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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 6:10 am
Here's the link to the main site, http://bigbrother.com.au/ but it seems pretty busy. I can't even get onto it much less access the feeds.
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Zootqc
Member
03-04-2004
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 6:37 am
I just went there this morning. They advertise "free streaming", but you need real player 10. There is a link that leads to Real where you can get a free trial. I didn't download it though. I'm not too big on free trials. Also, I tried to find the price of the player but could not find it. So for now I'll just read the summaries from the site.
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Zeyna
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 9:00 am
Zootqc, you can download the free version of Real instead of the 'free trial'. The feeds are working for me, but unfortunately they're all sleeping 
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 9:42 am
It's always slow the first few nights, while they get the server load issues figured out. And as expected the big thing was the winer gets a million instead of $250K.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:16 am
FWIW: I still had RealOne v.9 installed on my computer from last year's USA Big Brother. When I loaded the play and click on 'Check for Update', I was allowed to upgrade to version 10 automatically. At the end of the upgrade, I was given the option of 'basic setup' (free) or 'Super Pass' (paid) settings. I chose the basic and, once the upgrade was completed, I was able to view the stream from Australia. I had a little trouble initially trying to select the hi option, but was able to load choosing lo, then switched to hi. Not much going on at this time so I'm not sure of the quality yet. I will try to look in again when there may be more going on and report back.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 6:05 pm
Still can't get on. Not the high feed, not the low one, none. I'm downloading the first episode from alt.binaries.tv.big-brother though even as we speak. If I can't get it one way, I'll get it another.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 6:34 pm
I was able to connect and view them sleeping this morning after a couple of tries. Just now, it took several tries and clearing my browser cache before it finally loaded for me. The hi connection is choppy at the moment, frequently 'communicating'. It appears most are out by the pool, one of the girls is skimming with a net to clean out the pool. Note: You do know you have to 'join' their site in order for the streams to work, right? Just a thought since my 'bookmark' in Real would not work because I wasn't logged in.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 8:08 pm
Yeah, I've joined and everything. I'm trying it again now, I have made it all the way to the screen that tells me I need to get the latest Player. Just finished watching the first episode and already I'm hooked!
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Zootqc
Member
03-04-2004
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 8:13 pm
I finally got Real 10 and also managed to see the feed. (Thank you Zeyna and Draheid )The quality is choppy and the sound has an annoying echoe. So I find it hard to figure out anything they say. It makes me wonder, is the feed quality for BB US as poor as this? I was thinking of getting the feeds this year, but if its this bad, I don't see the point.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 8:20 pm
Zoot, I have never noticed a problem with the US feeds like what you're describing. I'm guessing it's AUS problem or just because it's the first day as someone said above. One thing I noticed watching the first episode is that the show seems to be MUCH more popular in AUS than here. They had a live audience and I felt like I was watching an episode of "American Idol" ........... only with MORE people in the audience.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 8:36 pm
Now I keep getting the screen telling me that I need to upgrade the player and I have done that but still the same screen. I'm going to try rebooting after I'm done converting an avi. I'll see if that helps.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 9:16 pm
WhoooHooo!!!!!! ........ I finally got it to work. No sound though, but I got a picture. Well, that's progress I guess.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 4:05 am
I found the hi feed to be annoyingly choppy video, repeatedly 'communicating', and echo in the audio. I switched to the 'lo' setting and it was much clearer, stable, and the audio was intelligible. It was also much smaller and lower quality.
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Zootqc
Member
03-04-2004
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 5:49 am
The free feeds might explain the show's popularity...
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 6:28 am
Turns out the lack of sound I was experiencing was the Australian version of the FOTH. I later realized what I was seeing were workers setting up some equipment and hence no sound. 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 2:24 pm
couple of people are up now.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 5:13 pm
Well this is also the first time they've used Realplayer in a while, the last couple of seasons they used Media Player. Once we get about a week in or so, it should be better, when they adjust the server issues.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 5:46 pm
Can anyone remember the name of the two "custom" players that you can watch the live feeds on BESIDES Real Player? ........... One is "BigBrotherLive" and the other is ........ ........ I can't remember which one I like the best from last year.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 6:21 pm
So, has anyone figured out anything we can do to improve the feed quality. I took the lo option, but I think there may be some adjustments that can be made to real player that might help. I remember one year someone posted some changes to make and it really improved my BB viewing. Right now the audio is really terrible.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, May 03, 2004 - 8:13 pm
One thing you can do to improve audio is to go to tools > equalizer and adjust it to make it easier to understand the HG's (or in this case HMs) .......... I find it's best to take out as much bass as possible. You can then save those settings by clicking on the little disc icon.
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Backgammonjane
Member
02-28-2004
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 2:20 pm
i only seem to get one camera...is there more???? and if so how do u get them....thanks
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 2:24 pm
THere seems to be only one, bummer.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 2:35 pm
Yeah, one camera but less FOTH so I think it's a good trade off. I was reading on another forum, one based out of Australia and several people were wondering why they were getting more overhead shots of the pool and why some conversations get cut away from. Then someone explained that's the kind of thing that happens on BBUSA all the time. Pretty funny.
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Backgammonjane
Member
02-28-2004
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 3:48 pm
its so funny they r talking about survivor i guess they get it 2 lol
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 8:13 pm
I've got their LF's up and running.... Video is lagging though right now and I'm on cable.
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