Anybody else having problems connecting to the feed?
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
No problem connecting, but the webcast comes through in fits and starts.
[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.
Interestingly, the women's basketball game against Drexel on Saturday is being webcast at no charge. ::screwy::
You'd think if they're going to charge us for this, they'd have adequate bandwidth. This is unwatchable.
very frustrating. Mike hedrik - were you in a fraternity?
that's actually what I meant.
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
No, but there was another Mike Hedrick a year ahead of me. Perhaps he was.
forgive my ignorance, but is this XMI service provided by Cornell, or is it a private effort?
I've been rebuffering every 10 seconds. Very frustrating.
[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. ::rolleyes::
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Yep, looks like they refunded everybody.
hmm
does that include season pass holders? i hevent seen any email yet.
[Q]upperdeck Wrote:
i hevent seen any email yet.[/q]
Nor I. Wrote to 'em, too.
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]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.
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
It's gonna be a tight race: Cowbell Guy might upload 100 game photos, color corrected, before we get 100 frames of video.
Have any season-pass holders gotten their refund for last night?
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]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.
If you have a season pass, how much of refund are you looking for?
Has anyone emailed or queried XMI on what to expect for the Princeton game tonight (12/4)?
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]]]
Video for Princeton game appears to be OK at 6:35 but no sound yet.
Edit: Sound at 6:37.
Man, they suck. Same shit has started. :`(
Kyle
[Q]krose Wrote:
Man, they suck. Same shit has started.
Kyle[/q]
No problems here, Kyle.
[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:
[Q2]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. ::help::
Anyone know who we email with refund requests? This is terrible and I'm pretty sure not worth my/our money.
[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.
Is anyone currently experiencing buffering problems? 1st period was great. Currently it's a repeat of last night.
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
[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].
[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.
[Q]ben03 Wrote:
[Q2]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.
no worries ... i'll live :-)
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..
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.
[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.
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.
[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
[Q]crodger1 Wrote:
[Q2]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.