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TV ClubHouse: Archive: USA 2002: All Things Technical for BB 2002 (computer stuff): Are the feeds timing out on you?

Ryn

Monday, July 08, 2002 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hard to say yet - but last year the feeds would time out after 20 minutes and you had to re-start them.

A lot of us used a program called URL snooper to snag the url which would allow you to get un-interrupted feeds.

Just getting this up as a place to talk about it when the feeds go live :)

Freydnot

Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 10:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And as long we were talking about solutions...

Last year I started using a program called The Proxomitron to filter the HTML on the fly. It works like a search and replace on the html.

I was able to remove the time limit and also all of the extra stuff around the video window. This was easier then using URL snooper to find the RTSP "URL" every time.

I plan on using it again this time. I'll post my recipies when I get them worked out.

Adamblast

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 11:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Please do -- I was looking all last year for a method to get rid of the "extra stuff" around the video window...

I'm extremely interested in the direct URLs or Proxomitron -- or any other tech tweaks, even as a full subscriber...

Cassandra

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 05:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
where can I get something so I don't time out?

Freydnot

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now that the feeds are live, I've gotten a look at the smi file that runs the window. It looks like they have a 30 minute time out. (AKA clip-end="30.0min")

Azriel

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 07:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grrrrrrrrr

My feed times out and my player locks up, so I have to restart it before I can pick a new channel. This is going to tick me off big time.

Nimue

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Azriel, I'm having the same problem as you.

I have hi-speed internet but the video is really choppy and keeps freezing up (sorta like dial up but better). The sound is good. It freezes up completely after 5-10 mins. I have to go back to the BB home page and try again a couple of times before it'll work.
I've been thru my preferences to make sure that my settings are right(as far as I know).
My ISP just switched to a proxy server(corrected that already) but I don't know if that would make any other difference.
I had a great connection all last summer.
Please...can anyone help me?

Nimue

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Never mind...I think that it's problems with my ISP....
Question to anyone in Ottawa:
Which ISP do you use? Any suggestions?
Greatly appreciated.

Bastable

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not having any timeouts. At 1:03:16 and counting.

I'm on Mac, RealPlayer8, running OSX but using OS9/Classic.

Do all of us previously slighted Mac users now find ourselves with no timeouts?

Spygirl

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm at over an hour w/o a timeout.

I'm on Windows XP

Amylousc

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyway I can avoid those 30 minute time outs tonight for the concert??

I am using Win 95/PC/RP8.

Thanks!!

Draheid

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Amylousc: Use these: My Links for Realplayer

Therlin

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No time outs after Real fixed the feeds tonight. Maybe since people are no longer stealing the feeds, they can now let us stay connected as long as we want.

Amylousc

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Draheid: I have high speed cable access, I used:

start.real.com/rd?pid=bb3_live&url=quad_200.rm

Now instead of the quad cam of FOTH, I get one larger feed of the commercial and then RP8 froze on me.

Any suggestions??

Amylousc

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh ok...I haven't been on long enough to see if I get a time out...just preparing ahead for the concert. Thanks everyone!!

Draheid

Tuesday, August 20, 2002 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Amylousc: Each of the 5 '200' (for highspeed, 80's for lowspeed) links are different feeds. Currently (and apparently for a while) we've been on FOTH ... I have had the Quad link open for 3 1/2 hours without a single interruption ... so should be able to see the entire concert without timeouts! (Hopefully, anyway!)