Tunnelbear?

Oct. 9th, 2012 12:07 pm
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[identity profile] derien.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] reddwarfslash
Anyone in the U.S. get that working for them? Any ill effects on your computer? Is it illegal? (I particularly need to know this because my job disallows me from running any software that is used to circumvent legalities.)

I watched "Trojan" on YouTube (Eor got scared of the title! ;)) but I'd like to be counted in the official numbers as having watched it.

Any luck buying the eps, for those in the U.S.? Are they available in no-proprietary formats for those of us who don't have iTunes?

Date: 2012-10-09 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazeltea.livejournal.com
I've used Tunnelbear, but they put limits on your viewing with the free version. I used Expat Shield to watch Trojan on Dave and it worked like a charm :)

Date: 2012-10-09 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bayliss.livejournal.com
You can also try a live stream if you are able to do that.

mms://195.90.118.93/dave_1

This does work just have it up running in the background. I used it on Saturday night to watch the replay.

Tunnelbear works on the Dave site and I do like it it because it fools the Dave site into thinking you are British. If you tweet once a month you can get 1G of Data. I have 926MB of data left But I watched Trojan a couple of times since broadcast on the Dave site. :-)

I have also heard that the Bluray (Which is released in the UK on Nov 19) is region free. I have a region free DVD playwer so I already have the Region 2 regular DVD preordered.

I hope I helped you out there. :-)

Date: 2012-10-09 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bayliss.livejournal.com
Do you have windows media player or real Player? That's all you need for the stream.


As for the tunnelbear. No you don't have to tweet... You get 500MB for free with the free account. You only have to tweet if you want more free data.
Edited Date: 2012-10-09 06:43 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-10-09 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bayliss.livejournal.com
No, no bother at all. Have you done any windows updates or is your computer old? You could try redownloading Real Player, it might not have installed correctly.

The Tunnelbear will work if you are planning on watching it late (Very Late) on Thursday night, after the rush on the Dave site. (we crashed it last week.)

I would only stream it if you plan on turning on the stream and leaving it run for about an hour before the show airs or you are not going to get on it.

Date: 2012-10-09 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bayliss.livejournal.com
Thursday at 9PM British which is 2PM Easter/3PM Central/4PM Mountain/5PM Pacific. :-)

Date: 2012-10-10 01:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com
No, it's 4 p.m. here in Eastern ...

Date: 2012-10-10 01:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bayliss.livejournal.com
yes reverse that. I got confused. LOL

Date: 2012-10-10 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haplessweasel.livejournal.com
Tunnelbear is legal, but I think that using it to watch region-locked videos may be... less legal.

Date: 2012-10-10 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com
Well, what in the hell do they expect people are going to DO with it? LOL

Date: 2012-10-10 02:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haplessweasel.livejournal.com
Make the little "UK" show up on the google homepage? That's certainly the only reason I use it. ;)

Date: 2012-10-10 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kronette.livejournal.com
I got Tunnelbear to work, but I've tweeted twice (fixed the syntax) and I still haven't gotten my 1GB extra. I NEED IT. It was lovely, lovely HD watching Red Dwarf and with all the commercials at the beginning, uninterrupted viewing!

Date: 2012-10-10 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com
Did you try tweeting again using your own wording? They like clever and creative!

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