In the last couple of weeks, I have been playing with WorldTV99 and VideoCenter, VCURLs72. I think the WorldTV99 started with a crude version 1, with less than 20 TV stations, has since grown into a whopping 146 TV channels and now version 9. With many refinements, deleted the nonworking ones, and the not so well streaming ones, it has now become an enjoyable and watchable version. Thanks for the community inputs to make it possible.

I re-read the VCURLs72, TV channels has now become 72 USA stations (mostly). However, NOT all of them are streaming well. I still have to experiment which channel either streams well, or dl a copy and watch alright with either mplayer or the default media player. Compared to the WorldTV99, this is not a finishing product. After playing with it for several weeks, I do now have an idea which stations plays well and which streams well (I will post a summary soon). However, I have NO control over the order of the VideoCenter how to incorporate those channels. I think if one can edit the database, which is in sqlite language, then it maybe able to turn this into a more enjoyable product like the WorldTV99. Suggestions and comments, complaints and feedbacks are welcome.

Another observation. I started out with mplayer 1.0rc1-maemo.24.n8x0 with VCURLs72 and has now updated to maemo.27. In some video clips, mplayer.27 in fact renders much better than media player and I have since now use it more. And it also streamed a lot better than media player. Highly recommend to upgrade to version 27 of the mplayer.
As I am writing this, i just casually turned into CNN NowIntheNews and watched under mplayer.27, it is the smoothest rendering I have ever seen, .27 is quite superior comparing to .24 and is now my favorite player. However, one small irk from glauncher, it, sometimes does not terminate well.

bun