Sopcast is a software which you can use to watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. You also can broadcast your on tv channel if you want for free. On Vista, I used Sopcast to watch Formula1 race. When I am using Ubuntu, I have no idea how to watch the show. I look around and finally I found one post on Ubuntu forum discussing about how to install Sopcast.

On Windows, Sopcast comes with really good user interface but not on Linux. So you need to install special modified code to get the GUI

Update: March 14, 2009

There is a new method and much more easier to install sopcast in Ubuntu. You just to download two .deb packages and install it.

You have to install medibuntu repository before installing SopCast Player, without it you will be unable to satisfy the VLC requirement.Here is a guide for installing the medibuntu repository.

Click on this link to download the packages. Make sure you download .deb files (sp-auth and sopcast-player).

Update: May 25, 2010

Here is another method you can use to install Sopcast on your Ubuntu. This method is used PPA which means that the update of the application will be handle by Package Manager.

First you have to install libstdc++ to your system. Download it and double on the file to install it.

for 32 bit system
for 64 bit system

Key in the command below to add PPA url, update your system and install the Sopcast.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/extra && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sopcast-player sp-auth

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Installing Sopcast

Here is what was posted in the ubuntuforum.org

Download the latest Sopcast binary over here and unzip the file. I assume you download the file to your Desktop. So using terminal, you need to type:

cd  Desktop
tar zxvf sp-auth.tgz
cd sp-auth
sudo cp sp-sc-auth /usr/bin/sp-sc

Download the gtk-sopcast.deb here and use gdebi to install it by double click on that downloaded file. Wait the installation process to finish. Then you are good to go.

Update:

  • This installation procedure work for both Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 7.10.
  • You can lunch the player by going to Applications >> Sound & Video >> Sopcast TV Player.
  • To lunch the video in vlc player,once the application open, goto config and set the player setting to “vlc” without the quote and make sure the channel url is set to http://www.sopcast.com/gchlxml

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