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TVAnts - Live Football And Other Streams
TVAnts is one of the next generation P2P programs that allows many users to share live streams, not files. These streams can contain any sort of media however one of the most common uses for this type of software is to enable you to watch live football matches online and other sporting events on your
PC. What TVAnts has above all the competition in the area of watching live football over the internet is it has a huge number of channels, there are more sports channels than you could throw a a stick at! It is now possible to watch very high quality
streams of football from all over the world using TVAnts.
TVAnts installs easily with all the instructions being in English. On running, after a brief pause you will be presented with a list of channels. The exact list of TVAnts channels changes on a regular basis but for those of you looking
to watch live football on your PC there's no shortage of sports channels available. You can then double click on a channel to watch and after some buffering you will be connected. The channel list with TVAnts is enormous, there should
be plenty there to keep even the most channel hopping person happy for quite some time.
When downloading TVAnts it is best to remember that it may be hosted on a Chinese server. The download speeds you will see will be far slower than you would normally expect so you will have to be patient, it is worth the wait and if you are lucky you may be able to find alternative faster download for TVAnts.
How To Use TVAnts
- Download TVAnts using the following link:- TVAnts Download
- Double click the installer icon to install.
- The installer for TVAnts is in English and is very standard. Click the next button.
- Use the default install location and click next again.
- Make sure that both the main programs and ActiveX controls are selected and press next again.
- Click next again to install TVAnts.
- After a short time TVAnts will be installed, press Finish to exit the installer.
- No icons are put on the desktop so in order to run TVAnts you will need to find its program folder in the start menu. Start > Programs >TVAnts > TVAnts
- If you have a firewall, on first running a security alert will appear. Make sure that you allow TVAnts internet access.
- To play a channel double click on it. The media player will then appear (you can cancel any request to login that may appear).
- After a short delay (this can take 5 -10 minutes) whilst the channel buffers the channel will then appear. You can view the buffer status at the bottom of the viewer. If the buffer doesn't appear to move for a long time please try a different channel. The sound icon allows you to change the sound balance that may help to isolate an English commentary if one is available.
- In order to view full screen you will need to right click on the viewer and select Zoom > Full Screen. Alt+Tab will return to the normal view.
It is far more important with TVAnts (even more so than other P2P programs) to make sure that you are tuned into a stream early to give the program time to buffer.
Some Common Problems With TVAnts
There are no channels in my TVAnts channel list?
Unfortunately when you first install TVAnts there is only one server as default (www.tvants.com) and this server is not always available. This is especialy true if you first try to use TVAnts on a Saturday match day afternoon. The easiest way to fix this channel problem is
to add another channel server to TVAnts. I would recommend that you add fanshop.no-ip.info to the TVAnts channel server list.
No matter what I try I can't get a good picture with TVants?
Assuming that you've followed the tips in the TVAnts FAQ then the other thing to think about is that TVAnts is based on "sharing" technology. In order for this to work users must share their streaming data and with TVAnts this requires that you open up a port on your router/hardware firewall. By default the port you need to
forward/open is 16800 although this can be configured by selecting Tools, Settings and then the Share tab. To be safe it may be best to forward both TCP and UDP traffic to make the best use of TVAnts.
We hope that you'll enjoy using TVAnts.
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