i2sports Game Video

[Al DeFlorio]

Greg Berge '85 wrote:

The picture is very sharp in the default (small) view, and very crappy in the full screen view.  There is no in-between.

Their techie guy said if you right-click in the middle of the video, you get a menu allowing you to select full-screen or double-the-size.  Haven't tried it as I'm watching directly in WMP and thus can stretch the video window.

[Ken \'70]

I was wondering the same thing.

Anyone know how to open the stream in WM?

[Al DeFlorio]

Ken '70 wrote:

Anyone know how to open the stream in WM?

Open the video the standard way.  Copy the URL address.  Close the standard video window.  Open WMP.  Click "File" then "Open URL" and paste in the URL.  It should open.

Else try right-clicking on the standard video window.  I was told by the i2sports techie that you should get a choice of "full-screen" or double the original window size.  Haven't tried it myself.

[Ken \'70]

Unfortunately I get an "Unknown Error" when I try that.

When I tested it a month or so ago I could use WM, but I can't remember how I got it to work.

The i2sports player does only allow postage size or full screen.

[Al DeFlorio]

I got the "unknown error" also, so I closed the original video window and then pasted the URL into WMP and opened it.  That worked.

[lmm9 _97]

I get the Unknown Error and no combination of shutting the original feed and pasting the URL, etc. will make it work.  Pbbbt.  

Oh well, they're tiny hockey players, but they're clear.

[Al DeFlorio]

Have you tried right-clicking on the picture?

[lmm9 _97]

Hey Al,
 Yeah, I can zoom it up to full screen that way, and it looks pretty decent...  And any version is a whole lot better than no way to see it at all :-D

[Al DeFlorio]

Is there a "double-the-size" option as well as full-screen?

[Dr Kamal Jabbour]

You may wish to lower the resolution of your desktop to 800x600 - this way the 320x240 video occupies about 1/4 screen with pretty good quality.

If you go full screen, I recommend that you sit several feet away from the computer, the way you normally watch TV. The farther you sit, the clearer the picture!

[skijmpr]

By the way, any chance you guys could keep the video rolling at the end until after the Cornell players do their fan salute?  :-)  Right now it drops down the blue score screen after handshakes, but if you add another minute of footage you get the salute too.



Post Edited (12-05-03 21:45)

[jason]

To get the video in the WM player you go through the log in process, then when you get the page with the embedded WM , right click on the black "screen" and choose properties. In properties, locate the url for the stream and highlight and copy it. Then close that browser window that has the embedded video. Open the WM player and choose File-->Open URL and paste in the copied url. You can then stretch the WM Player's dimensions just like any window.

[Dr Kamal Jabbour]

I will instruct my director to keep the video rolling until the players clear the ice. No problem!

[marty]

Thanks!!!

:-D :-}:-) :-}:-D

[Greg Berge]

For that matter, it would be great if the cameras rolled until after the announcers' wrap-up (5-10 minutes later).  Realizing that there might be some contractual obligation to cut away within a certain timeframe, most (all?) of us are interested in the post-game audio.