Better Quality viewing for Big Brother ch5 on TVCatchup

REDBUSREDBUS Posts: 2,315
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Had so many issues with free legal Streaming from catchup but full credit to them for this welcome addition.

Big Improvement :):):) give it a go if you've not tried catchup for a while,


A new web player is available on the website that offers the following improvements:
  • Port & protocol testing for connection failover.
  • Stream reconnection on loss of broadband connection or when switching from Wi-Fi to LAN.
  • Hardware decoding and rendering utilising stage video support for direct GPU access, which dramatically improves playback quality and battery life on laptops/netbooks.
  • Multi-bitrate streaming and quality of service control for automated stream switching (can also force manual bitrate changes for poor connections). Rules continually check for sufficient/insufficient bandwidth, dropped frames and insufficient buffer.
  • True aspect on playback with TV type ratio selections; letterbox (default), stretch, zoom and none.
  • Automated smoothing and de-blocking for best video playback performance.
  • EPG Guide included showing now/next programme information with category support.
  • Social network integration with Twitter and
  • Facebook.

see http://forums.tvcatchup.com/showthread.php?9953-Preview-Web-Player
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