Red Cast Really Sucks

Trotsky · November 03, 2012, 06:39:51 PM

Quote from: Rita(no.. not the ND kicker making a kick ::twitch:

Ugh.

Al DeFlorio · November 03, 2012, 07:13:58 PM

Interesting Mike wasn't asked about Esposito, at least while I was listening.

flyersgolf · November 30, 2012, 08:56:44 PM

This product has had a multiple problems on every broadcast this year. Last home game it froze up 3 - 5 times a period. Tonight the audio is screwed up. Instead of freezing up tonight it just kicks you off and you have to log on again. 3 times in the first, twice in the second. Has anyone else noticed that the HD picture has been downgraded from the first game of the year? We put an hdmi cable to the ipad and watch it on the big screen. Picture I think went from 1080 or 720 to 480p, which is what is coming through tonight.

Rosey · November 30, 2012, 09:13:35 PM

Quote from: flyersgolfHas anyone else noticed that the HD picture has been downgraded from the first game of the year? We put an hdmi cable to the ipad and watch it on the big screen. Picture I think went from 1080 or 720 to 480p, which is what is coming through tonight.

I actually only noticed one game that appeared to my eyes to be truly HD: that would be the second Colorado College game. Other than that, it has varied from last year's awfulness to "decent" like it is tonight.

Jordan 04 · November 30, 2012, 09:35:31 PM

It's more confounding to me that it would be so inconsistent than if it were simply terrible every game.

Looks like they won't get my $ for the 3rd or 4th straight year.

marty · December 09, 2012, 07:15:10 AM

At the end of the third period last night the Union at Yale game was tied at 2-2. My son posted a Facebook link to the game that was streaming through YouTube. I was not able to watch the OT as I was not home (and I don't think the game streams for free to mobile devices). So in addition to RPI and QPac we now have the luxury of watching away games at Yale for free.

Yale's YouTube "Yale Campus" channel seems great. And while the video quality of the game isn't up to RPI/BillHoward standards, it is very accessible because of the YouTube interface. I was going to post this in a new link but it belongs here. Red Cast sucks but so do we for charging for access.::bang::

Yale Campus Channel

Rosey · December 09, 2012, 10:35:51 AM

Quote from: martyAt the end of the third period last night the Union at Yale game was tied at 2-2. My son posted a Facebook link to the game that was streaming through YouTube. I was not able to watch the OT as I was not home (and I don't think the game streams for free to mobile devices). So in addition to RPI and QPac we now have the luxury of watching away games at Yale for free.

Yale's YouTube "Yale Campus" channel seems great. And while the video quality of the game isn't up to RPI/BillHoward standards, it is very accessible because of the YouTube interface. I was going to post this in a new link but it belongs here. Red Cast sucks but so do we for charging for access.::bang::

Yale Campus Channel

I wouldn't complain about Redcast charging money if it were anywhere near this quality.

This is better than SD (360p vs. 480i), but even without being HD it's highly watchable: it's smooth and not at all blocky. And, most importantly, it just works. No silly logging in; no slow-ass Flash listings page; I'm guessing since it's Youtube the archives are available immediately (meaning you can also pause a live stream); and because it's Youtube it already works with everything: my tablet and phone both play these videos and they look great.

Robb · December 09, 2012, 10:38:31 AM

Quote from: Kyle Rose
Quote from: martyAt the end of the third period last night the Union at Yale game was tied at 2-2. My son posted a Facebook link to the game that was streaming through YouTube. I was not able to watch the OT as I was not home (and I don't think the game streams for free to mobile devices). So in addition to RPI and QPac we now have the luxury of watching away games at Yale for free.

Yale's YouTube "Yale Campus" channel seems great. And while the video quality of the game isn't up to RPI/BillHoward standards, it is very accessible because of the YouTube interface. I was going to post this in a new link but it belongs here. Red Cast sucks but so do we for charging for access.::bang::

Yale Campus Channel
I wouldn't complain about Redcast charging money if it were anywhere near this quality.

This is better than SD (360p vs. 480i), but even without being HD it's highly watchable: it's smooth and not at all blocky. And, most importantly, it just works. No silly logging in; no slow-ass Flash listings page; I'm guessing since it's Youtube the archives are available immediately (meaning you can also pause a live stream); and because it's Youtube it already works with everything: my tablet and phone both play these videos and they look great.

Even better than archiving - you can pause and back up the stream to get your own instant replay, then hit the "live" button to catch up. What will they think of next?

BMac · December 09, 2012, 12:32:50 PM

To be honest, I saw the end of the Colgate game on redcast on my phone in the middle of Boston common. It could not have been higher quality, and I could clearly hear Arthur and the fans. So when they get it right, it's totally worth it.

billhoward · December 09, 2012, 01:31:37 PM

Nice that the Yale Campus Channel incorporates sports alongside other Yale videos, like it's just one more student activity. Still waiting on the YCC video, The Glory That Is New Haven.

rmandel · December 09, 2012, 02:28:20 PM

http://youtu.be/tGn3-RW8Ajk

Rosey · December 09, 2012, 03:53:54 PM

Quote from: rmandelhttp://youtu.be/tGn3-RW8Ajk

Cornell can put up all the ridiculous recruiting videos they want, as long as they get hockey video working like we know it should. This is not rocket science: as Yale has shown, this is a solved problem.

Trotsky · December 09, 2012, 04:27:59 PM

Quote from: Kyle RoseThis is not rocket science: as Yale has shown, this is a solved problem.

This is really the heart of the situation. The remaining question is whether RedCast (and perhaps, by extension, Cornell) is stupid, crazy or malevolent.

Stupid: They are doing the best they can, they're just incompetent.

Crazy: They sincerely don't know they suck; they actually think the product meets user requirements.

Malevolent: They don't care. Every dollar clawed from the users is pure profit when effort is zero.

imafrshmn · December 09, 2012, 05:28:39 PM

Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Kyle RoseThis is not rocket science: as Yale has shown, this is a solved problem.

This is really the heart of the situation. The remaining question is whether RedCast (and perhaps, by extension, Cornell) is stupid, crazy or malevolent.

Stupid: They are doing the best they can, they're just incompetent.

Crazy: They sincerely don't know they suck; they actually think the product meets user requirements.

Malevolent: They don't care. Every dollar clawed from the users is pure profit when effort is zero.

I'll take choice D: All of the above. Impossible, you say? RedCast has fundamentally altered my sense of what is and isn't possible.

jtn27 · December 09, 2012, 05:29:04 PM

Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Kyle RoseThis is not rocket science: as Yale has shown, this is a solved problem.

This is really the heart of the situation. The remaining question is whether RedCast (and perhaps, by extension, Cornell) is stupid, crazy or malevolent.

Stupid: They are doing the best they can, they're just incompetent.

Crazy: They sincerely don't know they suck; they actually think the product meets user requirements.

Malevolent: They don't care. Every dollar clawed from the users is pure profit when effort is zero.

I'm not sure if that's malevolence, so much as apathy. If people are paying for it at a relatively constant rate, why bother trying to improve it?