Cannot Access Sopcast Service

**Admin** · 16-09-2012, 17:00

You might have noticed this on the main site on matches with sopcast links;

"Sopcast seems to have some issues with connecting: if not working then try again to connect, otherwise use flash!"

Best to just keep trying, normally it's fine again in a few days.

**blinertv** · 16-09-2012, 17:01

Originally Posted by kyanhphuong

I'm from Vietnam. So far I'm still watch sopcast normal but since yesterday I have been "can not access sopcast service" in all channels. Are home network stopped Sopcast? How do I fix?
Sincerely thank you.

just for info .. see image

**TDV** · 25-09-2012, 21:21

Originally Posted by Admin

You might have noticed this on the main site on matches with sopcast links;

"Sopcast seems to have some issues with connecting: if not working then try again to connect, otherwise use flash!"

Best to just keep trying, normally it's fine again in a few days.

Sad story, Sop Cast has been by far the best software to watch european Soccer (in Asia at least) for the last few years, and for the last few weeks I have the same problem. And I am afraid this is wrong: "...normally it's fine again in a few days."

When you write "otherwise use flash!", you mean the other stations that the list shows as transmitting via flash only, or, are you saying sopcast can be received directly with flash?

One more thing: I can receive the chinese channels CCTV with Sopcast, some of the european ones usually in the beginning of a transmission for about an hour. The the rate keeps going down and it gets unwatchable. Sometimes another (from .WS) of the sopcast channels starts connecting, but today after an hour nothing worked any longer... Thank God one of the flash broadcasts worked, many times none of those can be received in Asia.

In another post (page 1) peer guard is mentioned. What is it? Where is it? How should it be set?

Thanks, for your great work and for the forum.... TDV

**bertcocaine** · 25-09-2012, 21:54

The problem is the games showing European football are far more popular, and so the load on the servers is that much greater. When Sopcast have server issues there's not a lot we can do about it.

Of course sopcast has indeed been the best p2p to watch football on for a number of years. It's also been free all that time too.

Yes, 'otherwise use flash' means watch the game on a flash website from our listings. It can't directly receive Sopcast; Websop is a sop plug in embedded in a web page (like flash) but I'm not sure if that still works, and most Sopcast channels aren't on a websop page anyway.

Peer Guard is an anonymizer that keeps your IP safe when you are using p2p programs (whether Sop, bittorrent, etc). It is of questionable value, and isn't any use in helping with these problems anyway.

**algi** · 25-09-2012, 21:58

.... load on the servers is that much greater....

Which servers do you mean?

**bertcocaine** · 25-09-2012, 21:59

the Sopcast servers that are supposedly the cause of the problem?

**DEAD_MAN_WALKING** · 25-09-2012, 22:12

Im now wondering is there anyway to start your own server like you could in TVAnts...?

TVAnts remember that....

Wonder what Cali is doing now...?

**algi** · 25-09-2012, 22:17

Come on!!!

**DEAD_MAN_WALKING** · 25-09-2012, 22:28

Originally Posted by algi

Come on!!!

You knock TVAnts but not SteamTorrent look at both really closely then you will see...

**onesoccertv** · 26-09-2012, 17:34

Sopcast again issues today !

**beerenobst** · 26-09-2012, 18:28

Originally Posted by TDV

One more thing: I can receive the chinese channels CCTV with Sopcast, some of the european ones usually in the beginning of a transmission for about an hour. The the rate keeps going down and it gets unwatchable. Sometimes another (from .WS) of the sopcast channels starts connecting, but today after an hour nothing worked any longer... Thank God one of the flash broadcasts worked, many times none of those can be received in Asia.

Same problem here. If I start Sopcast and log in with an account, I can click on the Chinese channels and they work, for example CCTV-11. But other channels from the "live channels" list don't, for example Eurosport: I get the "Can not access Sopcast service..." message. Neither did any stream work that I tried to start from the wiziwig web page. So I figure my installation and network settings are all fine but the problem must be on the other side, the server.

The only explanation I can think of is that clients are blocked by the server. I wonder whether it is just some clients or all of them and if just some whether this is maybe based on geographic location. I am located in Germany. Does it still work for others in Germany? Europe? Where are other people with this "Chinese-only-problem" are located?

regards, Beerenobst

**muckman1** · 26-09-2012, 18:39

Originally Posted by beerenobst

Same problem here. If I start Sopcast and log in with an account, I can click on the Chinese channels and they work, for example CCTV-11. But other channels from the "live channels" list don't, for example Eurosport: I get the "Can not access Sopcast service..." message. Neither did any stream work that I tried to start from the wiziwig web page. So I figure my installation and network settings are all fine but the problem must be on the other side, the server.

The only explanation I can think of is that clients are blocked by the server. I wonder whether it is just some clients or all of them and if just some whether this is maybe based on geographic location. I am located in Germany. Does it still work for others in Germany? Europe? Where are other people with this "Chinese-only-problem" are located?

regards, Beerenobst

it works for me but i connected around 5 pm for 2.bundesliga....

**DEAD_MAN_WALKING** · 26-09-2012, 19:08

Basically if the sop address starts with sop://211.152.36.38:3912/XXXX then you can view but with anything like sop://95.211.111.66:3912/XXXX you cant ive just test from here - http://channel.sopcast.cn/cn/channel/

**onesoccertv** · 26-09-2012, 19:12

not working with this new sop address !

I think they blocked big soccer competitions from all over the world from this month !

**muckman1** · 26-09-2012, 19:16

Originally Posted by onesoccertv

not working with this new sop address !

I think they blocked big soccer competitions from all over the world from this month !

seems so.that would be really shite

you cant access any sports event right now unless you have tuned in very early...
stream torrent is the way to go just like mlb and nfl streamers are doing it for quite some time now

**Revolver** · 26-09-2012, 19:27

Originally Posted by DEAD_MAN_WALKING

Basically if the sop address starts with sop://211.152.36.38:3912/XXXX then you can view but with anything like sop://95.211.111.66:3912/XXXX you cant ive just test from here

Certainly looks this way. Will we start seeing a mass migration from Sopcast to another service?

**DEAD_MAN_WALKING** · 26-09-2012, 19:34

Must be blocking in China also i used a proxy notice the ads...

**muckman1** · 26-09-2012, 19:37

thanks DMW
serious problems to the world of streaming that is

**siadiauo** · 26-09-2012, 20:00

same here in germany

cant connect to sopcast service ;(

**bertcocaine** · 26-09-2012, 20:07

Guys it's not geo blocking, it's everyone that's affected. Also doesn't seem likely that Sopcast are blocking deliberately, it's a server issue.

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