freewire

[glamrockchick]

i downloaded freewire to my laptop and it doesnt load, it goes to a black screen when i load it up.. wonder why cos they do have a mac version to download, any way i could fix it? this is the link i downloaded it from:

https://www.studentcom.co.uk/tv/get-freewire-tv

 

[DeltaMac]

I see a black screen on freetv, too.
But, for me, it's because I don't connect to a university network that supports the freetv connection. Well, and I'm also not in the UK.
I expect that you can find a good answer here at the freetv FAQs: https://www.studentcom.co.uk/tv/faqs#q-3

 

[glamrockchick]

the guy rang me and said probably a comptability issue and he hadn't heard of it happening before, still not good enough though i live in the uk & connect on a uni network , ive checked out that page before , no use unfortunately

 

[DeltaMac]

Maybe it's your location?
Do you know someone else who connects to your same uni network, and can successfully use freetv with a Mac (or even from a PC)?
If you have a laptop, maybe you could try using THEIR connection at their location.
If freetv works there, then you may have a router configuration issue, such as a firewall that is configured far too tightly.
If it still doesn't work at a different location, then perhaps the university/ISP is not providing full multicast support for Macs.

 

[glamrockchick]

Maybe it's your location?
Do you know someone else who connects to your same uni network, and can successfully use freetv with a Mac (or even from a PC)?
If you have a laptop, maybe you could try using THEIR connection at their location.
If freetv works there, then you may have a router configuration issue, such as a firewall that is configured far too tightly.
If it still doesn't work at a different location, then perhaps the university/ISP is not providing full multicast support for Macs.

i dont wanna ask anyone to try on theirs.. seems like others posted on facebook about the issue i had but freewire on the phone when i spoke to them hadn' heard of it, thought bout trying it at home on my pc , but on other hand bit pointless cos i have a tv at home, but do you think its good to test it? yeah maybe not support for mac, that could be it

 

[DeltaMac]

Why not test it at home? I would be interested to know if you can get it to work anywhere, on any computer?

Another option: if you see others on Facebook that report problems with freewire, but freewire hasn't heard about it... Then, you could fix that little problem easily
Complain to free wire, and - Ask your facebook friends to complain to freewire, too. That would make it difficult for freewire to make the same statement, eh?