i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by Tom14850
i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:15PM
Anybody else having problems connecting to the feed?
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:17PM
At least some of us are having buffering problems, where we get good feed for a period, followed by some period of no feed, back and forth. It's really annoying, especially considering I'm paying for this.
Kyle
Kyle
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:17PM
No problem connecting, but the webcast comes through in fits and starts.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:18PM
[Q]krose Wrote:
At least some of us are having buffering problems, where we get good feed for a period, followed by some period of no feed, back and forth. It's really annoying, especially considering I'm paying for this.
Kyle[/q]
Almost makes you forget the "clunk-clunk" sound every ten or so seconds.
At least some of us are having buffering problems, where we get good feed for a period, followed by some period of no feed, back and forth. It's really annoying, especially considering I'm paying for this.
Kyle[/q]
Almost makes you forget the "clunk-clunk" sound every ten or so seconds.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:21PM
Interestingly, the women's basketball game against Drexel on Saturday is being webcast at no charge. 
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Mike Hedrick 01 (---.arlngt01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:31PM
You'd think if they're going to charge us for this, they'd have adequate bandwidth. This is unwatchable.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:34PM
very frustrating. Mike hedrik - were you in a fraternity?
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:35PM
that's actually what I meant.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:37PM
Agreed, Mike. Pretty pathetic.
As a slight aside, college students are conditioned to take what they can get even if they are anally raped for it. Those of us in the real world recognize value and refuse to be taken without some reasonable expectation of improvement. If Cornell wants to nickel-and-dime its alumni to death and give us lousy service, then they can continue to look forward to zero in the form of contributions from this alumnus. A little good will goes a long way... and vice versa.
Kyle
As a slight aside, college students are conditioned to take what they can get even if they are anally raped for it. Those of us in the real world recognize value and refuse to be taken without some reasonable expectation of improvement. If Cornell wants to nickel-and-dime its alumni to death and give us lousy service, then they can continue to look forward to zero in the form of contributions from this alumnus. A little good will goes a long way... and vice versa.
Kyle
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Mike Hedrick 01 (---.arlngt01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:37PM
No, but there was another Mike Hedrick a year ahead of me. Perhaps he was.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:38PM
forgive my ignorance, but is this XMI service provided by Cornell, or is it a private effort?
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: jkahn (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:41PM
I've been rebuffering every 10 seconds. Very frustrating.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:43PM
[Q]krose Wrote:
If Cornell wants to nickel-and-dime its alumni to death and give us lousy service, then they can continue to look forward to zero in the form of contributions from this alumnus.[/q]
How dare you. You are not entitled to anything from Cornell, but they are entitled to your annual donations no matter what.
If Cornell wants to nickel-and-dime its alumni to death and give us lousy service, then they can continue to look forward to zero in the form of contributions from this alumnus.[/q]
How dare you. You are not entitled to anything from Cornell, but they are entitled to your annual donations no matter what.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2004 07:44PM by jtwcornell91.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:50PM
Frustrating. Unless students are doing a massive MP3 download before heading home on break, there's no excuse. Wait, that couldn't be it. Cornell licensed an internal Napster server. To paraphrase the cheer - there is no gravity. It just sucks.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: yerfdog (---.dslextreme.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:51PM
I'm also getting a really poor feed. I emailed the vendor to ask if anything could be done. Here's his reply FWIW:
From: Chris Fyall <chris.fyall@xmievents.com>
Subject: Re: Cornell Webcast problems
We're on the phone with our bandwidth provider trying to figure out what the
problem is, and how to fix it.
Chris Fyall
XMIevents.com
From: Chris Fyall <chris.fyall@xmievents.com>
Subject: Re: Cornell Webcast problems
We're on the phone with our bandwidth provider trying to figure out what the
problem is, and how to fix it.
Chris Fyall
XMIevents.com
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 07:58PM
if it magically begins working again, please post that they've fixed the problem. I've given up on it and am listening to audio only from College Sports Pass, which is working wonderfully.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: yerfdog (---.dslextreme.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:08PM
I just got a refund message from PayPal:
i2sports (chris.fyall@xmievents.com) has refunded your payment.
Note from Seller:
This is a refund for the Dec 3 Cornell - Yale hockey game. We're refunding
your money because of technical difficulties with our bandwidth provider.
We had to restart the stream. You can continue watching if you'd like. Your
password will still work.
i2sports (chris.fyall@xmievents.com) has refunded your payment.
Note from Seller:
This is a refund for the Dec 3 Cornell - Yale hockey game. We're refunding
your money because of technical difficulties with our bandwidth provider.
