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Post by egdarblue on Aug 16, 2023 16:58:02 GMT
Is there supposed to be commentary? First half it was so quiet I thought there wasn't meant to be any and the mic was just picking up the Seals Live commentary being done a few seats away - but second half it was better. Like many others on here spent most of the first half messing with my laptop / tv / wifi and logging in and out thinking the buffering would be an issue on my end. Yep, there’s supposed to be commentary. On the streams where there isn’t it says “there is no commentary on this stream” at the bottom. It was a shambles first half tbh, commentary was so quiet you hardly knew it was there ... also buffering constantly, it was that bad at one point I clicked on the warrington game to make sure it wasn't my phone/server and that ran super smooth. About 10 mins from half time it seemed to run smoothly and second half it was great
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Post by southernblue on Aug 16, 2023 21:09:43 GMT
Yep, there’s supposed to be commentary. On the streams where there isn’t it says “there is no commentary on this stream” at the bottom. It was a shambles first half tbh, commentary was so quiet you hardly knew it was there ... also buffering constantly, it was that bad at one point I clicked on the warrington game to make sure it wasn't my phone/server and that ran super smooth. About 10 mins from half time it seemed to run smoothly and second half it was great Exactly how it was for me.
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Post by anotherexile83 on Aug 17, 2023 7:50:27 GMT
I didn't watch the other day but watched a few last season when we were featured on it and the sound quality was really poor as was the buffering. For £9.50 it needs to be better. The USP seems to be that for £9.50 you can watch any game that day, but surely most people are only wanting to watch one. If they were able to reduce the price and you select which specific game you wanted that would be better. But £9.50 is a lot to watch a game that has poor or no commentary and that keeps buffering
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Streaming
Aug 17, 2023 7:58:39 GMT
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Aug 17, 2023 7:58:39 GMT
If people had issues with sound and picture quality for our game but not other games (as someone said above, they switched to the Warrington game just to test it) then isn’t the issue therefore with our line network at the Deva?
You’d hope the league would invest in tech upgrades at all of their member clubs’ grounds if they’re going to continue this.
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Post by shropshireblue on Aug 17, 2023 21:14:59 GMT
It was a shambles first half tbh, commentary was so quiet you hardly knew it was there ... also buffering constantly, it was that bad at one point I clicked on the warrington game to make sure it wasn't my phone/server and that ran super smooth. About 10 mins from half time it seemed to run smoothly and second half it was great Exactly how it was for me. It was a bit of a challenge on Tuesday evening, we had a couple of technical issues and the buffering was something that was resolved in the end with a different connection, which seems to solve that issue. The microphone/Comms set up was very different and basic compared to the previous game (ironically another 0-0 draw with Chorley) as well and with the feedback we received throughout the game and particularly the first half, the operator from NVTV and myself (Volunteering to do Comms) did what we could. I must say the set up is all standalone to the club and not really within our control what kit is used/provided. We have reported back to the stream providers and hopefully it will be improved for the next game, although I'm not sure you would want my Comms to be any louder! Just wanted to share some of the challenges we had, no stream for Saturday but you will be pleased to know we will be back with Seals Live again. Jon
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Post by Si on Aug 18, 2023 7:18:33 GMT
Exactly how it was for me. It was a bit of a challenge on Tuesday evening, we had a couple of technical issues and the buffering was something that was resolved in the end with a different connection, which seems to solve that issue. The microphone/Comms set up was very different and basic compared to the previous game (ironically another 0-0 draw with Chorley) as well and with the feedback we received throughout the game and particularly the first half, the operator from NVTV and myself (Volunteering to do Comms) did what we could. I must say the set up is all standalone to the club and not really within our control what kit is used/provided. We have reported back to the stream providers and hopefully it will be improved for the next game, although I'm not sure you would want my Comms to be any louder! Just wanted to share some of the challenges we had, no stream for Saturday but you will be pleased to know we will be back with Seals Live again. Jon So basically all the National League have done is provide a platform to buy the stream from but everything else is left to the club to fund and organise? Sounds very much like the National League board!
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Aug 18, 2023 7:44:35 GMT
Disgraceful that.
As I said above it’s on the league and the streaming platform to provide all clubs in the three divisions with the necessary equipment for this in order for viewers to have the same access with no issues such as buffering etc across every game. That way you don’t have the situation on Tuesday night where some switched to Warrington’s game and found it ran smoothly with no issues whilst our game was buffering every few seconds.
That’s not the fault of the provider or the league, that’s an issue with our own equipment, however the provider and the league should be ensuring that all member clubs have the same facilities to stream without problems.
Sorry to put Jon there out it work(!) but once we’ve got it up to speed can we not just sync the SealsLive commentary to the pictures? We did during Covid.
