The New EATV: Everything you need to know!

[Sim9]

EATV: Now In Open Source Flavor

Introduction

Due to a number of reasons (relating to the security concerns, reliability, and the number of members who can actually watch EATV), major changes are being made to EATV.

The new EATV platform runs on Ogg/Vorbis and Theora. This is an open-source platform, allowing users of any operating system to tune in.

The new EATV is up and live, so enjoy!

What features are available right now? [update 8/30/06]

All the features of the previous EATV features... and more!

What content can I watch right now on the new EATV stream? [update 6/18/06]

See the latest What's Playing thread in the EATV forum, or just look at the schedule.

What features are planned before EATV is declared 'Live'? [update 8/30/06]

• Determine the best resolution/bitrate ratio - Done (Going to stick with 320x240 250kb video, 64kb audio)
• Encode a few anime series - Done
• Encode a selection of AMV's - Done
• Encode a selection of Ad's - Done
• Re-implement EATV's custom scheduling system - Done
• Re-Implement reserved slots for donators - Done

What media players can I watch the new EATV in? [Update 9/19/06]

• VLC - Fully working (instructions below)
• Windows Media Player - Disconnects between episodes if you have codecs installed (instructions below)
• MPlayer - Theoretically possible in very recent version, but untested
• Xine - Disconnects between episodes (see Xine notes below)

How can I know whether EATV is online or offline?

Visit the EATV Server Page. If it's accessable and shows Click to Listen, it is most likely online. Otherwise, it is offline. If it's online and acting strange, perhaps ask in IRC if it is currently being tweaked, or check the latest posts in this thread.

How do I watch EATV in VLC?

1. Download VLC for your platform.
2. Install VLC.
3a. Run VLC. Choose the file menu -> open network stream.
.... In the large "Open:" textbox, copy and paste the following text:

http://www.editingarchive.com:8000/eatv-public.ogg.m3u

and press OK
3b. Click on this link if VLC is associated with m3u files:
.... http://www.editingarchive.com:8000/eatv-public.ogg.m3u

EATV should now load and play.

How do I watch EATV in Windows Media Player?

WARNING: At present, you will be disconnected from EATV between each episode shown. If you don't like this, then use VLC. Otherwise...

1. Download and install the Ogg Codecs DirectShow filter from this website.
2. Launch Windows Media Player
3. From the menu: File -> Open URL
4. Enter the following URL:
   

   http://www.editingarchive.com:8000/eatv-public.ogg.m3u

5. Press OK
6. EATV should now play, but will disconnect between episodes

Can I watch EATV with the Xine Media Player?

Peter was kind enough to write in with his experience and suggestions regarding EATV and Xine:

Originally Posted by Peter

A one or two month old xine works nicely on linux for individual streams. (video output however may be lost when the stream switches e.g. from an anime episode to an AMV; toggling video output MAY recover video, otherwise quit/restart. Audio seems to survive more often)

You may also be interested in Peter's EATV/Xine Perl Script.

How can I help EATV? [update 9/10/06]

1. First and foremost - be a viewer!
Watch EATV and interact with the community! Chat on IRC! Read and post on the forums!

2. Join the EATVCT!
If you have lots of unlicensed anime and empty processor cycles, join the EATVCT! Joining the EATVCT will allow us to encode more anime and content faster. At least initially, you will need to know your way around a command prompt to join the EATVCT, but having access to a Windows system is no longer a requirement.

3. Provide a Relay
If you have an internet connection with at least 5mb/s upload, we want you to join the EATV network. Please introduce yourselves here. No, a cable modem or DSL is not fast enough, but we appreciate the thought

4. Donate!
Donating helps to keep development going. Bandwidth isn't free, and EATV still uses a lot of it

[Travis]

In answer to the viewer questions:
1. VLC - I would also add under Ubuntu Linux
2. Not flawlessly - there were some lag spikes, and initially Molly Star would freeze, but this seems to have been fixed.
3. Uh, no. Not at all. I think I had an easier time reading the romanji than the English, and that's mainly due to hearing the words in Japanese.
4. Pretty decent actually - fullscreen and windowed.
5. N/A

[darkfire]

I does work in winamp everyone
www.cccp-project.net for windows codecs need to play

[Sim9]

The new scheduling system is online - Please let me know how it works for you and if you spot any bugs. The AMV half-hour bug is fixed in the new version, and the approximate time field for shows is actually put to good use. You can now watch Yakitate 1-37 on the stream.

[DBCDude01]

Waaaaaaaai!

[darkfire]

whats with the .ogg isn't it supposed to be .ogm

[Walrii]

(This is from memory)

.ogg means the file is merely a container. It contains whatever it wants to, but the files are stored in the .ogg format. The .ogm basically explicity states that the file is a .ogg file and that it DEFINITELY contains video. So.. I think they're about the same?

[darkfire]

not true necceraliy since .ogg only indictes it uses ogg vorbis AUDIO. nothing to do with video. now .ogm shows that it uses ogg audio and xvid or theorea video. Now whay the diff. cause the Haali splliter splits ogm not oggs. since ogg is a single stream and ogm has multilple streams

[Travis]

Wikipedia Ogg Entry

"Files ending in the .ogg extension may be of any Ogg media filetype..."

But if that's wrong, feel free to head over to wikipedia and change it.

[Walrii]

To further elaborate: An ogg file containing music can have the extension .ogv (Ogg Vorbis, vorbis is the audio codec)

Although, all of my Ogg music files (such as those used by UT2k4) have the .ogg extension.