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Watching RFC games on the internet from London..
- Thread starter Honybun
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Yinnar Tiger, if you just want to watch the game shortly after its aired then stick to bigpond.
Bigpond now have the games up with in 12 hours of the game airing on tv. Torrents take forever and you may have to wait up to 3 or 4 days for some one to post it.
Make sure you have a broadband connection with plenty of download limit and you won't have a problem.
As i said before buffering and skipping won't be a problem as you are downloading the file at your own pace.
I'll PM you the links.
Bigpond now have the games up with in 12 hours of the game airing on tv. Torrents take forever and you may have to wait up to 3 or 4 days for some one to post it.
Make sure you have a broadband connection with plenty of download limit and you won't have a problem.
As i said before buffering and skipping won't be a problem as you are downloading the file at your own pace.
I'll PM you the links.
hutstar said:
Hutstar, as a fellow expat, I'm correct in thinking you can't get access to Big Pond from OS & that Aussie Sports is the only alternative correct?
I'm feeling left out here. So I get this straight. An hour or so after the match BigPound have the video ready for streaming. Using some little tools, you can download the stream onto your HD without having to watch it. What sort of speeds are the downloads ?
Baloo
I think its Bigponds policy to have the game up and streaming in under 12 hours, it use to be 24 hours. I didn't check to much last season so I'm not sure.
A game normaly takes me about 4 hours to Download 2.4GB, I have ADSL 2+ but I don't think I get it any quicker then somebody that had ADSL 1 as it tends to download a little slower then if I or you were streaming it.
You might think whats the point in downloading it if your strugling to stream it, but by downloading you don't get streaming and buffering issues while watching the game which are the things that suck most about Bigponds offering.
What I normaly do is wait until half the game has downloaded then open the file with VLC media player or windows media player, that way you can start watching the game while your downloading the second half.
Check your PM.
I think its Bigponds policy to have the game up and streaming in under 12 hours, it use to be 24 hours. I didn't check to much last season so I'm not sure.
A game normaly takes me about 4 hours to Download 2.4GB, I have ADSL 2+ but I don't think I get it any quicker then somebody that had ADSL 1 as it tends to download a little slower then if I or you were streaming it.
You might think whats the point in downloading it if your strugling to stream it, but by downloading you don't get streaming and buffering issues while watching the game which are the things that suck most about Bigponds offering.
What I normaly do is wait until half the game has downloaded then open the file with VLC media player or windows media player, that way you can start watching the game while your downloading the second half.
Check your PM.
BC, the benefit of torrents of course is that you can turn off your computer half way through the download and resume where you started.
The lack of supporting bigpond is also a plus
VLc has a few flaws, but it is excellent for a small program which really isn't memory intensive.
The lack of supporting bigpond is also a plus
VLc has a few flaws, but it is excellent for a small program which really isn't memory intensive.
You can stop and start with Net Transport/Bigpond thats not a problem. I can download Half the game turn off the pc and download the second half in 6 months time if I want. I use torrents as well but using bigpond is better for AFL trust me, some of the AFL torrents I have downloaded in the past have actually been bigpond rips.
Correct Oldie. It has been farmed out by bigpond to Aussie Sport TV. Having previously bagged bigpond about this (re: content and customer service) Aussie Sport TV replays are pretty good. The streaming is smooth, reliable and genuinely the game is on within 12 hours. If you can avoid listening to night games at work you can genuinely watch it when you get home from the pub!Tigers of Old said:
However you only get access to about 50% of the content now on the AFL site which is annoying for interviews etc. Torrents are a rubbish alternative.
Best option is Setanta Sports 2. Four live games a week.
Baloo said:
Thats funny all my files are encoded in 672x544, double check again Baloo and make sure thats correct.
Just figured this one out, you will need to change the settings in your download manager. In Net Transport when your starting a new download go into "Other Settings" click on the "Streaming" Tab and make sure the "optimal Image Quality" box is checked and change the "bandwidth" dropdown to "10mbits". This will force the server to send you the best copy of the game.
Elmer said:
Ta Fudd.
Good read. I have been wondering for a while about Aussie Sports and didn't get it last year because I thought that they'd have some teething problems but it's encouraging to hear that you think that they have got their act together so I might explore that option now.
A.S. also won't service customers with Apple Macs(for those wondering) so I'll have to run it through an old PC laptop which I am not sure how it will go performance wise.
Unfortunately Blackcat's solution isn't great for my Macs either but I'll also give it a go on the PC and see what happens.
It defo sounds like a good option and I will be exploring it further.
I also find torrents frustrating. Many weeks the game doesn't come out for 2-4 days and sometimes not at all when the Tiges are playing. They can also be very slow to download if there's not enough users seeding the game. Still it's better than nothing I guess.
In Asia we have the equivalent of Setanta with the Australia Network which provides 4 games each week so that's how I get to watch most of the games whilst trying to scrap bits and pieces in between.
TOO - don't forget that macs with the Pentium chip (the last couple of years) can have windows installed as well. I do this and it is fine- if your pc is so old that the hardware will be a problem then maybe give this a go. Parallels for mac is one example but i just use the boot camp that comes with the machine.Tigers of Old said:Ta Fudd.
Good read. I have been wondering for a while about Aussie Sports and didn't get it last year because I thought that they'd have some teething problems but it's encouraging to hear that you think that they have got their act together so I might explore that option now.
A.S. also won't service customers with Apple Macs(for those wondering) so I'll have to run it through an old PC laptop which I am not sure how it will go performance wise.
Unfortunately Blackcat's solution isn't great for my Macs either but I'll also give it a go on the PC and see what happens.
It defo sounds like a good option and I will be exploring it further.
I also find torrents frustrating. Many weeks the game doesn't come out for 2-4 days and sometimes not at all when the Tiges are playing. They can also be very slow to download if there's not enough users seeding the game. Still it's better than nothing I guess.
In Asia we have the equivalent of Setanta with the Australia Network which provides 4 games each week so that's how I get to watch most of the games whilst trying to scrap bits and pieces in between.
Those OS viewers who moved away from bigpond because of the poor quality and poor reliability of the video feed will be pleasantly surprised by what you get from aussiesports. The buffering problems are gone and in general the quality of the games is pretty good. There are time when they take a while to upload games - more that the stated 12 hrs but I just keep bombarding them with emails and eventually the game comes up. I have my PC hooked up to a 42" Sony HDTV, with the surround sound on, and a coldie or ten, it's bloody magic, almost feels like up at the local in Clifton Hill watching with a couple of mates. I do agree that a torrent will give you better quality overall and I do like the fact that you can get pre-game coverage etc but like others I can't wait for 2 - 3 days to see the game. Oh. The other good thing about the $$ to subscribe to aussiepsorts is that if there is a bumper game on that round you can watch it, too. I often take a quick look at the other games - well I watch them all to be truthful! Sad case, I know. You'd think I would just move back home but that's a long story. I do miss so of the extra video that was available on bigpond but can't win them all.
There was period of about 3 or 4 weeks when they were taking more than 48 - 72 hours to load games, which sent me into meltdown. However the last few weeks (and first few weeks) was back to around 12 hours so I reckon it might have been an aberration.dmc said:
The missing content is not a deal breaker for 09, but it was pretty lame to cut it off halfway through a pre-paid annual subscription. In fact it was borderline criminal.