Watch Streaming p2p Live TV on the Internet
The advance of peer-to-peer technology (p2p) has make possible the distribution of video and TV streams via p2p network. p2pTV is the software application that doing basically that, designed to redistribute video streams on a p2p network.
p2pTV is not the old method of downloading movies, dvds, tv episodes by using bit-torrent or edonkey or other file sharing network, and then watch the videos after completing the download. Nor it’s downloaded short video clips through shoutcast, etc.
p2pTV is freeware which enables you to watch video streams, including live tv channels from pay cable or satellite tv. Thus, it’s possible to make every tv channels in the world to available to all viewers globally.
How the p2pTV Technology Works?
In the traditional way of video streaming, all viewers connect to the streaming server, thus creating bottlenecks or traffic congestion on the server, slowing down the downloads and viewing pleasure.
With p2pTV technology, only few users need to connect to the main streaming server. Instead each users themselves become a streaming server that broadcasts to other peer while at the same time receiving the streaming video from other peer’s streaming server. This greatly reduces the burden on main video streams hosting server, and increases the sources where the media can be streamed from. Thus, the download speed will be higher, and so do smoothness of media playing.
System Requirements
While each individual p2p TV applications may have its own system requirement, but as a rule of thumb, to have a optimum streaming quality for great viewing pleasure without much lagging, it’s vital to have at least the following:
- At least 1,500 Kbps download speed
- Windows Media Player 9 and/or Real Player
- Disable Windows XP Service Pack 2 TCP Connection Limit
p2pTV Network and Software
Some of the p2pTV applications are:
ppStream – Best!
PPLive
CoolStreaming – No Longer Available due to Copyright Issues
TVUPlayer
Cybersky-TV
Feidian
PeerCast
Octoshape
Open Media Network
QQLive
TvAnts
Tvkoo
Issues
Main consents is copyright. In these free p2p-tv networks, you can find numerous entertainments, news, and sports channels from cable and satellite TV stations.
The quality of the streaming video is also of vary quality, especially on those networks with fewer users. Lagging or intermittent delay and disconnection of video stream is not uncommon.
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July 10th, 2009 11:33
[...] that operates as a dedicated videos only viewer. One of the feature that different than most P2PTV nowadays is Graboid Video has ability to allow users to download videos to watch later or instantly [...]
July 10th, 2009 11:33
[...] that operates as a dedicated videos only viewer. One of the feature that different than most P2PTV nowadays is Graboid Video has ability to allow users to download videos to watch later or instantly [...]
September 21st, 2007 17:43
sopcast is the best…
June 1st, 2007 16:55
the best music stream ever
May 26th, 2007 21:15
Normally i use http://www.footballonsat.com/TV/sop-1.php for p2p televison.They are using ppstream,tvants and of course sopcast for it.Most of the matches i can watch at there and they are writing which channels are in English so it is very useful when you use p2p tv.
March 23rd, 2007 04:53
I really want someone to develope a P2P tv for the mac platform! Please software engineers out there, us Mac users need them! Or even easier leave the link for the source so we can pipe it in to our real players, thats worked for me a couple of times. Every blue moon there is a apple symbol on http://www.live-footy.org but its few and far between and never the game you want to what. Sods law huh? jl
March 14th, 2007 01:42
Why don’t these computer geeks ever come up with a Mac version of these peer to peer streams? Or how about making one that crosses all platforms? I can’t use any of these because they’re all for Windows.
February 11th, 2007 06:46
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December 18th, 2006 23:13
[...] TVAnts is a P2PTV application that allows users to receive and stream live TV stations’ channels from around the world or video contents through peer-to-peer technology such as BitTorrent (BT) on a p2p network. With distributed video streams upload from viewers who also at the same time downloading the streams, the technology increase the available bandwidth and decrease network bottleneck on a single streaming server, thus improve video quality. New version of TVAnts is now released with support for Windows Vista and Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11). The new features of TVAnts 1.0.0.58 build 0720 include: [...]
November 19th, 2006 02:30
Is it possible to get us channels with a mac?
Somebody help me please……Im in Germany and i need TV…
October 20th, 2006 09:26
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October 16th, 2006 21:02
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October 12th, 2006 02:20
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August 24th, 2006 16:09
I love TVkoo, never stop and buffer, lots movies, easy using.
August 20th, 2006 22:39
does anyone know of any p2pTV for mac?
I want to watch some live football
August 10th, 2006 15:07
[...] Many viewers are now watching live, streaming TV via a (mostly new) slew of services. While legal services such as Naspers’s MediaZone (which broadcast Wimbeldon live online this year) exist, many are of a more questionable nature. They are the new iCraveTVs, hooking up their own broadcast/cable/satellite feeds to the Internet – so that you can watch live versions of ESPN or HBO. Many of them are overseas, so they deliver the Asian versions of the channels. The for-fee ones often advertise on Google (check it out here) to users who may not be made aware of the services’ legal status. Peer-to-peer streaming technology (read more here) is often used, so their own bandwidth cost is minimal. [...]
August 10th, 2006 15:01
[...] Many viewers are now watching live, streaming TV via a (mostly new) slew of services. While legal services such as Naspers’s MediaZone (which broadcast Wimbeldon live online this year) exist, many are of a more questionable nature. They are the new iCraveTVs, hooking up their own broadcast/cable/satellite feeds to the Internet – so that you can watch live versions of ESPN or HBO. Many of them are overseas, so they deliver the Asian versions of the channels. The for-fee ones often advertise on Google (check it out here) to users who may not be made aware of the services’ legal status. Peer-to-peer streaming technology (read more here) is often used, so their own bandwidth cost is minimal. [...]
August 7th, 2006 12:18
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July 27th, 2006 05:33
TVUplayer is much better, both form quality and tv programs. There is also a website, http://www.viidoo.com, which carries lots of program information for the TVUPlayer.
July 15th, 2006 22:15
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July 12th, 2006 11:39
1.5 MB download speed. Oh okay, this is a great app, if you have a freaking T1 connection. If I have enough money for a t1 connection, I think I can probably subscribe to cable and buy a tivo.
July 6th, 2006 21:44
http://en.cciptv.com/
CCIPTV Live Podcaster, typical of new P2P Live Podcaster, can realize the function of podcasting, sending the local audio and video files and signals from television card, compression card, collection card, PC camera, microphone to the Internet, which makes you to set up your own Internet TV station only on a common PC. Meanwhile, this software can play such formats as rm?rmvb?mpeg?mpg?mpeg4?avi?wmv?wma?mp3?DVD and even transit all the Internet TV programs of different formats.
July 6th, 2006 16:14
I use tvuplayer now (www.viidoo.com.) It carries quite few programs from US.
June 12th, 2006 03:45
There is another p2p based software named SopCast, you can visit their website http://www.sopcast.com for more information
March 24th, 2006 09:19
There is also a new P2Ptv software at this adress:
http://www.p2plive.org