said by greeder:So far, the only videos I have been able to watch are from the sources preloaded into the media library. I can't figure out how to add sites like Hulu, Youtube, etc. I have done some cut/paste of URLs into WinAmp with limited success. Mostly I get "Error Syncing to Stream" messages.
You often have to mix and match programs with TVoIP. Get used to it.
In the case of WinAmp, I too have found that they mostly work best with their own "preloaded" video streams. However, that's not too surprising, when you consider that the main streaming video format that WinAmp natively supports is their own "ShoutCast Video" format. And one thing that makes ShoutCast Video semi-unique, is that it has support to allow the video publisher to publicly "announce" the existence of their stream. And since many ShoutCast video "stations" do in fact use this feature, and WinAmp will display (in it's "native" list of stations) all such stations, it's not surprising that you find that WinAmp mostly works with the stations that it lets you know about.
NOTE:
WinAmp looks "slick" (and you can "skin" it to look pretty much however you want). However, WinAmp also can be a CPU pig, and can have all sorts of subtle playback (especially video playback) issues. So when it comes to selecting a program for TVoIP, I prefer a simpler but better written (and less CPU intensive) interface. That's why my preferred TVoIP application for those sites that will allow it (I still am stuck watching HULU in my browser, do to HULU's flash video interface) is "Media Player Classic" (NOT the built in Windows Media Player, the freeware "Media Player Classic") combined with the FFDSHOW CODEC (FFDSHOW is a CODEC that will decode most audio and video formats in common usage, and also allow you to do fancy post-processing to clean up the quality of your video/audio while you are watching). Properly setup (you might find yourself wanting to turn on some decoding options that are not on "by default" when you install the software), this combination (Media Player Classic + FFDSHOW) does an amazing job of decoding a huge range of video/audio formats (both streaming and download) + it gives you a lot of filtering options to tweak the quality of the video/audio you are watching (I especially like FFDSHOW's ability to do decent "upscaling", automatic "deblocking", and automatic brightness adjusting automatically while viewing a video). Again, even this combo won't handle everything (for example, I can't use those with either HULU or my netflix streaming), but this pair of freeware downloads still are a very good combination to have in your video/audio/TVoIP tool kit.
FWIW: In addition to many other places on the net, both freeware packages (Media Player Classic, and FFDSHOW CODEC) are available for free download from: »
www.free-codecs.com/down ··· ssic.htm