Launched today by code masters Spb Software is Spb TV for S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition. I've been using it for a day or two on my Nokia N95 and 5800 and here present a full and detailed review of Spb TV. Around 100 channels, 'picture in picture' channel switching, QVGA video streams, a TV Guide that in some cases works a week ahead, the works.
Read on in the full article.
is easy to do and BBC offer a good amount of quality programming for UK based people.
The widget has a simple javascript file that can easily be edited to remove the block on 3G connectivity and even to add phones that it doesn't 'officially ' support ( my e90 for example )
its a utter godsend when shopping for stuff with a 4 year old who is happy to sit watching Cbeebies whilst me/SWMBO talk to the sales people.
Again, don't even think about it without a decent data package though!!!!!!
Awesome! Simply awesome!
Its a handset version of Live-station without the irc capabilities.
Its ok through wifi .. but just ok
.. over 3G it would be less than ok.
.. its an alternative to the carrier pay-for-TV options
.. if you're paying for bandwidth over 3G its expensive!
for a one off $14.95 (assumes upgrades are free) I don't think I'll bother.
"The function is not supported" on N93i.
Shame! Neither BBC iplayer nor Spv TV. It's a nice phone for watching videos...
HELP !!
Payd 14.95$ and cannot change connection to Wi-Fi.
I dont want to pay 3G data!
How can i switch to wi-fi?
Thx
Hey Steve. You got the headline wrong, my rss-reader (and your headline) says Spv, it is Spb, right? 😉
😊 Nice app ! The initial page is maybe amateurish , saying : wait 1-2 min (..%) . In between the (..) the downloading progress , though .
The .sis file goes fine on E90 , including choice of access point : Wifi or 3G , when Web is set to : " Always ask "
😊 Regards jApi NL
Tried the trial version. Seems good.... but is there actually anything worth watching? Can anyone recommend any good channels?
FaizDaDon wrote:Tried the trial version. Seems good.... but is there actually anything worth watching? Can anyone recommend any good channels?
Hard to say. I couldn't tell from the trial, so I went ahead and bought it. I received a 20% discount because I had already purchased Spb Puzzle, and they offer a 30 day money back guarantee. I haven't had time yet to go through everything.
The implementation is way ahead of the content. It is not perfect, but this is very nearly THE way to execute TV on a handheld and for that alone they can have my $11 USD. The content is mostly stuff that is freely available, in many languages. There are certainly some interesting distractions here, but I'd love to see them pick up things like BBC. This is not Hulu, but it certainly could be. If they could get better content, I would even be willing to go to a subscription model.
For the small investment it's worth it as a "because I can" trick for your phone and worth supporting in hopes of seeing better content choices down the road.
I don't see any BBC channels. Other stuff like Nasa and France 24 and Sky I've already got set up. I've installed the trial but it won't let me play anything without paying. They took my email address; are they going to email me a temporary reg code or something?
Unregistered wrote:is easy to do and BBC offer a good amount of quality programming for UK based people.
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its a utter godsend when shopping for stuff with a 4 year old who is happy to sit watching Cbeebies whilst me/SWMBO talk to the sales people.
I don't see any BBC channels. I'm in UK but at work atm; maybe something to do with the firewall I'm behind...?
neilhoskins wrote:I don't see any BBC channels. Other stuff like Nasa and France 24 and Sky I've already got set up. I've installed the trial but it won't let me play anything without paying. They took my email address; are they going to email me a temporary reg code or something?
No, they actually say in their manual:
The trial version (Lite) of Spb TV has a restricted number of channels and features that are available in the registered version (full). You can use the trial version only to check how Spb TV works. In order to watch all public channels, use the Calendar reminder feature, and manage the channels list, you need to purchase the license.
You really can't tell much from the trial. They do have a 30 day satisfaction guarantee.
neilhoskins wrote:I don't see any BBC channels. I'm in UK but at work atm; maybe something to do with the firewall I'm behind...?
I think unregistered eas referring to iplayer, not this program. See his post title.
Steve,
Many thanks for the info, it works great on the E90, worth the �11 ish just to be able to watch Sky News etc on the fly.
Nick
Hooksym wrote:I think unregistered eas referring to iplayer, not this program. See his post title.
