[vlc] Re: Freebox & Mac (FR)

[David Robin]

Do you use a precompiled executable, or did you compile it yourself?

David

On 1/13/06, Paul MATHIAS <pmat at ext.jussieu.fr> wrote:
>
> Greetings.
>
> For those of you who may not know the French ISP "Free", they offer a
> service called "Multiposte" that allows you to watch TV on your computer
> connected to their DSL modem, the "Freebox".
>
> To watch TV, you need to use VLC (0.8.4) and open a "File" (in fact:
> <http://myfreebox.freebox.fr/freeboxtv/playlist.m3u>), after which you
> get a list of TV channels to double-click on and watch the program you
> choose.
>
> At this time, I have been able to use the service flawlessly on my PC.
>
> Meanwhile, when I use my Mac, I do get the list of channels, but
> double-clicking on any one of them results in three blinking buttons on
> the VLC interface, the "fast rewind", "stop", and "fast forward"
> buttons. Then not only do I not get any channels to watch, but I can't
> quit VLC unless I do a "force quit".
>
> It seems to me there's a bug in the Mac version of VLC that doesn"t
> allow the proper use of the service. At "Free" (the ISP), they are (as
> usual) totally unable to answer simple questions such as "Do you happen
> to know if there's any problem with Macs and "Multiposte"?".
>
> Are there any users "out there" having the same problems as me, or who
> would be able to suggest some sort of a solution?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PM
>
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