How to Watch and Listen to TWiT
Leo and his fellow TWiTs want you to be able to listen or watch TWiT content wherever, whenever, and however you want. As a result TWiT does its best to support any platform they can. Also, thanks to the amazing TWiT Army, there are many fan-made applications that support various platforms, and even more are in development or waiting for release approval!
There are so many ways to enjoy TWiT, it can be a bit daunting to figure out all of your options. The chart below should help you to find what you can use for your needs.
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New Encoding Formats
From June 2012 TWiT began rolling out new encoding formats for its shows. This included HD downloads for all shows as well as a higher quality, smaller size and larger resolution SD encode.
As a part of this process some viewers who were subscribed to the large video feeds and using older devices (like the second generation iPod Touch) were not always able to play the updated format videos. Our smaller, mobile format videos should continue to work with these devices.
Unfortunately, when iTunes sees an incompatible format it just stops syncing without warning, so you may not get the new shows on your device. We want you to keep watching - so if you have an older device please use this sample file to check compatibility with your device.
- This is a sample of the new encoding format for TWiT's SD Low (aka mobile) feeds.
- This is a sample of the new encoding format for TWiT's SD Large feeds.
- This is a sample of the new encoding format for TWiT's HD feeds.
For more information, please see the Inside TWiT post about these changes.
Ways to Access TWiT Content
| Name | Platform | Where to get it | Video Stream | Audio Stream | On-demand Audio | On-demand Video | Recorded Stream Video | TWiT LLC Produced | Fan Produced | Pre-existing |
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| TWiT Live Website | Web + Flash | TWiT Live (or use the browser player) |  |
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| TWiT.tv Website | Web | TWiT.tv | |
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| TWiT Youtube Channel | Online Video | http://www.youtube.com/twit | |
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| USTREAM - LeoLaporte channel | Web Stream, iPhone, Android | |
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| VLC | All |
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| TWiT.tv | Roku | Available from Roku Channel Store | |
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| TWiT.tv | Samsung TV and Blu-Ray | Available from Samsung App Store | |
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| TWiT.tv | Boxee Box | Available from Apps | |
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| TWiT iPhone and iPad app | iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad | |
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| TWiT.am | Streaming Audio Player | TWiT.am web-based player, M3U stream link | |
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| TWiT Hub | Windows (Linux: may work with Wine) | LuxeApps TWiT Hub | |
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| TWiT Live Desktop | OSX, Windows, Linux + Adobe Air | Leoville.com - TWiT Live Desktop | |
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| TWiT TV for Windows | Windows | TWiT Wiki: TWiT TV for Windows | |
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| TWiT Windows Phone app | Windows Phone 7.0+ | Windows Phone Marketplace | |
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| iTunes | Windows + OSX + iPod | |
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| TWiT.tv App | iPhone & iPad (Universal) | |
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| TWiT-Stream Universal iPhone & iPad app | iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad | iTunes App Store | |
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| TWiT Live Video | Android 2.2+ (Requires Adobe Air) | |
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| Stream Furious | Android | |
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| TWiT Play | Android | |
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| Nexus TWiT Live | Android 4.1+ | |
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| Nexus TWiT Live | Android 4.1+ |
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| TWiT Live website on Skyfire | Windows Mobile / s60 / Android | |
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| GSPlayer | Windows Mobile 2003 – 6.5 | |
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| Winamp | Windows |
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| TiVo Central | TiVo Series 2 or later | Available from TV, Movies, & Videos → Browse Web Videos → Video Podcasts → Technology → TWiT → Get A Season Pass | |
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| TWiT Live | OS X 10.6+ | |
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Where to download and watch TWiT shows
Current
Archive
| Show | Live Stream | iTunes
(Audio) |
MP3 RSS Podcast | iTunes
(Video Small) |
iTunes
(Video Large) |
Video RSS
Podcast Small |
Video RSS
Podcast Large |
YouTube Video |
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| Abby's Road | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Current Geek Weekly | Retired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Dr. Kiki's Science Hour | Retired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FourCast | Retired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Futures in Biotech | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Game On! | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Green Tech Today | Retired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maxwell's House | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Munchcast | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| This Week in Fun | Retired | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| This Week In Radio Tech | Retired | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| TWiT Fit | Retired | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Trey's Variety Hour | Retired | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| TWiT Photo | Retired | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| This Week in Science (TWiS) | Retired | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