We had to restart the stream. You can continue watching if you'd like. Your
password will still work.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Mike Hedrick 01 (---.arlngt01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:16PM
Yep, looks like they refunded everybody.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: upperdeck (---.syr.east.verizon.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:20PM
hmm
does that include season pass holders? i hevent seen any email yet.
does that include season pass holders? i hevent seen any email yet.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:21PM
[Q]upperdeck Wrote:
i hevent seen any email yet.[/q]
Nor I. Wrote to 'em, too.
i hevent seen any email yet.[/q]
Nor I. Wrote to 'em, too.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Lisa (---.nycap.rr.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:25PM
Let us know what they say about season pass holders and a refund. This is very frustrating. I do have to admit that Chris from i2sports has been very helpful in the past.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:27PM
[Q]Lisa Wrote:
Let us know what they say about season pass holders and a refund. This is very frustrating. I do have to admit that Chris from i2sports has been very helpful in the past.[/q]
Just received the email saying all viewers would get refunds, but nothing specific on how they'll handle "season-ticket" subscribers.
Let us know what they say about season pass holders and a refund. This is very frustrating. I do have to admit that Chris from i2sports has been very helpful in the past.[/q]
Just received the email saying all viewers would get refunds, but nothing specific on how they'll handle "season-ticket" subscribers.
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Al DeFlorio '65
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:34PM
I can't even connect now. Grrr... I left work early and didn't go to beer with my buddies, and for what?
Yes, I'll take some cheese with my whine...
Kyle
Yes, I'll take some cheese with my whine...
Kyle
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 03, 2004 08:40PM
It's gonna be a tight race: Cowbell Guy might upload 100 game photos, color corrected, before we get 100 frames of video.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 09:03AM
Have any season-pass holders gotten their refund for last night?
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Tom14850 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 11:52AM
I have not as far as I can tell. I have not gotten any email notfying me of a refund, in any case. I did not check my PayPal account directly.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 12:59PM
[Q]Tom14850 Wrote:
I have not as far as I can tell. I have not gotten any email notfying me of a refund, in any case. I did not check my PayPal account directly.[/q]
No transaction in my PayPal account as of this morning.
I have not as far as I can tell. I have not gotten any email notfying me of a refund, in any case. I did not check my PayPal account directly.[/q]
No transaction in my PayPal account as of this morning.
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Al DeFlorio '65
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 02:45PM
If you have a season pass, how much of refund are you looking for?
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 02:50PM
Has anyone emailed or queried XMI on what to expect for the Princeton game tonight (12/4)?
Web feed fixed for Saturday Princeton game
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 06:07PM
This note Saturday afternoon from XMI events in response to an email query:
>>> Hello, yes, we expect the feed to be much better. The problem has been fixed.
Enjoy the game.
Chris Fyall
XMIevents.com
[[Chris Fyall [chris.fyall@xmievents.com]]]
>>> Hello, yes, we expect the feed to be much better. The problem has been fixed.
Enjoy the game.
Chris Fyall
XMIevents.com
[[Chris Fyall [chris.fyall@xmievents.com]]]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2004 06:08PM by billhoward.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 06:34PM
Video for Princeton game appears to be OK at 6:35 but no sound yet.
Edit: Sound at 6:37.
Edit: Sound at 6:37.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2004 06:37PM by Al DeFlorio.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:09PM
Man, they suck. Same shit has started. 
Kyle
Kyle
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:13PM
[Q]krose Wrote:
Man, they suck. Same shit has started.
Kyle[/q]
No problems here, Kyle.
Man, they suck. Same shit has started.
Kyle[/q]
No problems here, Kyle.
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Al DeFlorio '65
Al DeFlorio '65
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: ben03 (---.nyc.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:21PM
[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:
krose Wrote:
Man, they suck. Same shit has started.
Kyle[/Q]
No problems here, Kyle.[/q]
I'm 30 seconds of good and then 30 seconds of bad ... not very impressed with this situation.
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Let's GO Red!!!
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: ben03 (---.nyc.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:27PM
Anyone know who we email with refund requests? This is terrible and I'm pretty sure not worth my/our money.
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Let's GO Red!!!
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:29PM
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
Anyone know who we email with refund requests? This is terrible and I'm pretty sure not worth my/our money.[/q]
You might try reconnecting or stopping and restarting. It's been perfect here.
Anyone know who we email with refund requests? This is terrible and I'm pretty sure not worth my/our money.[/q]
You might try reconnecting or stopping and restarting. It's been perfect here.
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Al DeFlorio '65
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Lisa (---.nycap.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:50PM
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:54PM
Has been fine for the first 20 mins and the past 1/2 hour. There was a period of about 10 minutes in which I couldn't get a feed. No problem on this end: my net connection was working just fine.