So if I pay my $15, do I get BBC, or just the channels I can see dimmed-out in the trial version?
Does it work on the E90's internal screen ?
neilhoskins wrote:So if I pay my $15, do I get BBC, or just the channels I can see dimmed-out in the trial version?
No BBC.
Hooksym wrote:No BBC.
No point for me, then. SkyNews is available in the N95's VideoCentre (as is Sky 7 Days and Reuters), Nasa TV is available just as a simple RealPlayer stream, and France24 is available live via an excellent standalone client (or highlights via VideoCentre). I'm not really interested in any of the others.
neilhoskins wrote:Nasa TV is available just as a simple RealPlayer stream
I'd hate to go off topic but can you point me in the direction of the Nasa TV stream?
Arthur wrote:I'd hate to go off topic but can you point me in the direction of the Nasa TV stream?
On S60 FP1 devices, you can put rtsp://a1747.l1856745839.c18567.g.lr.akamaistream.net/live/D/1747/18567/v0001/reflector:45839 directly into Gallery as a "streaming link". (I don't suppose I keyed that link in manually. I think I just browsed to the website, played the live stream, then saved it.) The NASA stream seems to work from behind my basic firewall at home, but not at work. It didn't work at home with my previous router/firewall unless I faffed about with the settings making holes in it. Don't forget that you need to set your RealPlayer access point in the Applications Settings if you have a pre-FP2 device.
That NASA stream is quite brilliant when there's something going on up there. The highlight was sitting in bed watching them working on the Jules Verne ATV live as it was happening.
There's also nothing to stop you putting the BBC live stream urls directly in as "streaming links". If you can get the urls from somebody, you can put them directly in there, and bypass the nanny-BBC telling you that your device isn't suitable. I've got BBC1 TV and most of the radio stations if you're interested.
Does somone know how to add live tv streams on nokia video center? Can somone give some addresses for streming?
Unregistered wrote:Does somone know how to add live tv streams on nokia video center? Can somone give some addresses for streming?
AFAIK, Video Centre is just an aggregator that's optimised for video, rather than audio podcasts. I don't know about other devices, but on my N95-1 I prefer to use it for video podcasts because it's a "better user experience" as Rafe always puts it. So, no, you can't use it for live TV. Also, in fairly typical Nokia fashion, they haven't really supported it and the number of services in "add new services" hasn't really increased since day 1.
Having said that, there are a few good feeds that work well. I currently have:
http://skyscape.sky.com/synewsradio/NEWS/sevendays1.xml (Sky 7 Days)
http://skyscape.sky.com/synewsradio/NEWS/dailyheads.xml (Sky News Headlines)
http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/video/andfinally/rss/m4v/ (Reuters "and finally"😉
http://www.podshow.com/feeds/gbtv-n95.xml (Geek Brief - US-centric but the presenter's hot)
http://feedproxy.google.com/video/playlist (Al Jazeera Playlist if you're interested in world music)
neilhoskins wrote:On S60 FP1 devices, you can put rtsp://a1747.l1856745839.c18567.g.lr.akamaistream.net/live/D/1747/18567/v0001/reflector:45839 directly into Gallery as a "streaming link". (I don't suppose I keyed that link in manually. I think I just browsed to the website, played the live stream, then saved it.) The NASA stream seems to work from behind my basic firewall at home, but not at work. It didn't work at home with my previous router/firewall unless I faffed about with the settings making holes in it. Don't forget that you need to set your RealPlayer access point in the Applications Settings if you have a pre-FP2 device.That NASA stream is quite brilliant when there's something going on up there. The highlight was sitting in bed watching them working on the Jules Verne ATV live as it was happening.
There's also nothing to stop you putting the BBC live stream urls directly in as "streaming links". If you can get the urls from somebody, you can put them directly in there, and bypass the nanny-BBC telling you that your device isn't suitable. I've got BBC1 TV and most of the radio stations if you're interested.
That's great! Thanks.
Hello, we have a new build which fixes some problems with internet connection.
Download here:
http://www.softspb.com/downloads/SpbTV/Symbian/179/spbtv_s60_3_1_v_1_0_179.sis
Is AlJazeera Arabic and English included? Please confirm.
Thanks!
can we edit the channels and put our own streams?