I think it was way better last year when you could choose real player. The compression is terrible for me. Not sure how to explain it since english is not my first language. But I´m dissapointed. The picture is not stable. Compression artifacts everywhere. Takes the fun away from watching. I live overseas so this is the only way for to watch baseball. Too bad. It was way better last year. I have a really good video card and really fast conenction. Anyone agree?
yes, they did really screw it up. the picture is bigger but without real player i can't full screen it and if i manage to through other means it is all fuzzy and impossible to see. unfortunately, they don't care about me, just their little exclusive deal with microsoft.
I miss Realplayer as well, as I am watching on a Mac and can't go full screen either. Now it doesn't even load the Windows feed. Somehow I have to get a normal PC or I will miss most of the season.
Except for the score this is a really bad start of the season. I slept through my alarm clock(game started 4 AM local time).
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The new player cannot be fullscreened?Originally Posted by seamusk
not on a mac when it is using WMP. I had the same problem last year, which is why I chose to use the REAL player.
I haven't tried MLB today on my Mac yet, but hopefully it will see the WMP and startup the quicktime player instead, which may make things better... or at least allow me to go full screen.
I thought it looked pretty crappy last year. I wasn't equipped with any special monitor or anything, but even with a cable connection it was slow and fuzzy and forget about full screen. Go with MLB Extra innings. Only 160 bucks broken up in 4 payments. Consider up to 60 games a week and its a pretty meager price to pay per game.
Hmm, well I always used WMP so it isn't any different for me. I've been fine with it during ST games.
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The new mlb.tv is awesome. It is a 400k stream instead of 350. The loss of realplayer sucks, but if you use firefox you can get the media player connectivity extension and break it out of the mlb.tv window and into a standalone player like Windows Media Classic.
I watched tonight on a PC with WMP, full screened it and it was quite watchable. That said, I don't notice any improvement from last year...the main page boasts bigger sizes and better quality. I don't notice any boost in quality. Also, when are we getting the promised multiple games at once innovation?
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I do wish they would go back to the condesned version they had two years ago..all the outs/hits/walks etc. Make it for real baseball fans. But it is glad we have these innovations nowadays. I wonder what my grandfather, who passe away 50 years and was an avid listener to Pirate games. would have thought about having mlb.tv in his lifetime.
I was able to use my TV as a monitor last year and blow the realplayer up to full screen. It worked, but the quality wasn't that good. This new configuration would not have worked like that. I'm glad I got MLB EI.
I expand the game to fullscreen and watch it on a TV for every game. (I used WMP for the stream this year and last).
So MLB.tv's feed comes out crappy? Does the picture come out looking block-like at times? I don't want to pay for this if the players look like they're made up of Tetris blocks.
Yes, very much like that. It looks bad. Not sure how to explain as I said, but it looks like small boxes (squares) when the camera moves around. It looks pretty ok when the camera is still, but not when it moves around.
It was NOT like this last year with real player. Sure it wasnt perfect last year either, but the pictire was much more stable and pleasant to look at.
Could you please explain in a little more detail how to do this?
I downloaded Firefox. I can only find the regular media players and can't watch full screen yet.
Your help would be much appreciated!
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how can I do this? I have firefox, but I don't know how to do this.
never mind I figured it out.
for those of you with Macs who want to full screen it:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...nfo.php?id=446
while in Mozilla, download that add-on, and select Windows Media when you're setting it up.
I have a question. How many people can use one mlb.tv account at once?
I'll just add that I also use Firefox and the media player extension and the quality is basically the same as last year. It's not exactly like watching the game on tv, but it's a stream, not the highest quality but bandwith wise it's pretty standard for video imo. Slightly pixelated but overall definitely watchable.
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2, it used to be unlimited, but last year the guys I share it with and myself found out rather quickly that the limit had been reduced.
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ok cool thanks. I was going to share it with a lot of people but if that is not possible Its not a big deal to just share it with one person
This is the first time I'm trying mlb.tv, does anybody know why don't they show the Yankees game? There's a message about a national broadcast and nya local restrictions but the game is on YES...it isn't even on national TV. Does this mean all the Yankees games are blacked out on mlb.tv? I hope not!
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It is if you live in the Yankees broadcast area. Mets games are probably blacked out too for you. Here in so cal, I can't watch Dodgers or Angels games on MLB.tv. Kinda stinks.This is the first time I'm trying mlb.tv, does anybody know why don't they show the Yankees game? There's a message about a national broadcast and nya local restrictions but the game is on YES...it isn't even on national TV. Does this mean all the Yankees games are blacked out on mlb.tv? I hope not!
Damn then I just got ripped off. F this blackout chit...now I'm REAL happy I only subscribed for one month... I only got jerked out of 14 dollars instead of 70. Whoever determined that the games should be blacked out from mlb.tv are a bunch of greedy a$$wipes.
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Well my guess is that TV networks don't want people to start watching on mlb.tv instead of on their network as they will lose viewers. It's really for out of market people who couldn't watch on TV anyways.
“I mean, people knew that Brown was out there, and that Randy was ornery all the time. And Pavano is whoever he is. But if you’re their manager, you can’t go out and write about them like that.”
