Problems with video feeds

[abhatti]

I am trying to watch Pakistani TV. Here is what I tried:

Step 1: I went to idesitv and watched the video stream online (http://www.idesitv.com/pakistantv.php). I did a view source and extracted "http://94.75.220.137/idesitv.com-pakistantv-0339dd3?WMContentBitrate=600000".
Step2: I tried to add this as an RSS feed to Boxee. It failed with an error message "Invalid Feed (#12)".
Step 3: I tried to simplify the URL by using tinyURL. It became (http://tinyurl.com/PakistaniTV). That didn't work either.

Questions:
Question 1: What is wrong?
Question 2: Why will this feed not work? Are there certain types of feeds that will not work? What is an invalid Feed?
Question 3: What should I try to do instead?

Thanks,
Ata

[yuvalt]

This is not an RSS feed. Try adding it as a Manual Source under Settings / Sources. Not sure if this will work or not. If it doesn't, please post the boxee.log.

[abhatti]

Will do. I'll post the results later today.

In the meantime, could you please educate me a little. What kinds of feeds work? How are RSS feeds video streams (I thought they were xml)? Is there a difference between manual feeds vs. RSS feeds?

Thanks,
Ata

[abhatti]

Tried adding the feed manually (http://www.tinyurl.com/Pakistanitv). Fail. When I click play, the spinny comes on for a few seconds and then leaves. I am back to where I was before and nothing happened. What gives?

So I'm back to the questions I asked in the last post: What kinds of feeds work? How are RSS feeds video streams (I thought they were xml)? Is there a difference between manual feeds vs. RSS feeds?

Thanks,
Ata