Sopcast

Mr-White · 1 Jan 2011 at 14:27

I've been using Sopcast for quite a while without any problems and then this week my Sopcast connects but I get a black screen and only audio. I've updated to the latest version 3.3.2 but nothings changed. Some googling has come across various fixes from a few years back concerning the video codecs but nothing more recent

MW

kristmace · 1 Jan 2011 at 14:47

Hmm, Not used Sopcast for a while, but I get the impression that it's not been well supported for a while.

Try uninstalling and downloading an older version.

Mr-White · 2 Jan 2011 at 16:10

Still doesn't work, even after installing several versions new and old. Without sounding like a normal user, I haven't changed anything since it was last working

MW

potnoodle · 10 Jan 2011 at 11:12

I had this problem the other day, cant remember the site I found the fix on but basically you have to download and install the latest VLC player and then set sopcast to use this through the options in sopcast.

let the stream you want to see get going and then click the button that opens it in the VLC player

sorry for the poor instructions, will edit when I find the site again

Mr-White · 10 Jan 2011 at 13:15

Thanks, but I already tried this.

I'm currently running an older version but that doesn't really work for most, although it did work once earlier last week.

MW

Chris1712 · 10 Jan 2011 at 16:36

Are you actually opening the stream in VLC after its fully buffered? The internal player will still use WMP (ish). Alternatively try opening the stream (127.0.0.1:whatever it is etc.) in MPC-HC?

Mr-White · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:55

Yeah I changed the player in Sopcast to vlc from wmp.

It seems to be working now, although a couple of streams start working and then revert back to where it started and then carries on from there, which gets annoying.

MW