right... I can’t test for myself, using a hardware encoder.

[bp_freakazoid]

I watch livetv all the time with media player. You just have to trick it. I remote in to my snapstream box (I use VCN) and open up the web admin on it. Start the stream on the local box and leave it running. I then close my remote connection and open open a shortcut I made on my desktop. mms://addresshere:8080 (8080 is the default port) and it connects to the stream.

I love having a T1 at my house I am able to set the quality to near VHS and stream to 2 locations


Hope this helps

David Hill

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