Instructions

For British TV to work you need VLC media player installed to it default location on your version of Windows. 
In other words, you need to install without changing any settings in the installer. 
The British TV program can be placed anywhere on your computer.

Troubleshooter
Q. How do i change a channel?
A. Use the channel number.

Q. VLC not found at script/britishtv.pl line 163, <> line 1.
A. Make sure VLC is installed to the default location for your platform. If it is, please post.

Q. Is there a way to switch channels without opening a new prompt window?
A. When you close VLC, you'll go back to the channel list.

Q. What is VLC?
A. VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Q.The video buffers up to 100% and nothing happens.
A. Wait a few more seconds and the video will appear.

Q. I get sound, but no video; only a black screen.
A. Make sure VLC is up to date. If it is, the stream may have a fault.

Q. The video buffers to 100%, plays for a couple of seconds, and then stops and picture freezes.
A. If you are running a Antivirus and Firewall, please allow VLC and British TV.exe. If this does not help, try increasing the cache (Preferences -> All -> Input/Codecs => Access Modules => MMS). If that doesn't help, you can try to copy and paste the URL into a different media player. 
If that doesn't help, you may need to upgrade your Internet connection to a higher speed.

Q. Does this work from outside the UK?
A. Yes.

Q. Does VLC need to be the default player?
A. No.

Q. Channels won't buffer or start.
A. The sever that host the channels is probably undergoing maintenance, is down, or the URLs have changed. This has nothing to do with the British TV program, VLC,