How to open Sopcast with VLC ?
Make sure to have the latest Sopcast, version.
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Download and install VLC
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Open Sopcast, and go to Options
Choose the external player
Use my Own Player Select there VLC.exe from VideoLAN installation directory, probably: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
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Open Sopcast, and go to Options
Choose the external player
Use my Own Player Select there VLC.exe from VideoLAN installation directory, probably: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
Next just select a channel as normal from the sopcast application, then click on the "external player icon" as in the image above.
Some Sopcast broadcasters use the H264 video codec to improve the quallity of the video, Sopcast does not use this codec very well, however the VLC player can.