Miami 12/1-2

[CU2007]

Useful info:

http://www.nchc.tv/faq

NCHC TV has a Roku channel as well as Apple TV compatibility.

[Trotsky]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

[Swampy]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

[Trotsky]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

Thanks Buckaroo.  I needed that.

To browse apps on your Apple TV, open the App Store.

I think this is the issue -- I'm not in front of it but I don't remember having an App Store link on my Apple TV the way I do on my SmartPhone.

[Weder]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

Thanks Buckaroo.  I needed that.

To browse apps on your Apple TV, open the App Store.

I think this is the issue -- I'm not in front of it but I don't remember having an App Store link on my Apple TV the way I do on my SmartPhone.

Are you sure you have a 4th-generation Apple TV? (Black remote instead of silver.) No App Store on the older models.

[Trotsky]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

Thanks Buckaroo.  I needed that.

To browse apps on your Apple TV, open the App Store.

I think this is the issue -- I'm not in front of it but I don't remember having an App Store link on my Apple TV the way I do on my SmartPhone.

Are you sure you have a 4th-generation Apple TV? (Black remote instead of silver.) No App Store on the older models.

Well.  

Shit.

[DisplacedCornellian]

You would think that the IVY league would have its act together and not have people pay to watch their teams games on the ivy network and then have to pay a full fee again to watch it on some other schools network..   I'm not against paying twice but it shouldn't be a full fee as though we weren't already paying for games.. The leagues could work out some arrangement if just a little thought was put into it.

As is always my first question when someone posts a complaint like this one here on eLF:

Have you asked ILDN and/or NCHC if they can discuss making such arrangements? I know it's shocking, but when extra work is involved, service providers often respond only to actual evidence of demand.

I reached out to ILDN since the streaming services for both leagues are on the neulion platform.  The response was that the services are completely separate and unrelated and no partial credits or refunds can be given.  It was worth a shot.

[Swampy]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

Thanks Buckaroo.  I needed that.

To browse apps on your Apple TV, open the App Store.

I think this is the issue -- I'm not in front of it but I don't remember having an App Store link on my Apple TV the way I do on my SmartPhone.

Are you sure you have a 4th-generation Apple TV? (Black remote instead of silver.) No App Store on the older models.

Well.  

Shit.

The NCHC.tv FAQ site says you can watch the show with a modern browser, including mobile browsers on Android & IOS devices. If you have an iPhone (or, I assume, iPad) there's also an app for that. If you can get it working on a mobile device but still want to view it on the big screen, maybe AirPlay or Chromecast will do the trick. You can still pick up a Roku Express at Target for $29 or Chromecast for $35. (BestBuy seems to be out of Chromecasts right now.)

[Trotsky]

> Users with the 4th generation Apple TV can download the NCHC.tv app from the App Store on their Apple TV device.

The fuck am I supposed to do that?  My Apple TV device is a tiny little transceiver with a tinier, littler remote that gives me a menu of Netflix and about 8000 other options on it, but I don't see anything about downloading apps to it.

Hey, hey, hey. Be cool.

Maybe this will help: Download apps and games using the App Store.

Thanks Buckaroo.  I needed that.

To browse apps on your Apple TV, open the App Store.

I think this is the issue -- I'm not in front of it but I don't remember having an App Store link on my Apple TV the way I do on my SmartPhone.

Are you sure you have a 4th-generation Apple TV? (Black remote instead of silver.) No App Store on the older models.

Well.  

Shit.

The NCHC.tv FAQ site says you can watch the show with a modern browser, including mobile browsers on Android & IOS devices. If you have an iPhone (or, I assume, iPad) there's also an app for that. If you can get it working on a mobile device but still want to view it on the big screen, maybe AirPlay or Chromecast will do the trick. You can still pick up a Roku Express at Target for $29 or Chromecast for $35. (BestBuy seems to be out of Chromecasts right now.)

If I can view it via Chrome on a PC I'm happy.

If Chromecast lets me throw anything on Chrome onto my HDTV I'm thrilled.  Is that what it does?  I actually have a direct wireline from my PC to my TV, and the plan was to use it with multi display and just throw the second display to the TV and then pull anything I wanted to screen over there.

