Reasons Why TV Patrol Online Episode is Late

I've noticed complaints flooding the "tardiness" of TV Patrol program segment  at TFC.TV.  I understand that paying sunscribers expect a better service, prompt delivery is one of them, and it is just natural that they get frustrated when they feel short changed in terms of being on time.

The customer service is honest to admit that the fresh content  takes upto 3 hours to process before it is available to online subscribers. So the only solution to those who can not wait for this is to watch this in real time using DZMM's live streaming, if they do not mind the timedifference. Live content is available from the link is below  Manila time.

http://tfc.tv/Live/Details/41725/dzmm-teleradyo

I am not siding, do not work or have no personal interest with ABS-CBN but I just like to share TV patrol online viewers several situations why they might not see the fresh version of the episode they are waiting for and what they can do to remedy this.

1. Not Updated Browser Cache 

     This could be because of two things.

           1.A  Internet connection

Intermittent or poor internet connection is obviously a reason why you can not get a fresh content. This will make the browser of your computer unable to update it's cache. So everytime you go to the page, the browser can not pull fresh content from the server but will work offline and use the old cache giving you the old page of the webpage eventhough in reality the webpage is already updated and the contents are in.

Save  blowing your trumphet early and  try checking   your internet connection for issues. You can try to check your internet connection using this checker.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

If everything is OK, it could be a browser problem.

            1.B Browser problem.  

 Browser and web technology is ever so reliable than years ago, but we can not always be 100% sure about it. There are factors that influence their reliability, like spywares or viruses, and even addons that are being distributed by reliable companies. Sometimes they mesh up the cache and your browser will end up not giving you the fresh contents.

Solution to this is to clear the cache.

• For Firefox, type or copy and paste

  about:preferences#advanced

   in the address bar. Click Networks(1) then Clear Now(2). Refer to screenshot.

• For Chrome, type or copy and paste

       chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

 in the address bar. Make sure to tick Cached images and files (3)before clicking Clear browsing data(4) Refer to screenshot.

2. Website is Down

This is the most serious situation that you can not do anything about it. Site maintenance is one of the most common cause of this. But it can also a result of a virus, spyware, firewall, or your internet service provider, wrongly black listing  the site. To determine if this is a site maintenance issue, try checking the response of the site using a website checker.

Use check it directly by cliking the prefilled TFC.TV  link below.

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/tfc.tv.html

It can show you if the site is reachable(5). In this screenshot, it is saying that it is up and running. You can also use the search(6) function to check other sites.

Below the test page is a message board where TFC subscribers post the date when they encountered maintenance problem..

Below is an example of a site which is down using this web checker.

Streaming Multimedia With the Xbox 360

It's boxing day today in the UK, the second most anticipated day next to Christmas, or maybe the first, especially to children. This day is the unboxing of gifts!

If you are lucky enough to have the latest gizmos, ipad's, iphone's, samsung smart phone's, or gaming consoles as gifts, then this post is something worth reading. Sometimes it is not enough to know how to use and enjoy your device on the things they are obviously intended for, mobiles for calling and surfing the net, games consoles for playing games, but it is also good to know a little bit beyond, like streaming contents from your mobile, like movies, pictures and music, into a TV. Streaming is something easy and free to do when you have compatible devices.

Like when you want to stream the contents of your Samsung S3 into a bigger telly, you can use your xbox 360, together with a wifi connection and a big telly to output music, photos and videos.

Stream Samsung S3 Contents

1. To do this, turn on your Xbox (should be connected to home wifi) then initially set up the S3 (also connected to the same home wifi) by going into the settings, more connections, nearby devices, tick file sharing. Under advanced tab, tap shared contents and tick videos, photos, and music, press OK. The phone will detect the nearby xbox then press. OK and you are ready to share.

To start sharing photos, go to gallery and select which photo to show on TV, then press the streaming icon at the top. The Xbox receives the file and output it into the telly.

Watch Video here!

To stream videos, just go to the videos and play the one you want to stream, then press that magic button! For music, you can do the same.

Watch how to do it here!

Stream iPad Contents

1. For iPad or iPhone users, search and download for Xbox 360 streamer from itunes first. Once downloaded, turn on your Xbox and make sure it is connected to the home wifi.

2. Open up the Xbox 360 streamer application from your ipad and press the on power button at the right side (red when on, gray when off), then press the blue button to ready files for streaming.With this application,only music can be streamed.

3. On the Xbox 360, go to music menu, my music apps, system music player, select the ipad 360 streamer source, then the music you want to play.

On your iPad, this xbox icon turns green and the music playing is shown on at the screen.

Watch full video here!