PPStream or other w/out virtualbox

[ezDQm246bzfB]

Hello all! I've searched high and low for the answer to this question: Has anyone (recently) been able to get software such as PPStream (specifically for watching chinese tv) to work on linux?

I realize that virtualbox is an option, however, I do not have a legal copy of windows to use, and would like to avoid windows altogether if I may.

On a side note, does anyone know of any other option/website for watching chinese tv on my linux box?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I forgot to explain what PPstream is for those who don't know. It's a neat chinese windows app that uses p2p to stream video. There are hundreds of channels, of not only chinese tv but western movie channels, sports, news, etc. It's awesome.

[hobo14]

Yeah my girlfriend has PPS on her XP box; if I could just get PPS running on Ubuntu she'd agree to use Ubuntu instead of XP, but I haven't been able to find a way...

Sopcast is available, and broadcasts Chinese stations. Doesn't have huge "archives" like PPS though.

[ezDQm246bzfB]

I'm working on getting sopcast playing, although there seems to be quite a few workarounds needed in order to get it running in jaunty. Thanks for the input, though!

[Hilko]

I think there is a native linux version of ppstream on there website. There is also a pps plugin for totem.
See this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8508726 .

[Geof]

I came across this video tutorial online, and PPS works fine on my Ubuntu 10.10

http://linuxfilesystem.com/uncategor...2-ubuntu-10-10

[vcrpex]

Hi Geof,
is ur 10.10 32bit or 64 bit? I wonder have anyone managed to get ppstream to work in 64bit ubuntu without broken dependencies?
been searching around, what i found is instructions on a blog.