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Post by shropshireblue on Aug 18, 2023 8:22:47 GMT
Disgraceful that. As I said above it’s on the league and the streaming platform to provide all clubs in the three divisions with the necessary equipment for this in order for viewers to have the same access with no issues such as buffering etc across every game. That way you don’t have the situation on Tuesday night where some switched to Warrington’s game and found it ran smoothly with no issues whilst our game was buffering every few seconds. That’s not the fault of the provider or the league, that’s an issue with our own equipment, however the provider and the league should be ensuring that all member clubs have the same facilities to stream without problems. Sorry to put Jon there out it work(!) but once we’ve got it up to speed can we not just sync the SealsLive commentary to the pictures? We did during Covid. Without causing more confusion, I just wanted to say the kit that is provided is nothing to do with the club. The league do provide the kit for the day (via the stream provider), they turn up with a camera operator, plug in and off we go (even with a portable router). We simply just provide a a willing volunteer to commentate and some power. I have noticed a number of streams did not have comms on Tuesday, hopefully you prefer it with comms. It's going to take a little bit of time to settle down, but the company had 34 streams running on Tuesday evening hence why the kit was different to the previous game we had run the live stream. We have asked the question around linking the Sealslive comms, but I do think it's incredibly complicated to link with the stream platform on NLTV (can you tell I'm not a tech expert?) For the time being, I think we will still have separate comms for stream and a separate seals live for the upcoming games broadcast games. Please bare with us, but we have flagged some of the challenges from last Tuesday and I hope we will have an improved stream for the next game on NLTV. See some of you at Banbury tomorrow or for those listening in on Seals!
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Post by anotherexile83 on Aug 18, 2023 8:45:40 GMT
Disgraceful that. As I said above it’s on the league and the streaming platform to provide all clubs in the three divisions with the necessary equipment for this in order for viewers to have the same access with no issues such as buffering etc across every game. That way you don’t have the situation on Tuesday night where some switched to Warrington’s game and found it ran smoothly with no issues whilst our game was buffering every few seconds. That’s not the fault of the provider or the league, that’s an issue with our own equipment, however the provider and the league should be ensuring that all member clubs have the same facilities to stream without problems. Sorry to put Jon there out it work(!) but once we’ve got it up to speed can we not just sync the SealsLive commentary to the pictures? We did during Covid. Without causing more confusion, I just wanted to say the kit that is provided is nothing to do with the club. The league do provide the kit for the day (via the stream provider), they turn up with a camera operator, plug in and off we go (even with a portable router). We simply just provide a a willing volunteer to commentate and some power. I have noticed a number of streams did not have comms on Tuesday, hopefully you prefer it with comms. It's going to take a little bit of time to settle down, but the company had 34 streams running on Tuesday evening hence why the kit was different to the previous game we had run the live stream. We have asked the question around linking the Sealslive comms, but I do think it's incredibly complicated to link with the stream platform on NLTV (can you tell I'm not a tech expert?) For the time being, I think we will still have separate comms for stream and a separate seals live for the upcoming games broadcast games. Please bare with us, but we have flagged some of the challenges from last Tuesday and I hope we will have an improved stream for the next game on NLTV. See some of you at Banbury tomorrow or for those listening in on Seals! Thanks for the input from your side - it seems clear that it's the league/NLTV who need to sort this out. If they are charging viewers the same fee then they should provide the same equipment and ensure it's of a good enough standard to avoid these issues - otherwise people just won't turn on. The SealsLive commentary would have to be fed directly into the NLTV for it to synch otherwise there'd be a delay. That's really only easy if they're close to each other (the new audio interface that Seals Live have should have an extra output on the back to make it possible - it's a similar to one I have) but it also depends on what equipment NLTV provide. Big thanks to you shropshireblue for providing the comms for it. Hopefully this will all be sorted by NLTV soon but I can't see any blame on Chester for it.
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Post by southernblue on Aug 18, 2023 13:58:50 GMT
It was fine after half an hour. Initially the crowd noise completed drowned out the quiet coms, and it was buffering really badly (although not too bad in the first ten minutes).
After that and throughout the second half, it was spot on.
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Post by canadianexile on Aug 24, 2023 12:12:06 GMT
Is there supposed to be commentary? First half it was so quiet I thought there wasn't meant to be any and the mic was just picking up the Seals Live commentary being done a few seats away - but second half it was better. Like many others on here spent most of the first half messing with my laptop / tv / wifi and logging in and out thinking the buffering would be an issue on my end. Yep, there’s supposed to be commentary. On the streams where there isn’t it says “there is no commentary on this stream” at the bottom. Thanks, been watching on a Fire Stick so haven't seen the website.
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Post by Brummie_Blue on Aug 24, 2023 18:01:53 GMT
It was fine after half an hour. Initially the crowd noise completed drowned out the quiet coms, and it was buffering really badly (although not too bad in the first ten minutes). After that and throughout the second half, it was spot on. Hopefully, they will learn and the streams will improve.