But my video card seems to be too dumb to recognize the HDMI out onto the TV as a display.

Then, last night, I realized that YouTube on my TV was smart enough to figure out that I had YouTube via AppleTV on my TV and it very happily let me throw YouTube videos initiated from my PC onto my TV.  Now, could it do that because of the wireline or could it do that because the YouTube on my AppleTV said, "hey, you know what?  I'm on the same wireless network as this idiot's clunky PC.  Maybe I should tell him I'm here"?  I dunno.  Gonna test more tonight.

[Johnny 5]

I have an older Apple TV box.
I just use AirPlay to stream from my iPad.
Works like a charm.
Or, at least as well as the service that's providing the video.


::rock::

[Swampy]

If I can view it via Chrome on a PC I'm happy.

If Chromecast lets me throw anything on Chrome onto my HDTV I'm thrilled.  Is that what it does?  I actually have a direct wireline from my PC to my TV, and the plan was to use it with multi display and just throw the second display to the TV and then pull anything I wanted to screen over there.

Well then you should be happy with Chrome on your PC. But yes, a Chromecast dongle should let you throw to your TV whatever you're watching with Chrome on your PC. I say "should" because I messed around with the first generation of Chromecasts, and they didn't always work very well. The current version is supposed to be much better, but I haven't tried it. YMMV.

But my video card seems to be too dumb to recognize the HDMI out onto the TV as a display.

Strange. If the video card has an HDMI output, one would think it would be sending signals via HDMI to the TV. Maybe there's some configuration settings in the setup, or if the card is as old as your 1st gen Apple TV, maybe it's kaput.

Then, last night, I realized that YouTube on my TV was smart enough to figure out that I had YouTube via AppleTV on my TV and it very happily let me throw YouTube videos initiated from my PC onto my TV.  Now, could it do that because of the wireline or could it do that because the YouTube on my AppleTV said, "hey, you know what?  I'm on the same wireless network as this idiot's clunky PC.  Maybe I should tell him I'm here"?  I dunno.  Gonna test more tonight.

This is beyond my pay grade. If you have YouTube on the AppleTV, why bother with the PC at all? Throwing the video via AirPlay just adds another level of communication (and therefore signal degradation) and complexity. For example:

• Option 1: YouTube on PC -> AirPlay Connection -> ATV -> HDMI Connection -> TV
• Option 2: YouTube on ATV -> HDMI Connection -> TV

KISS.

Oh, since Google owns YouTube, if you're signed into your Google account (e.g., for Gmail) on two or more devices, then Google may be telling all signed-in devices what you've been up to. So it may appear that the ATV knows what was going on on your PC, but in reality Google is just telling the ATV where you left off on the PC.

[Trotsky]

If you have YouTube on the AppleTV, why bother with the PC at all?

Because Cornell games aren't on YouTube.

[andyw2100]

For anyone subscribing to NCHC TV for the month, to watch these games, be aware that like the ILDN subscriptions, these are automatically set to auto-renew. If the policies are the same as with the ILDN, writing immediately after subscribing (while it's on your mind) to ask that the subscription not auto-renew works. I just subscribed and immediately wrote to prevent auto-renewal. I'll edit this post when I receive a response to my request.

Edit: They responded within the hour to say, as expected, that they had removed the automatic renewal option from my account.

[Trotsky]

For anyone subscribing to NCHC TV for the month, to watch these games, be aware that like the ILDN subscriptions, these are automatically set to auto-renew. If the policies are the same as with the ILDN, writing immediately after subscribing (while it's on your mind) to ask that the subscription not auto-renew works. I just subscribed and immediately wrote to prevent auto-renewal. I'll edit this post when I receive a response to my request.

Thank you for this warning.

[Swampy]

If you have YouTube on the AppleTV, why bother with the PC at all?

Because Cornell games aren't on YouTube.

Sorry. Your 4:10 PM post on 12/1 introduced YouTube into the conversation. I understood why you wanted something else for watching the hockey game and mentioned YouTube only to address your interest in coordinated YouTube viewing on your TV and PC.