Apple announced that they will be livestreaming the today’s media event, but you can only watch it only on Apple's devices namely-Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

Apple is using a new technique termed as HTTP Live Streaming introduced with Snow Leopard, QuickTime X and iOS 3.0. But you can easily bypass this restriction with the VLC Media Player.

Read the full tutorial after the jump.

1. Download VLC Media Player and open it.

2. Go to File >> Network.

3. Click on Network and paste this address:

 http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/gear1/prog_index.m3u8
 

4. Click Open.

5. Done.