North Korea TV (KCTV) Live Stream

Divine Administrator Posts : 588 Join date : 2008-03-30

MisterAnon wrote:: So what's going on with thise RTSP stream? The RTSP stream is the only one now working. The MMS stream is dead. The RTSP URL is rtsp://121.167.43.161/chosun and typing that exactly (specifying no port number) works in this stream player app for Android called Stream Player. However it does not work in VLC player or ffplay.exe (the player component of FFMPEG). I tried manually specifying the port number 554 (the default for RTSP protocol) but that didn't work in VLC or FFPLAY. I also tried the official alternate RTSP port number which is 8554, but it also didn't work in either of those players. I tried manually specifying port 554 in Stream Player for Android, and it worked perfectly. So I know the port number 554 is correct.

So here I have a very much non-standard player (Stream Player) working perfectly, while the more common software VLC and FFPLAY utterly fail to play this stream. What's going on?

I had never heard of a RSTP stream before. So I tried it in the VLC player, and it is working for me, streaming KCTV North Korea. Also the MMS stream is working for my VLC player, too. Both links currently streaming the same KCTV broadcast. I don't know anything about those port numbers, I just opened my VLC player, clicked media > open network stream, and pasted the MMS link or the RSTP link and they both play fine.
WMP no longer supports MMS streaming so I need to use the VLC now.

party member Posts : 5 Join date : 2017-04-14

Finally figured out what was wrong. My router's firewall was blocking the connection. Don't know why it worked from my cellphone (with that one app called Stream Player), as it's also on my wireless router. Must have something to do with the way it tried to connect or something. Whatever the case, I don't want to have to disable the firewall, just to watch NKorean TV.

party member Posts : 9 Join date : 2017-07-26

as far as I can see, no link is working. Only elufa, which is not that good..
any ideas?

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-01-13

In addition, I upload old and new videos (movies, music, news etc) all in 720p & 1080p.

The Shining Red Star on YouTube

Anyway no one link works. I tried VLC and Media Player but nothing....

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-06-15

Is there any possibly livestream link of KCTV? Ustream stopped even working for now..

Divine Administrator Posts : 588 Join date : 2008-03-30

Jakub wrote:: Is there any possibly livestream link of KCTV? Ustream stopped even working for now..

I don't know of any current KCTV streaming links. This one on Youtube says it's a live stream but everytime I look it says the stream is offline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4abZLYqOAU

This one has some fairly current recordings of KCTV streams:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ7i-yFvuzn9FbUdU77WKcA/videos

party member Posts : 9 Join date : 2017-07-26

I finally managed to do something aaaaaand here it is Smile

Finally catched up KCTV. I'm going to stream it 24/7 now Smile

Here is link for the upcoming 7.27 event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCCgW9Zvp_4&feature=youtu.be

party member Posts : 9 Join date : 2017-07-26

litteraly, link may update sometimes due to YouTube caching system (they cut off my streams sometimes), so just go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXyTAGH8jLZVjd137WYhpQQ or if you want something you can remember: http://kctv.live/

party member Posts : 9 Join date : 2017-07-26

I got banned by BB Media for streaming Squirrel and Hedgehog. It seems MONDO WORLD has bought the rights to this. There is no way to avoid that livestream ban on YouTube :/

Divine Administrator Posts : 588 Join date : 2008-03-30

PluumSE wrote:: I got banned by BB Media for streaming Squirrel and Hedgehog. It seems MONDO WORLD has bought the rights to this. There is no way to avoid that livestream ban on YouTube :/

I just checked -(3.30am EST, start of NK broadcast day) -
Those Youtube links above are offline -
These links appear to be streaming KCTV now:
http://www.elufa-tv.net/live.html
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/x9dWwuXe7fC

party member Posts : 9 Join date : 2017-07-26

Thanks for the info, seemed like ffmpeg stopped working on my side. Now everything's fine and working.

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-08-18

Hallo everybody,

I've been following this forum for quite some time now and have decided to post my first message here today or tonight (depending on where you live in the world) as I occasionally follow KCTV with interest.

Since none of the aforementioned links don't seem to be broadcasting any KCTV streams, I've decided to post another link to one, which is currently active.
This can be found on the Japanese video sharing service called Niconico.

So, to put it in a nutshell, here's the latest link:
【北朝鮮で日本人男性拘束】朝鮮中央テレビ

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-08-24

Automatrix66 wrote:: Hallo everybody,

I've been following this forum for quite some time now and have decided to post my first message here today or tonight (depending on where you live in the world) as I occasionally follow KCTV with interest.

Since none of the aforementioned links don't seem to be broadcasting any KCTV streams, I've decided to post another link to one, which is currently active.
This can be found on the Japanese video sharing service called Niconico.

So, to put it in a nutshell, here's the latest link:
【北朝鮮で日本人男性拘束】朝鮮中央テレビ

Can you give more details, steps to click on which icon.. and so on, please ?

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-09-01

Both of these links work
For VLC:
https://tv.nknews.org/tvdash/stream.mpd
For Potplayer :
https://tv.nknews.org/tvhls/stream.m3u8

Divine Administrator Posts : 588 Join date : 2008-03-30

khangpham06 wrote:: Both of these links work
For VLC:
https://tv.nknews.org/tvdash/stream.mpd
For Potplayer :
https://tv.nknews.org/tvhls/stream.m3u8

Confirmed that the VLC link is working, streaming KCTV now during normal programming hours. I didn't try the Potplayer.
Both the Ustream and Elufa links are working too. All three links are playing the same programming, although the VLC link is about 15 seconds behind the others, but there are no ads you are forced to watch. Elufa and Ustream occasionally break for ads.

The link Automatrix66 gave a couple above posts above is not live streaming anymore, apparently. It was only available for a few days.

party member first poster Posts : 1 Join date : 2018-09-29

@Dear Leader how you watched the videos/live stream from sptv.co.kr and whch browser? when i got there and will play the videos, nohting happens. Please reply thanks

Divine Administrator Posts : 588 Join date : 2008-03-30

Update August 2019
You can find a KCTV live stream here during broadcast hours:
https://kcnawatch.org/korea-central-tv-livestream/

Both of these links are still live streaming KCTV during broadcast hours(works using the VLC media player, don't know about others):
https://tv.nknews.org/tvhls/stream.m3u8
https://tv.nknews.org/tvdash/stream.mpd

KCTV satellite info:
https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/kp/Korean-Central-TV.html