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Buesch N Chips said:
Can someone let me know how the quality is for the archived (not live) games? What is the audio? I'm not gonna fork down money unless I it's something I will be happy with. Thanks in advance.
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The archived video and audio quality is exactly the same as the live video feed. It's not great but if there's no other way for you to watch the games then it's still doable.

The audio is the Dave Snell radio broadcast, which is pretty cool.

Are you looking for games older than the current season? Or just not able to attend some games in person?
 
ser_solace said:
The archived video and audio quality is exactly the same as the live video feed. It's not great but if there's no other way for you to watch the games then it's still doable.

The audio is the Dave Snell radio broadcast, which is pretty cool.

Are you looking for games older than the current season? Or just not able to attend some games in person?
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Games I did not attend. Do they have games from previous seasons?
 
Is anyone familiar with the video feed Bradley provides to xostech (bubraves.tv)? With a little work, some hardware, and some information on what kind of feed Bradley provides I can create a live streaming solution. And if Bradley can provide a 720p/1080p signal from Carver I can get us an HD internet feed on par with the March Madness feed ESPN provides. Albeit without the DVR functionality. The easiest way would be to get a composite/component/HDMI hookup. Although I doubt Bradley has HD cameras in Carver. LETS SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS.
 
Guinness said:
Is anyone familiar with the video feed Bradley provides to xostech (bubraves.tv)? With a little work, some hardware, and some information on what kind of feed Bradley provides I can create a live streaming solution. And if Bradley can provide a 720p/1080p signal from Carver I can get us an HD internet feed on par with the March Madness feed ESPN provides. Albeit without the DVR functionality. The easiest way would be to get a composite/component/HDMI hookup. Although I doubt Bradley has HD camera's in Carver. LETS SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS.
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Make some calls my friend. Us out-of-towners are counting on you. You need to get in contact with Derek Oddo.
 
I hope somebody can do something. The bu.tv feed was even worse than normal today. The channelsurfing feed was much better.
 
I thought I'd put this out there on top! I have not heard anything back from the BU folks regarding the BU.tv feed. I guess I'll email them directly to see if I can get a response. I'm sure the greater number of people that voice their displeasure the better chance of getting an actual response.
 
Derek Oddo said:
Bradleyfans.com,

Part of my job as creative and web services intern is to assist in the operations of our web streaming efforts. Trust me that I understand the frustration that can come about when something is not working properly or is not on par with other schools, especially Valley rivals.

We have invested in the service to provide and improve upon what the athletics department feels is a great service to our fans. Aside from Men??™s Basketball, our streaming provides an outlet to most of our sports where one was not available before. With that said, we hear your woes and we do appreciate the feedback.

I have spent time the past few days addressing this internally and with our web services provider, Jump.TV, the ways in which we can improve upon the service we have with our equipment. Streaming is tricky because of the various ways you push and pull the stream. For basketball, we pull the stream from the local TV affiliates for broadcast home and road games. If the picture quality is poor on the television screen, inevitably signal loss will occur and it will come out looking even worse on a computer screen.

As for the concerns about Missouri States stream, I was told that a large part of the reason they have such a great stream is because of their recent investment in their new basketball arena, JQH Arena. With this came the addition of in house cameras that are HD and new equipment all around.

I have devised an intermediary plan that will be taking action soon. If all goes accordingly (which is rarely the case with technology), it will provide our various bandwidth users the option as to what quality they want to stream at. Additionally, I was told by Jump.TV that they will be upgrading the service at some point in the near future on their end.

We appreciate the feedback and know that we are committed to making this a great option for our great fans all across the United States. Do not hesitate to email me with any concerns, comments, constructive criticism, or the occasional positive remark :)

Thanks again,
Derek Oddo
Creative and Web Services Intern
Bradley Athletics
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Calling on Derek! We need your help!
 
Well I just tried to watch the Wofford game on Btv. Wow. Full screen is pretty much unwatchable. I hate to think what it would look like on a TV. I love the radio merge, but how can they put out that quality and expect people to be happy? And this was an archived game, not live. Maybe they should archive the game with a clean video copy, rather than the web cam? I can fully understand why people would want refunds.
 
Guinness said:
Is anyone familiar with the video feed Bradley provides to xostech (bubraves.tv)? With a little work, some hardware, and some information on what kind of feed Bradley provides I can create a live streaming solution. And if Bradley can provide a 720p/1080p signal from Carver I can get us an HD internet feed on par with the March Madness feed ESPN provides. Albeit without the DVR functionality. The easiest way would be to get a composite/component/HDMI hookup. Although I doubt Bradley has HD cameras in Carver. LETS SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS.
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Guinness, if you can help pull this off... we will all owe you a frosty Guinness!
 
amckillip said:
Any progress on this front?
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Yes, I have a general static/color bars stream up at home. I'm getting it set up in the data center. Talked to some gstreamer/flumotion people today about HD streams. They might be tricky but SD is easy. I'll see if I can get the stream up in Savvis tonight. It will just be static though...
 
Guinness said:
Yes, I have a general static/color bars stream up at home. I'm getting it set up in the data center. Talked to some gstreamer/flumotion people today about HD streams. They might be tricky but SD is easy. I'll see if I can get the stream up in Savvis tonight. It will just be static though...
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Geez. I don't think I understood a word you just said :o
 
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