Kyle
Kyle
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2004 07:54PM by krose.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 07:54PM
[Q]Lisa Wrote:
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.[/q]
Still fine here [knocking on oak desk].
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.[/q]
Still fine here [knocking on oak desk].
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Al DeFlorio '65
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: ben03 (---.nyc.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 08:31PM
[Q]Lisa Wrote:
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.[/q]
Logged in about half way through the first period and have yet to get any more than a minute streaming video. Audio has been fine but the video is enough to drive me nuts.
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.[/q]
Logged in about half way through the first period and have yet to get any more than a minute streaming video. Audio has been fine but the video is enough to drive me nuts.
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Let's GO Red!!!
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 08:43PM
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
Lisa Wrote:
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.[/Q]
Logged in about half way through the first period and have yet to get any more than a minute streaming video. Audio has been fine but the video is enough to drive me nuts.[/q]
Don't know what to say, Ben. I've had one freeze-up early in the second period and cleared it by hitting stop and then restarting. Otherwise it's been just fine.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: ben03 (---.nyc.rr.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 09:03PM
no worries ... i'll live 
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: upperdeck (---.syr.east.verizon.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 09:12PM
mild pressure with the extra man but the puck never really got into a good shotting position. CU missed one empty net show..
its over..
its over..
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 10:39PM
From NJ the webcast was pretty good, maybe a dozen hiccups and 4-5 freezes of 10 seconds but nothing like Friday when it was unwatchable.
The closeups (compared to the normal shots) say of Mckee as he hands the puck to the ref after a stop, did anyone sending the feed out to a TV notice the image was so soft it looked as if the camera was out of focus? I'm sure it was more the effect of trying to stretch a highly compressed image to four feet across.
Again, it's like the dancing bear: You're impressed that the bear dances at all. You don't think about how well till later. It sure beats the audio only feed, especially the provider is tagging you five bucks either way.
The closeups (compared to the normal shots) say of Mckee as he hands the puck to the ref after a stop, did anyone sending the feed out to a TV notice the image was so soft it looked as if the camera was out of focus? I'm sure it was more the effect of trying to stretch a highly compressed image to four feet across.
Again, it's like the dancing bear: You're impressed that the bear dances at all. You don't think about how well till later. It sure beats the audio only feed, especially the provider is tagging you five bucks either way.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 04, 2004 11:11PM
[Q]billhoward Wrote:
The closeups (compared to the normal shots) say of Mckee as he hands the puck to the ref after a stop, did anyone sending the feed out to a TV notice the image was so soft it looked as if the camera was out of focus? I'm sure it was more the effect of trying to stretch a highly compressed image to four feet across.
[/q]
Close-ups were fuzzy even on a 15" flat-panel. Only one freeze-up in 135 minutes, however. I'll take it.
Did anyone watch Cornell Athletics' broadcast of the women's b-ball game today. Curious as to the quality. Video only, IIRC.
The closeups (compared to the normal shots) say of Mckee as he hands the puck to the ref after a stop, did anyone sending the feed out to a TV notice the image was so soft it looked as if the camera was out of focus? I'm sure it was more the effect of trying to stretch a highly compressed image to four feet across.
[/q]
Close-ups were fuzzy even on a 15" flat-panel. Only one freeze-up in 135 minutes, however. I'll take it.
Did anyone watch Cornell Athletics' broadcast of the women's b-ball game today. Curious as to the quality. Video only, IIRC.
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Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: billhoward (---.union01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2004 11:28PM
I think Cornell may find the number of people curious for a video only, no audio feed of a woman's basketball game is finite. But I'm curious, too, about the quality of the video.
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: crodger1 (---.abtassoc.com)
Date: December 06, 2004 05:10PM
[Q]billhoward Wrote:
If you have a season pass, how much of refund are you looking for?[/q]
I just got notified of a refund (I have a season pass):
Refund Amount: $3.71 USD
FWIW, had only one or two hiccups with the Princeton feed on Saturday (on cable modem in MA).
LGR!
Chris
If you have a season pass, how much of refund are you looking for?[/q]
I just got notified of a refund (I have a season pass):
Refund Amount: $3.71 USD
FWIW, had only one or two hiccups with the Princeton feed on Saturday (on cable modem in MA).
LGR!
Chris
Re: i2 sports or XMI whatever problems?
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.ne.client2.attbi.com)
Date: December 06, 2004 08:30PM
[Q]crodger1 Wrote:
billhoward Wrote:
If you have a season pass, how much of refund are you looking for?[/Q]
I just got notified of a refund (I have a season pass):
Refund Amount: $3.71 USD
FWIW, had only one or two hiccups with the Princeton feed on Saturday (on cable modem in MA).
LGR!
Chris[/q]
Ditto on all counts.
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