Mini TV is a Windows gadget that will let you enjoy on your Desktop TV channels offering internet streams.
The gadget comes with several channels predefined, but some of them may not be available for your country, others stopped their stream, which means that you will be able to watch only a few channels. The good news is that the gadget lets you add custom channels. If you know of currently working channels, you can add them by yourself easily, and enjoy!
A timer function will stop the connection after a specified time passes.
The gadget uses Windows Media Player to fetch the channels. If you can’t connect to any channel at all, most probably WMP is not allowed to connect to the internet. Open WMP Options and configure the relevant settings: at the “Player” tab check “Connect to the Internet“. At the “Network” tab check all protocols and Multicast Streams.
Save the .gadget file to install later, or run it to start using Mini TV immediately
I noticed that NASA/TV is not working anymore, it use to work just fine. I selected others and finally SMILE/TV worked so I know MINI TV gadget works on my computer. I have Windows 8 preview installed but noticed on my computers with Windows 7 the same issue is occurring.
Nasa discontinued its media player TV service. It should have been removed also from the gadget.