Watching Television Through NUSCAST
From Linux & Open Source @ NUS
At the time of writing, it seems that using media player connectivity extension in Firefox and VLC 0.8.6works very well. Please try that before using this guide.
The following are the streams to watch television through NUSCAST inside NUS. This is useful if your browser multimedia plugins do not work.
| Television Channel | Streaming Address | Video Codec |
|---|---|---|
| Channel 5 | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_5 | ASF |
| Channel 8 | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_8 | ASF |
| Channel U | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_u | ASF |
| Suria Channel | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_suria | ASF |
| Arts Central | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_artscent | ASF |
| Discovery Channel | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_disc | ASF |
| Research Channel | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_resrch | ASF |
| BBC World | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_bbc | ASF |
| Channel News Asia | mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_cna | ASF |
To watch them, simply start your favourite media player (xine, mplayer, vlc, kaffine...) and paste the address in. You can also do this through the commandline, like
mplayer mms://live-vip-49.nus.edu.sg/cam_cna
