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by Achshar 4982 days ago
So i have chrome on win 8, can i stream? should i even bother to install quicktime? i don't have it yet, but if it will stream, i will download it for sure.
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RossM 4981 days ago
The last stream I had to install QuickTime, though I believe VLC can play it by opening the source URL (check the HTML).
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Achshar 4981 days ago
Where do i find the url? The page's html has only one url that looks like a video/stream but it is 404.

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/jun/12oibwefsvihbsdfvpihb...

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lovamova 4981 days ago
You can find the M3U8 url here: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/000/Features/oct_2012_event/...

I didn't post the M3U8 directly because Apple might change it. I'm sure the XML file will remain the same.

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TazeTSchnitzel 4981 days ago
Live Stream has started. Works fine in VLC with the .m3u8 URL from that.

Although I'm finding I am often suddenly loosing connection, I suggest putting it in a playlist on repeat.

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Achshar 4981 days ago
Great, Thanks!
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VikingCoder 4981 days ago
QuickTime? Wow - that's a blast from the past. Are you sure they're not using Real (TM) Player?

I'll double-check my Eudora for that e-Mail, after I fix my PPP which has been flaking out on me ever since my dad got call waiting on the house phome^H^Hne.

+++ATH0

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nchlswu 4981 days ago
based on the copy, It looks like Apple is locking Windows users out? I don't see why a Quicktime on Windows wouldn't work though...

EDIT: Based on other replies in the thread, it doesn't look like they're doing that.

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