Schmitzzz Posted November 20, 2003 Posted November 20, 2003 I just went through a whole range of emotions reading the last 4 posts... anger, sadness, cautious optimism, gleeful jubilation. I Quote
Smoggy Posted November 21, 2003 Posted November 21, 2003 Still works for me. You initially see the SCSU/UND final score but that changes, then you should see the webcast buffering, and the clip should play. Nope. Nada. Nothing ever comes on. Quote
mksioux Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Anybody have dataflix up and running yet tonight (Friday)? I had audio for a couple minutes and now I can't get anything. Quote
mksioux Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Check that. I think mines working now. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Check that. I think mines working now. Mine is working. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Rebuffered about 3 or 4 times during 1st period, other than that pretty good. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Almost unwatchable the last half of the second period.. i think im switching over to the audio. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Almost unwatchable the last half of the second period.. i think im switching over to the audio. I was having the same problems, I watch mlb on a webcast about 100 times a year and never have any type of troubles like this. Something has to start getting looked at. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 I was having the same problems, I watch mlb on a webcast about 100 times a year and never have any type of troubles like this. Something has to start getting looked at. I watched a couple of twins games towards the end of he year. it was almost like watching it on TV.. Of course, they stream at 350 and not 222. Quote
Smoggy Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 I was having the same problems, I watch mlb on a webcast about 100 times a year and never have any type of troubles like this. Something has to start getting looked at. Since you guys tend to only get 2/3 of the game, you should ask for 1/3 of your money back. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 I watched a couple of twins games towards the end of he year. it was almost like watching it on TV.. Of course, they stream at 350 and not 222. When I watched baseball games before this year, they never streamed higher than 200. The quality was a little better, but never was buffering and stalling all the time. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Since you guys tend to only get 2/3 of the game, you should ask for 1/3 of your money back. One time I had trouble with mlb.com, and they fixed it right away and gave me deals on future games. Quote
sprig Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 If you've bought the one game at a time, complain and they'll give you a freebee code for another game. The between period commercials stream really well. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 If you've bought the one game at a time, complain and they'll give you a freebee code for another game. The between period commercials stream really well. The between commercials do stream well. lol Quote
Shawn-O Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 If you've bought the one game at a time, complain and they'll give you a freebee code for another game. Nice. Should mean your only into this thing to the tune of....9 bucks? Quote
Smoggy Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Nice. Should mean your only into this thing to the tune of....9 bucks? Hmmmm. I guess I could spring $9 for the entire season. Quote
sprig Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Nice. Should mean your only into this thing to the tune of....9 bucks? Unfortunately not. I complained last Friday and they emailed me a freebee code for the Saturday night game. NOt much good when you've already bought the whole package. Third period streamed well. Quote
Reformed Gphr Fan Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Does the Dataflix feed always cut off immediately after the game ends? I would have like to have seen the replay of the Smaby "slashing" and listened to the post-game... Quote
sprig Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Does the Dataflix feed always cut off immediately after the game ends? I would have like to have seen the replay of the Smaby "slashing" and listened to the post-game... They've shown some post game interviews after Sat. night games, but otherwise cuts off immediately. Quote
CoteauRinkRat Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 the webcast wasn't that bad, better than nothing at all Quote
Shawn-O Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 Unfortunately not. I complained last Friday and they emailed me a freebee code for the Saturday night game. NOt much good when you've already bought the whole package. Third period streamed well. Just my smart a$$ way of saying I don't think the thing ever works, based on my experience (Duluth HOF Game and Concordia). I'm a stickler for expecting value for my money. Quote
U2Bad1 Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 the webcast wasn't that bad, better than nothing at all Personally I think it was better listening to just the audio, because the audio has a constant stream. When dataflix rebuffers (which happened often) not only does it set the game way back in time ,but you lost the audio too. Quote
redwing77 Posted November 22, 2003 Posted November 22, 2003 You know what I would have done if I were the webcast people? I would have run the first season almost free. Let me explain: Webcast comes out and puts out a process: Fill out a survey, sign an agreement saying that you understand all copyrights and blah blah and that you understand that future seasons may be broadcast on webcast for compensation. Then, run the webcast for the season and work out the kinks that way. Every time there is a problem we cannot complain too loudly because the service is free. Then they can concentrate on making it work and not giving out refunds ever time. If you go into a system of pay for webstreaming, like Dataflix is, you should go in having perfected the system as much as possible, which the dataflix people obviously have not done yet. Now there are going to be many people complaining and demanding refunds all season long and I doubt the Dataflix people will break even anyways. And the only thing they show for it at the end of the season is a bunch of potential customers turned away by a season of bad performance and unment promises. Quote
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