New Cornell Athletics Website

[Josh '99]

[quote jtwcornell91]This sounds like a whole lot of FUD.  We know almost nothing about the new service and yet you're convinced the sky is falling on the customer service front.  OTOH, CSTV explicitly designed their webcast last year to work only on a single browser/OS combination, sticking their finger in the eye of Mac and Linux users.  At least we know the new system is supposed to work on a wider array of platforms.[/quote]You know, I think there should be a rule on the Internet:  If you choose to use an OS that everyone *knows* isn't universally supported, you forfeit the right to complain when it's not supported.  :-P

[Liz '05]

[quote Josh '99][quote jtwcornell91]This sounds like a whole lot of FUD.  We know almost nothing about the new service and yet you're convinced the sky is falling on the customer service front.  OTOH, CSTV explicitly designed their webcast last year to work only on a single browser/OS combination, sticking their finger in the eye of Mac and Linux users.  At least we know the new system is supposed to work on a wider array of platforms.[/quote]You know, I think there should be a rule on the Internet:  If you choose to use an OS that everyone *knows* isn't universally supported, you forfeit the right to complain when it's not supported.  :-P[/quote]
People have at least heard of Macs...**]

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Josh '99]You know, I think there should be a rule on the Internet:  If you choose to use an OS that everyone *knows* isn't universally supported, you forfeit the right to complain when it's not supported.  :-P[/quote]

Depends what you mean... streaming video has been supported on the Mac for several years, and as best we could tell, there was *nothing* about the CSTV streaming video that couldn't have worked just fine on Mac. The only part that wasn't supported was their ultra-fancy flash interface to access it.

Its not like they couldn't have provided a basic HTML, or, heck, even text-page interface to access the streams. Its like a gas station that sells the same gas as everyone else, but their nozzles are too big for 5-10% of the cars. WTF.

And then, audio... don't even get me started on audio... Streaming audio has worked just fine on Macs since I ran Real player on my 60 MHz Performa with 8 megs of RAM in 1996. But again, CSTV goes *out of their way* to set up a fancy flash interface to block access to basic streaming audio. Again, make a frickin' text page with a link to the audio for cripes sake.

If you were more referring to linux, well, eh

[Josh '99]

[quote DeltaOne81]If you were more referring to linux, well, eh [/quote]Yeah, that was mainly my point.  ::uptosomething::

[billhoward]

[quote CornellFan]I tend to buy one month opponent subscriptions for Cornell basketball road games.[/quote]

Lots of other sites force you to sign up for recurring monthly payments that you can opt out of only if you remember to go back and resign the account. You forget your logon or password, the expiration date goes by, and all of sudden you've paid 2 or 3 months worth of fees for the one Cornell-Syracuse lax game. Would that there were easier access to one-time-use credit card #s.

[RichH]

[quote billhoward][quote CornellFan]I tend to buy one month opponent subscriptions for Cornell basketball road games.[/quote]

Lots of other sites force you to sign up for recurring monthly payments that you can opt out of only if you remember to go back and resign the account. You forget your logon or password, the expiration date goes by, and all of sudden you've paid 2 or 3 months worth of fees for the one Cornell-Syracuse lax game. Would that there were easier access to one-time-use credit card #s.[/quote]

Which was another plus with the ACC Select product that some of us used for the CU-Duke lacrosse game in the spring.  Having the option for a single-game purchase made the experience even more attractive.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Josh '99][quote DeltaOne81]If you were more referring to Linux, well, eh [/quote]Yeah, that was mainly my point.  ::uptosomething::[/quote]

It doesn't really matter which you were referring to, after all CSTV  was dealing with college grads or undergrads from a university with a large science component. They should realize their audience and adjust accordingly.

I mean my 13 year old daughter spends a lot more time on our Mac than she does on Windows. So what's up with their programmers?::screwy::

[Al DeFlorio]

Here's the scoop on RedCasts: http://cornellbigred.com/News/general/2007/9/10/0708Redcast.asp?path=general

Looks like football is not in the package but is free through an alternate source.::whistle::

[Jacob '06]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Here's the scoop on RedCasts: http://cornellbigred.com/News/general/2007/9/10/0708Redcast.asp?path=general

Looks like football is not in the package but is free through an alternate source.::whistle::[/quote]

So they say the all-sports year long thing lasts 1 year from date of purchase. So if I purchase it after football season this year, I will get next year's football season still? If so I don't see any reason to order it now.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Jacob '06][quote Al DeFlorio]Here's the scoop on RedCasts: http://cornellbigred.com/News/general/2007/9/10/0708Redcast.asp?path=general

Looks like football is not in the package but is free through an alternate source.::whistle::[/quote]

So they say the all-sports year long thing lasts 1 year from date of purchase. So if I purchase it after football season this year, I will get next year's football season still? If so I don't see any reason to order it now.[/quote]
Unless you want to watch sprint football, volleyball, or field hockey.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Here's the scoop on RedCasts: http://cornellbigred.com/News/general/2007/9/10/0708Redcast.asp?path=general

Looks like football is not in the package but is free through an alternate source.::whistle::[/quote]

Well on paper, or a screen, it looks like a good service and that they listened to all criticism and responded appropriately. (I can't count the number of times they said there will not be any automatic renewals.:-) ) Who knows how well it will actually work, but, based on their effort so far, I have to assume they will be working as hard as possible to get it right.

I would encourage everyone to email them, including Andy Noel, and congratulate  and thank them for their efforts so far. Positive reinforcement can only help to improve the product. Hell, I go to many of those home games, but might sign up just to view/listen to others and see archived broadcasts.

[redhair34]

Jim, who would you suggest we email (other than Andy)?

[DeltaOne81]

[quote redhair34]Jim, who would you suggest we email (other than Andy)?[/quote]

I'm not Jim , but definitely Jeremy Hartigan.

[ebilmes]

Everything I've seen points to lots of games being broadcast free on SlopeTV.com (and SlopeRadio.com). The video quality might be questionable and there will be amateur student announcers, but that's definitely looking like a possibility for this year.

[ebilmes]

Everything I've seen points to lots of games (including hockey) being broadcast free on SlopeTV.com (and SlopeRadio.com). The video quality might be questionable and there will be amateur student announcers, but that's definitely looking like a possibility for this year.