[opendtv] Re: Free TV URL list
- From: Mike Tsinberg <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "<opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:40:03 +0000
Actually I look specifically to play them through Safari on iOS.
Best Regards,
Mike Tsinberg
http://keydigital.com
> On Dec 28, 2013, at 2:05 AM, "Albert Manfredi"
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mike Tsinberg wrote:
>
>> Many stations are not available.
>
> Can you be more specific? Which stations don’t work? For instance, on Hulu,
> abc.com, cbs.com, nbc.com, wwitv.com, there should be very few stations that
> don't work. Is it perhaps a problem that you're trying to use a crippled
> device that won’t support Flash? If so, what would anyone expect? Flash is
> still the preferred streaming protocol, on any portal I use, including
> YouTube. With few exceptions, like Amazon and Netflix (both use SIlverlight
> for now), if you have Flash installed the station will prefer Flash, and if
> you don’t have Flash installed, you may either see some other protocol coming
> alive, or nothing at all.
>
> I've reported this state of affairs many times.
>
>> I think it's time for a good solid portal offering all the available
>> stations.
>
> I'm not sure I see the logic. There isn't a single portal for every bank in
> the world, or every restaurant, or whatever other industry. Besides which,
> becoming dependent on a single portal is just asking for trouble. I just
> installed this fun Sangean WFT-1 Internet/FM Radio tuner in my sound system,
> for instance. It DEPENDS on the frontier-silicon radio portal. Sure, it's
> nice to have all the radio stations listed, and searchable by genre or
> location or what have you. But then again, quite a few won't stream. Some
> that do just fine on my PC, for instance. A local station WASH-FM, won’t
> stream. Never mind its HD Radio multicast, which doesn't even show up. Or,
> RAI radio stations, while they appear, they won't work. These are ALL
> available on my PC.
>
> It's nice to have an Internet radio tuner that works like a regular tuner,
> but these unessential middlemen are, as always, a mixed blessing.
>
> Bert
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