Zattoo

[admin]

Zattoo TV is an American/Swiss joint venture P2P streaming program. It uses h.264 to stream at high quality using Quicktime/ffmpeg on Windows/Mac OSX. A 400Kb/s or more internet connection is required & is currently limited to Swiss residents only.





Zattoo currently shows just over 20 channels from around Europe, including live Swiss football, Eurosport & a handfull of German, French & Spanish channels. Many more channels are promised in the future.

zattoo.com
Channel list
Future channels

TSR - Several channel schedules
ARD schedule
ORF1 schedule
ZDF schedule

You need an invitation to download & use Zattoo. Simply goto the website and signup to the waiting list using a valid email address, wait for the invitation & download the software. Currently, you will only be able to run this program on a Swiss internet connection.

Little update on this...

A pilot test is available for people inside the UK currently only testing with BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and Cbeebies . You will need to apply.

Also, for the Danes there is 10 channels currently showing DR1, DR2, TV2, NRK1, NRK2, SVT1, SVT2, ARD, ZDF, and TV Polonia.

I have been testing this for a 4 days now. In my opinion the quality leaves other p2ptv apps in the dust, load times are unbelievably quick for p2p. All streams are are in native screen ratio of the channels being broadcast aka 4:3 or 16:9.

One observation for any going to apply and test this, the loading time of the app itself is pretty slow under windows xp so give it time to load, the mac version loads a lot quicker.

edit: digging around inside the program itself reveals what may be or may not be the coming uk line up of channels...

Quote:

abc1;UK_abc1.sdp;abc1.png;400
BBC One;BBC1.sdp;bbc1.png;400
BBC Two;BBC2.sdp;bbc2.png;400
BBC Three;BBC3.sdp;bbc3.png;400
BBC Four;BBC4.sdp;bbc4.png;400
BBC News 24;BBCNews24.sdp;bbcnews24.png;400
BBC Parliament;UK_bbcparliament.sdp;parliament.png;400
CBBC;CBBC.sdp;cbbc.png;400
CBeebies;CBeebies.sdp;cbeebies.png;400
Channel 4;UK_Channel4.sdp;ukchannel4.png;400
citv;UK_citv.sdp;citv.png;400
E4;UK_e4.sdp;e4.png;400
E4+1;UK_e41.sdp;e41.png;400
Film 4;UK_film4.sdp;film4.png;400
Five;UK_Channel5.sdp;ukchannel5.png;400
Five Life;UK_fivelife.sdp;fivelife.png;400
Five US;UK_fiveus.sdp;fiveus.png;400
ftn;UK_ftn.sdp;ftn.png;400
itv 1;UK_itv1.sdp;itv1.png;400
itv 2;UK_itv2.sdp;itv2.png;400
itv 3;UK_itv3.sdp;itv3.png;400
itv 4;UK_itv4.sdp;itv4.png;400
itv play;UK_itvplay.sdp;itvplay.png;400
More 4;UK_more4.sdp;more4.png;400
Quiz Call;UK_quizcall.sdp;quizcall.png;400
S4C;UK_s4c.sdp;s4c.png;400
S4C2;UK_s4c2.sdp;s4c2.png;400
Sky Three;UK_sky3.sdp;sky3.png;400
Sky News;UK_skynews.sdp;skynews.png;400
Sky Sports News;UK_skysportsnews.sdp;skysports.png;400
Smile TV;UK_smiletv.sdp;smiletv.png;400
Tele G;UK_teleg.sdp;teleg.png;400
The Hits;UK_thehits.sdp;uk_thehits.png;400
UKTV History;UK_tvhistory.sdp;uktvhistory.png;400

[KUBLA]

downloaded and used this for the first time tonight, BBC channels all there quality is astounding for a p2p application.

quite frankly like nothing I have ever seen in the streaming world before flawless quality.

if this gets the channels it is quoting then we are in a new realm of p2p players altogether. 15 sec delay on the BBC1 feed I am currently watching

amazing - great find

by the way am UK based

[Nelly]

I'll take a look later.

Those prospective channels seem at first glance to be basic digital freeview.

[suzie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KUBLA

downloaded and used this for the first time tonight, BBC channels all there quality is astounding for a p2p application.

quite frankly like nothing I have ever seen in the streaming world before flawless quality.

if this gets the channels it is quoting then we are in a new realm of p2p players altogether. 15 sec delay on the BBC1 feed I am currently watching

amazing - great find

by the way am UK based

Hi I have just entered my email on their website do I have to wait for an email from them til I download? Thanks Im based in UK

[KUBLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzie

Hi I have just entered my email on their website do I have to wait for an email from them til I download? Thanks Im based in UK

yeah suzie that is exactly what I did - cant remember how long I waited till I recieved the invite, because I took a few days after that to actually download and use the software.

but it was not that long

[5Bells]

I enterred my e-mail adress also - just a case of waiting I suppose. I did however read somewhere that exisiting members can send out invites, not sure where I read it, but if it is the case, an invite would be greatfully received.

[KUBLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveRobo

I enterred my e-mail adress also - just a case of waiting I suppose. I did however read somewhere that exisiting members can send out invites, not sure where I read it, but if it is the case, an invite would be greatfully received.

nothing has came into my inbox re invites if it does and once the admin and mod team are all sorted then I will give them out - but as this is a beta testing stage I dont think that is an option at the moment. Bide your time am sure the invites dont take long to be sent after you register with them.

[5Bells]

No worries, cheers Kubla.

I entered my email as well, let's hope I get accepted on the beta stage

[suzie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KUBLA

yeah suzie that is exactly what I did - cant remember how long I waited till I recieved the invite, because I took a few days after that to actually download and use the software.

but it was not that long

Thanks Kubla, I look forward to trying it sound really good, thanks again

[KUBLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzie

Thanks Kubla, I look forward to trying it sound really good, thanks again

trust me, as quoted earlier - people will not be disappointed (quality wise anyway) channels will have alot to desire but a great application in the making, it is setting the standards that will be hard to beat for quality.

lets hope they start streaming a broader range of channels.

but certainly no harm in checking out how good streams can be.

[D_jMc]

True, I think I signed up over 4 months ago for the beta but just got a download link via email a few nights ago, will be using it for Motd tomorrow. As Kubla stated, quality is unbelievable, if we get the ITV and channel 4 channels, my digital receive is going out the window

[KUBLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by D_jMc

True, I think I signed up over 4 months ago for the beta but just got a download link via email a few nights ago, will be using it for Motd tomorrow. As Kubla stated, quality is unbelievable, if we get the ITV and channel 4 channels, my digital receive is going out the window

glad you have it workin D_jmc - it cannot be recommended enough

[5Bells]

Got my invite this morning, cheers guys, looks good.

[tjl]

Just received my acceptance email and downloaded the player....and what a player the picture quality is stunning,even if it went ppv and they supplied premership football I will break the habit of a life time and subscribe

[robo]

Got it this morning also, great picture quality.

What channels have the rest of you got, me, i`ve only got the BBC selection.

[KUBLA]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony larner

Just received my acceptance email and downloaded the player....and what a player the picture quality is stunning,even if it went ppv and they supplied premership football I will break the habit of a life time and subscribe

lets no get too hasty there tony

[5Bells]

Yeah same BBC channels Robo, but with the prospect of others. I read this morning that the BBC will also have free online channels later this year, ITV are likely to follow after a succesful run by channel 4, which is ok.

[r10t3r]

Looks very interesting indeed, I'm looking forward to seeing this mature.