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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 7 All-Stars ARCHIVES: Big Brother 7 All-Stars Part 1: Watch the Feeds With RealTV Player (subscription required): Archive through July 01, 2006 users admin

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Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
I keep seeing the same question being asked over and over and in different threads so I thought it deserved one of it's own.....

RealTV Player is the program many have used for years to view the feeds. You can watch numerous feeds at once and mute individual feeds. If you set the program to view the raw feed URL (listed in another thread) then you don't have to worry about the time out.

Here is the website to download the program from.........

I know everyone will join me in thanking the creator of this program!!!!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Thanks, I emailed him to see if he is setting it up for BB7.

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
I emailed him and asked him to reestablish the link so others can download and enjoy RealTV

Izabella
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06-28-2005

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Izabella a private message Print Post    
I emailed him weeks ago asking if he planned to update the link but never heard back from him so I've decided to pay the 5.00 and use the BB7Reloader program this year.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I'm not worried about $5.

I did send him the five addresses that ronjon posted and as you all report, no reply yet.

I'll check out BB7reloader, well I think I've used former versions of that to keep the streams running but I'm after screencapping which was so easy with realtv.

Christiii
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07-07-2005

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christiii a private message Print Post    
can mac huggers use it??

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I don't think so, Christiii, but in the other thread Capture Me was recommended for mac.

OK.. I can bring up a feed with open and paste in the address and it comes up.

I went to REALPLAYER and used this information from BB7Reloader (which I'm considering buying)


quote:

3. Q. How come my screenshot of the feed is all black?

A. If your screenshots are all black then you need to change some settings in RealPlayer. Start up RealPlayer and go to TOOLS > PREFERENCES > HARDWARE and drag the Video Card Compatibility slider all the way down to most reliable. It should then say "Disable Optimized Video and Overlays". Save your settings and then exit RealPlayer.

Now when you take screenshots in the Reloader you'll actually see them!




and doing this allowed me to screencap from RealTV.

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey:

Did you see the post I sent you in the RAW BB7... thread?

Moxygen
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07-08-2005

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moxygen a private message Print Post    
Thanks for all of the tips for RealTV, capturing images, and everything else, Jdude and Sea!

I think I am all set up ... jsut need to find some comfy headphones so I can watch the feeds without ticking every one else in the house off.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yes, Jdude!! Just answered with probably not enough info, but I hope it helped

Sigh.. every time I buy headphones something dosen't work.. either the phones or the jack or something.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Jdude, yes and your post helped immensely. And also answered your question, probably not very well, about the multi cam.. but I did post the info from my setup that might help with your knowledge :-)

Bourque77
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05-02-2006

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bourque77 a private message Print Post    
can anyone help troubleshoot this ...

I loaded the new URLS into the 5 locations
(example: rtsp://start.real.com:554/rd?pid=bb7_live&url=quad_350.rm)

and when I try to play I get a window with this message:

Unable to locate server. This server does not have a DNS entry. Please check the server name in the URL and try again.

I think I recall trying RealTV last year, getting this far and getting discouraged.

strangely, I think I have the 4 camera view working okay ... it's only when I try to view one camera at a time that I get this message.

however ... I really appreciate the folks who have given up all this good info and instruction to get me even THIS far!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 30, 2006 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Bourque: Go to the raw feed threas.. Ronjon listed the actuall address for each feed and quadcam.

Then there is some setup info from Jdude in a post to me.

here is that thread

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey:

Using your screen shot for the multifeed settings I was able to figure out how to configure it for my needs.

If I forgot to thank you before I apologize.

Lauram
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07-13-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lauram a private message Print Post    
Is REALlTV Player different from the 27/7 live feeds from Real?

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
No. RealTV uses the Real Player feeds. Just a better interface for watching and more features IMHO. Its free and well worth it.

Lauram
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07-13-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lauram a private message Print Post    
in order to use RealTV do we need to 1st sign up for Real SuperPass?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Bourque you DO have realplayer loaded on your computer and you'be subscribed to live feeds, right? Real TV gets the actual feeds only if you have RP there. It doesn't have to be running.

Yes, Lauram.

Bourque77
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05-02-2006

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bourque77 a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, thanks for your responses. Yes, I have realplayer and realTV.

I currently get both to play, and I think I'm okay ... if I'm not running 100% efficiency, then hey ... I'll learn more next year. I'm happy I'm up!

thank you and everyone for the advice and info.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think I have it all set up except for finding the files that capture produces.. somehow I worked that out last year so I need to analyze it on my desktop.

Jdude
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04-28-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jdude a private message Print Post    
Lauram:

Yes, you must have subscribed to Real SuperPass in order to use RealTV.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
I still don't understand what RealTV does. Is RealTV needed?

Poker7card
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07-07-2005

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Poker7card a private message Print Post    
Rosie, don't feel alone...I have no clue what RealTV is either...

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
lol Poker! lol

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
RealTV is a program that you can use instead of the regular Real player to watch the feeds. It will allow you to watch more than one feed at a time WITH THE SOUND coming from all the feeds (if I'm not mistaken, when you watch on quadcam, you only get sound from one cam.)

For example ........... let's say Kaysar and Janelle are out by the pool on cam 1 and Will and Marcellas are in the kitchen on cam 3. Well, with RealTV, I've got one window showing cam 1, one window showing cam 3. If I see Will lean over and whisper something to Marci that looks important, I can just mute Kaysar and Janey real fast and unmute Will and Marci. If I was watching on quadcam, I'd have to stop it and re-load.

A couple of years ago I was also able to use the program to watch the Aussie feed at the same time as the US but the Aussies have changed something apparently and i can't get the program to work anymore.