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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:20 pm
I'd say not, since RealTV is working fine.. I just don't know if Reloader will be that much better and it talks about messing with firewalls 
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:28 pm
Good point Seamonkey. Thanks for the advise.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:29 pm
Actually, when you get wireless internet, you're really supposed to set up firewalls so others can't "steal" your bandwith. Actually, it can happen w/o even attempting if it's coming into your house. My DDs ex BF who worked setting up networks said a coworker was driving somewhere and his laptop which was on in the passenger seat, kept picking up internet due to people not having firewalls set up properly. IMHO if it comes into your house and you didn't try to steal it.... eh.. not your fault! Esp. if you have your own internet service and you're not actually "stealing" theirs so you don't have to have one of your own. I would have been clueless about the wireless internet had my DD not been dating a computer geek. If I do get wireless sometime since she's not dating him anymore, I'll need help setting up the firewalls for THAT!! I get a dark green screen too and you might just click on that and adjust the colors if you're getting black instead of some green, but you might as well just wait until it starts to see if the people look the right color. LOL Like..not green or too red, or the screen is so dark you can't see them and have to add more lighting. I'm getting the music w/o only an occasional little hiccup but my ocean gets sort of like a slide-show at times. Wish I didn't have the slowest DSL offered!
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:36 pm
Watching2: I have a wireless network installed but I have no idea what settings are needed for a firewall.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:41 pm
Watching the music is hiccupy on Comcast cable too. Even Bonza said it was the same for her. I think we just have to wait till Thursday. I am sure it will be better.
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:48 pm
The music is not choppy on Charter cable. I subscribe to Charter's hi-speed service, i.e., 3MB.
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:51 pm
Just a heads up. Earlier today I downloaded and installed Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3. I had used Beta 2 during the past week without any problems.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:52 pm
Oh no---I have Comcast hi-speed service. The music sounds really bad and hiccups every once in a while. I wonder if it is because I am wireless? I never had any trouble last year with the same set-up. Will look into it. Do not want bad sound come next Thursday.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:53 pm
I wish I could help you Jdude, but like I said, I'm clueless there. I'd have to ask how if I got a wireless system which if my DDs computer ever gets fixed, I'd like to do so I don't have to share this one with my son, esp. when I want to watch BB! Maybe you could "google it" for information on how to do it???
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 8:58 pm
Mamapors - I have heard wireless makes your connection run a bit slower, but I wouldn't worry about it, esp. others w/cable are having the same problems and I'm a the slowest of slow DSL and my problem has always been w/the moving picture, not with sound. Just wait until it starts and then see how your audio is. I bet it's OK then. This is just a loop feed we're getting the music on. I find some videos load and run just fine, but then I'll find one and it's crappy. I think it depends on the "clip" so hopefully, all will be well when the actual BB feeds start. 
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, June 30, 2006 - 9:08 pm
I set up my own wireless network. Wasn't all that hard. Later on I added a wireless print server. That I couldn't figure out. Finally had someone come out — cost me $50. Its useful as I have 3 computers and 2 printers. Only drawback is that the computer where the router is attached must be up in order to do printing.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 4:52 am
Watching, my wireless network is a secured one. The BBreloader site says you have to tweak it to allow them IN. I didn't need to do that for Real. I'm way too lazy to set up a print server and I had the cable company set up the wireless network. It was free, at least at that time. Later something broke down and my laptop couldn't find my network at all (actually I thought it could see the network which I thought used a misspelling of my last name, but recently when I called and we got it all connected again, it was based on my first name.. the guy who set it up was very good and very patient but he was wildly allergic to cats and by the time he left he was in misery so I think he neglected to leave the info, or thought he had. At one time my laptop could find 9 networks nearby (this is amazing because I know the people on either side of me don't have networks and the cable guy said no one would want to suggest I could get anything as far away as these must be! And most of those were unsecured. Today that number is down and only a couple are unsecured. I also agree it is up to each of us to secure. Some people share on purpose between houses. The cable co frowns on it of course. In Texas, they had high speed internet which was wireless in the lobby but needed a cable in the room. The port was WAY across from where the beds were in the other "room" of the little suite. When I unpacked my backpack and got out the laptop, i turned it on and it immediately glommed onto the unsecured network from the motel next door. This worked just fine so I could post at TVCH and read my email sitting in bed. The network in the same motel wasn't found. The music wasn't choppy for me, just annoying. I wish they had a real, live ocean cam instead of a loop. OK.. the music has one choppy moment in the loop.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 5:37 am
does anyone have links to the lower bandwidth settings? i'm on dialup and keep getting a message that i don't have enough bandwidth to play the files. ack!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 5:59 am
never mind, i just put the number 56 (for kbps) in place of the 356 or whatever the high bandwidth is.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 10:40 am
Well done, Jbeany!!
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Ronjon
Member
07-08-2004
| Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 12:51 pm
I wouldn't use Internet Explorer 7 beta just yet. It has some compatability problems with many websites because it's new technology.
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Jdude
Member
04-28-2005
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 11:36 am
Ronjon: I agree with you that some sites may have a problems with Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 3 because of its new technology. So far I haven't noticed any anomalies though. Beta software is always risky.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 11:41 am
Remember besides the lower 56 feeds, there are also medium 150 feeds. (up from medium 100 of last year)
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 12:35 pm
here is a BB viewing option that I used last year and I don't see discussed here yet ... http://www.csnetserver.com/lisadonahue/bb_links.htm following these directions you can have 5 icons on your desktop that immediately open into cams 1 thur 4 plus quad and don't time out. I liked this, so thought I'd share. and now that I've shared ... a question. I got these to work for my laptop (2000), but when I tried on my desktop (XP) I keep getting a message when I paste into the shortcut the URLs specified that the file is not found. SO STRANGE, since it worked on my laptop ... and I can't troubleshoot it. So, if any of you gurus want to check out this option and have any suggestions for me ... thanks!
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Dan
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 12:43 pm
Or you can try my Big Brother Keyhole. It allows you to follow the feeds while keeping up-to-date by reading TVCH transcripts or other website, all at the same time and in the same window. Plus personal time stamps, pictures of HG and their status in the House and a lot more. All in one page. But you still require your own Real SuperPass.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 12:52 pm
okay ... I've solved my question! (I'm eating ice cream as a celebration ... 'cause it's a HUGE victory for the tech-challenged) replace rtsp with http when pasting the URL into the shortcut. now, let's see if it works when we're live. and DAN! I remember that site from last year. amazing.
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Jennyrom
Member
07-24-2005
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 1:40 pm
Can you capture the stream with realtv? It seems there is an option for it, but I can't get it to work.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 1:46 pm
Jennyrom Are you getting a black screen when you click to cap? If that is the symptom, you probably need to go into REALPLAYER and do this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quote: 3. Q. How come my screenshot of the feed is all black? A. If your screenshots are all black then you need to change some settings in RealPlayer. Start up RealPlayer and go to TOOLS > PREFERENCES > HARDWARE and drag the Video Card Compatibility slider all the way down to most reliable. It should then say "Disable Optimized Video and Overlays". Save your settings and then exit RealPlayer.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 1:47 pm
Then in realtv, check the realtv thread where there are some descriptions of setting up the capture destination.. after you click on setup.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 1:48 pm
Dan, I have Keyhole on mytoolbar on one puter here. Bourque, you deserve that icecream!
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