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Sept 2, 2023 17:10:21 GMT
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Post by proudblue on Sept 2, 2023 17:10:21 GMT
If I heard it right on Seals Live then next Saturday’s home game will be streamed as well as Tuesday’s, due to the 3pm blackout rule not being in place next weekend as it is an international break.
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Sept 2, 2023 17:25:05 GMT
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Post by Wortleyblue on Sept 2, 2023 17:25:05 GMT
If I heard it right on Seals Live then next Saturday’s home game will be streamed as well as Tuesday’s, due to the 3pm blackout rule not being in place next weekend as it is an international break. That's how I heard it too
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Sept 2, 2023 17:56:58 GMT
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 2, 2023 17:56:58 GMT
Hopefully streaming uptake is very minimal and most people choose to come down the Deva, with it being a Saturday afternoon usual time.
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Sept 2, 2023 18:22:51 GMT
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Post by Wortleyblue on Sept 2, 2023 18:22:51 GMT
Hopefully streaming uptake is very minimal and most people choose to come down the Deva, with it being a Saturday afternoon usual time. On this occasion I totally agree with you but I will be subscribing to it at least its £4.50 extra to the club
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Post by southernblue on Sept 3, 2023 10:01:34 GMT
Hopefully streaming uptake is very minimal and most people choose to come down the Deva, with it being a Saturday afternoon usual time. I will be streaming the next two matches, and I streamed the last two. All extra money for the club as I would not have been in attendance anyway. So far I've just managed to get to the Bishops Stortford and Banbury matches in person. Still looking forward to seeing Chester score in a match I'm at, as there's nothing like being at the ground with all the other fans when we put the ball in the back of the net.
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Sept 5, 2023 19:07:35 GMT
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Post by anotherexile83 on Sept 5, 2023 19:07:35 GMT
I'm watching the game tonight and the thing that bugs me is that, watching on my iPad, I can't make the coverage full screen unless I just zoom in. And if I touch the screen to adjust anything the play triangle shows in the middle of the screen until I refresh it. NLTV really need to sort things like this out when they're charging £9 50
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Sept 5, 2023 19:41:03 GMT
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Post by happyclapper52 on Sept 5, 2023 19:41:03 GMT
Keeps buffering....awful ! 😔
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Post by Wortleyblue on Sept 5, 2023 19:44:11 GMT
It's been absolutely fine here
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Post by weareblues on Sept 5, 2023 22:11:40 GMT
Keeps buffering....awful ! 😔 Must be your internet as every stream other than the chorley one has been spot on
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Post by Curva Nord on Sept 5, 2023 22:28:55 GMT
Spot on for me too
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Post by southernblue on Sept 9, 2023 19:38:08 GMT
Got to say I'm loving all the streamed games. Been to Bishops Storford and Banbury in person, but seen four streamed games, with the FA cup match to look forward to on the BBC next week too.
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Sept 9, 2023 19:57:08 GMT
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 9, 2023 19:57:08 GMT
Couple of my pals found the stream working fine via IPTV today.
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Sept 10, 2023 9:32:51 GMT
Couple of my pals found the stream working fine via IPTV today. Your "pals" are stealing money from our club. Well done them.
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Post by Bacon on Sept 10, 2023 13:04:47 GMT
Couple of my pals found the stream working fine via IPTV today. Your "pals" are stealing money from our club. Well done them. 🤣🤣 calm down.
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Post by Gandalf on Sept 10, 2023 13:19:36 GMT
Couple of my pals found the stream working fine via IPTV today. Your "pals" are stealing money from our club. Well done them. It’s streaming, nobody will give a shit plus technically it’s the National League they’re “stealing” from.
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Sept 10, 2023 14:02:29 GMT
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Post by Wortleyblue on Sept 10, 2023 14:02:29 GMT
Your "pals" are stealing money from our club. Well done them. It’s streaming, nobody will give a shit plus technically it’s the National League they’re “stealing” from. The club get a percentage so technically they are "stealing" from the club as well
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Post by Churton Blue on Sept 10, 2023 14:17:12 GMT
It’s streaming, nobody will give a shit plus technically it’s the National League they’re “stealing” from. The club get a percentage so technically they are "stealing" from the club as well Chester FC get 50% of the streaming fee after deductions plus a share of the general pot. General pot share for all clubs increased recently after a consultation exercise with the aim of being fairer to the smaller clubs. Chester FC will not get any share of a pirate stream !
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Post by Al on Sept 10, 2023 14:21:44 GMT
If only some of the above posters got as riled at the idiots that cost the club 30k in fines instead of seeing their arses at 2 fans using IPTV to stream the game
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