Apple uses HTTP Live Streaming protocol. VLC should be able to play it just fine...

_dp9d · on Oct 22, 2013

Last time VLC on WinXP would crash after a few seconds trying to play the official apple stream. Check reddit.com/r/apple and someone will post up a list of "pirate streams". One of them worked great for me in Firefox on XP last time.

EDIT: As of T-45 minutes, someone said they're going to use http://www.onemorething.nl/live which will hopefully not have commentary when it starts. Also they're saying the URL for VLC is http://live.wowza.kpnstreaming.nl/onemorethinglive/OMTLIVE/p...

EDIT: For me, on Win XP, latest VLC is playing http://live.wowza.kpnstreaming.nl/onemorethinglive/OMTLIVE/p... perfectly. It's the stream, no commentary, etc.

bentcorner · on Oct 22, 2013

http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/13pijbdfvpi... works for me using VLC on Win2012.

Achshar · on Oct 22, 2013

So the url will be in the page source? Even when the page is on incompatible software?

freeasinfree · on Oct 22, 2013

VLC and Totem locks up every 30 seconds