How to watch Arsenal FC on my iBook G4?

December 18, 2008 2:43 PM

How can I watch English Premier League Football games on my mac?

I have tried JustinTv but that is unreliable at best as the streams are constantly buffered and slowed by the dim-witted chatting in the chatrooms and channels are often shutoff due to copyright policies.

I am running an iBook G4 and have also pursued P2P but that is not something readily available for mac from what I have read and seen.

If it helps, I am looking for Arsenal FC games in particular. Thank you all in advance for your help!

posted by fishthefly to Technology (7 answers total)

I use Setanta Broadband for the matches I can't get on Fox or GolTV - like Arsenal v Portsmouth on the 28th.
posted by Zambrano at 2:54 PM on December 18, 2008

Best answer: Research sopcast (it's available for Mac, but I have no idea how to use it on there; a quick search implies you might need Crossover to do so), then check out myp2p.eu. It sometimes takes multiple tries for a game to work, so if there's a more legal method it'd almost guarantee to work better, but it does work pretty well typically.
posted by inigo2 at 3:02 PM on December 18, 2008

Not that you or I would ever do anything illegal to see EPL football, but searching mininova.org for 'Arsenal' might turn up some interesting material. Of course when one's testicles drop one can also search on 'Manchester United'.........:)
posted by waxbanks at 6:04 PM on December 18, 2008

I'll forgive your goonerism and offer you this:

http://ecric.net/forums/need-help/how-to-use-sopcast-on-mac-os-x/

I take it you are wanting to watch Arsenal loose to the greatest team in the world at the weekend? Hope you succeed ;)
posted by gergtreble at 6:06 PM on December 18, 2008

Ah hell. Drop me a mefi mail. I'll be watching the game over sopcast on Sunday. I'am pretty sure I can share that with you.

You will need VLC for that though.
posted by gergtreble at 6:10 PM on December 18, 2008

livesoccertv.com and follow the links
posted by stuartmm at 11:17 PM on December 18, 2008

Response by poster: Thank you everyone for your help. I do not have an intel mac so with your suggestions I have deduced that I must either use ustream links or continue working through JustinTv until I get a new computer.

Thanks again!
posted by fishthefly at 2:09 PM on December 20, 2008