Re: Linux Netshow... was Re: Microsoft soon to be doomed?...

[Colin Stuckless <http://www.rc.gc.ca/~colins>]

robert wrote:
> 
> Hi.  I have the same prob.  My company uses IP Masquerading for its firewall
> and NetShow can't get through (I think).  Have you considered using the
> UDP port that RealAudio uses for NetShow as well?  Could that possibly work?
>
> > Also, it seems that if you turn off UDP in the Advanced settings,
> > it refuses to use TCP or HTTP, even though these options remain
> > "checked". I get an error along the lines of "UDP disabled" when
> > trying to make it use TCP only to work through my firewall (RealAudio
> > functions just fine like this).
> >
> > If anyone's got a way around this, please email me at http://www.rc.gc.ca/~colins
> >
> > Audionet just switched all their NHL broadcasts to netshow from
> > realaudio, and I'm missing my Oiler games :-(


Hi Rob. The way around my problem was to download the URL for the
stream I wanted to listen to, and then modify it to force a TCP
connection (otherwise, it tries UDP, then gives up when it fails
instead of requesting TCP from the server).

I used this method for a while, but then I got an ADSL connection
which has no restrictions so I no longer needed it anyways. And,
to top it off, audionet is now offering NHL games in RealAudio and
NetShow, so obviously I dumped NetShow in favor of RA5.0.


Colin