Re: [SLUG] olympics viewing

[Luke Vanderfluit <luke.vanderfluit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

Ive tried the hacks described on:

http://valleywag.com/5034896/how-to-crack-youtubes-olympics-channel

which is basically the same as:

http://www.danielpoon.com/lifehacking/2008/08/08/how-to-watch-live-olympic-online-on-youtube

And while I get the beijing2008 page up, when selecting a video I still get a message that this video isnt availabe in my country (Aus)...

Looks like google has it sewn up...

Kr.
Luke.



Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Luke Vanderfluit wrote:
>
>   
> > Does anyone know of a site where I can watch the olympics using a linux  
> > (non-windows) codec?
> > I cant stand au.yahoo. Most other major sites are for their national  
> > viewing only (NBC, BBC etc.)
> > It seems youtube is removing posts of events.
> >     
>
> YouTube has an Olympics channel but it's only available in some 
> countries -- Australia and the US not being in the list.  I saw a blog 
> post yesterday about how to get around the geo-blocking by changing a 
> cookie, but can't find it now :(
>
> However from memory (and looking at my settings) set a cookie in the 
> domain .youtube.com named "GEO" and with content 
> "bb84fb3cd7df0311bb5026df4d6b524fcxkAAABLUixubyByZWdpb24sc2VvdWwsLCwsLC0x" 
> and an expiry some time in the future.
>
> It's still working for me.
>
>