Thats part of it. The teams believe (falsely) that even 2% loss of viewership to online streaming is too much. Thats the reason why FOX has the blackout on Saturday's.
Now, there IS a way to get around it that doesnt involve using a certain tactic that has been discussed here. I found it last year just playing around with MLB.com Media Player. Its confusing for me to explain it in writing (though i probably could if i took my time). But now, I dont have to go searching for ways to bypass the blackout. In order to pull it off, you need to have a PC with alot of memory and Microsoft IE (firefox wont do).
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On a separate MLBTV note, it has become difficult to watch these games with some of the feeds they are using. To show the game using the raw feed from the truck, with no replay or scoreboxes makes the game almost unwatchable. It makes it hard for me at work to keep up with pitch counts, the score, the inning and whos on base when there isnt anything to tell you. For instance, tonight, there is no graphics for the Nats-Mets game produced by SNY. However, the Red Sox-Rangers game has the NESN graphics that you would see on TV. Really weird.
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It clearly states the blackout restrictions when you sign up. Anyway, it's very easy to get around the blackouts by use of a proxy server. Try google.
i tested the proxy, it isnt working for me. when i try to put a drays game on it isnt working
is anyone watching this game through a proxy that would be blacked out otherwise??
On a side note, I was so disgusted with the quality of the games on Gameday Audio that I didn't re-up this year. If I'm paying money, I want 96K mono.
Waiting for Sterling to retire so I can start listening to games on the radio again...
Can you go into how this is done, or do you not want to do it on the forum.
I had an idea some of the games would be blacked out, not all of them! But thanks for the heads up on the proxy server.
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I would rather say it in private. Considering that NYYFans.com is the most read board in baseball, word would get around pretty quickly and that loophole would be closed off. I would rather keep it to an "I tell you, and you tell someone" rather than splash it on the site. Has PM'ing been disabled?
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I have tried to do this, but somehow I can't seem to make it work.
Can you please help me to do this?
I have downloaded Firefox, I have the media player connectivity extension, but I think have configured it the wrong way.
Your help would be much appreciated.
I still have to see the first regular season this year.
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I don't know what is going on with it this year. Yesterday mine completely sucked. Just listening to it was very annoying. At the beginning of today's game it was all choppy and annoying again. Now, the video feed is very clear but I'm hearing Sterling and Waldman and I don't get the YES bar with the strikes/outs/etc...
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knickfan, do you mind emailing me with this strategy? my email is pmuzin@yahoo.com. Thanks.
I hate how they cut to those 'MLBlogs' between innings as well. They always come back to the picture in the middle of a sentence. I'd rather sit through the commercials or just have a shot of the field.
MLBAM is looking for more advertising revenue, so they are trying out to see if they could implement commercials produced by MLB.com and slap it into the middle of these games. They are already bankrolling close to 200 million a year the last 3 years and they are looking for more. This is just one more way. If it takes away from my enjoyment of the game, apparently, it doesnt matter. But as it stands, all they have to do is make sure they return from commercial before the first pitch and KEEP THE GRAPHICS!! Nothing has been more annoying than having a game on with no knowledge of the score, pitch count and replays.
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Ditto, I'd like to see it too. bornyank1@gmail.com
Thanks.
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Do you mind emailing me how to do it: apolansk@gmail.com. Thanks.
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PM's are working again, can you PM that work around? Thanks.
This is my first time getting MLB.Tv and I'm not disappointed with it - although I don't know what it was like last year. For the most part, the picture's pretty clear, but I did notice that when they show pictures of players and such, you can't really even make out their face unless it stays up there a while and begins to clear out. That is a bit annoying. I haven't tried it on fullscreen though, I'll have to do that.
The blackout thing is quite annoying... though it doesn't block out most of the Yankee games, I can't get any games of them playing the Royals, Tigers, Twins, Cubs or White Sox, so right now I can't watch their games! Blaaah...
If it's not too much trouble, would you mind telling me how to get around that thing too? If the PM doesn't work, my e-mail is chinroku@uni.edu. Thanks!! =)
Somebody told me in another thread that if you get caught using a proxy server to avoid blackouts, MLB.com will fine you $100. So beware.
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I need each of you to change your settings to where I can send you a PM. Please do so as soon as possible, that way I can send you the info.
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I don't think I can change that until I have been here for 180 days according to what Jim said in the PM thread. Unfortunately, I just found this wonderful site now and the 180 days will be a while. No chance you can email it to that email address?
I think there is a new PM policy with new members. You need 50 posts and maybe 6months of membership before you can PM. Check out the suggestion box for the exact new policy if you're interested.
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Awww, yea, me neither. I can't PM yet... *sadness*
It is much much worse. The Real feed was a lot better
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Have you tried giving MLB.com a fictitious home address outside of New York (Or an address of a friend or relative outside of New York)? Then may be using a proxy will work.
I'm just guessing here, since I don't use mlbTV, but I might need to in the near future.
Anyone else having problems right now?
When I try to switch between games I just get a message that says the link could not be retrieved. I can only watch one game and not switch between games like I want to. Anyone else?
Make sure when you switch between games you're closing WMP completely then clicking on the mlb.tv icon then exporting the feed to MP.
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