News: MLS MatchDay Live™ (LiveTV - Match Center)

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by Ben7, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Really? How? I've already got Silverlight 4.
     
  2. Tim Brice

    Tim Brice Member

    Sep 22, 2005
    Little Rock, AR
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately, it does not look like Silverlight 4 does this. I know, shocking, Microsoft promised a feature that did not make it into the final product.

    I have found a bit of workaround:

    1) When you bring up a game, hit F11 in Firefox
    2) Click somewhere (but not on the Silverlight app) and hit Ctrl +

    This will blow the video up, but you still have the annoying bar at the top. The other option is download something like VMWare and run a OS inside of your OS. I might do that in the future.
     
  3. Golazo

    Golazo Member+

    Apr 15, 1999
    Decatur, GA USA
    I'm suddenly not having a bitrate option above 1200. Anyone else?
     
  4. MasterShake29

    MasterShake29 Member+

    Oct 28, 2001
    Jersey City, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  5. galaxy500

    galaxy500 Member

    Jan 21, 2010
    LA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    same here. Yesterday all the matches were maxed at 1200 and I would get some debug error also. Not sure why?
     
  6. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
  7. irishapple21

    irishapple21 Member

    Apr 4, 2005
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Has anybody successfully used a proxy to watch MDL? If so, could you PM me details. I may be switching away from cable and I don't want to miss my local games.
     
  8. adammac19

    adammac19 BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 31, 2006
    Sydney Mines
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Has anyone encountered the problem where you try to watch a live game where it always says "video failed to play"? I have ever since I got the service and I did contact support where they made me do a bunch of tests but they just give me he same standard answers which didn't work (reinstalling silverlight etc). I have NHL gamecenter which is run by the same neulion and that works fine for me.

    So has anyone have this issue and overcome it?
     
  9. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is moronic. Wednesday night Colorado plays in Chicago. Because tihs game was moved so Chicago could play its Sister Cities Cup, there is no TV broadcast of the game in Denver. I just chatted with a Neulion rep to make sure they knew it wasn't being aired so I didn't get a blackout message when I tried to watch. According to Neulion the game will be blacked out for me because I'm in Altitude's market.

    A. Altitude isn't the TV partner this year, KWGN is
    B. KWGN ISN'T SHOWING THE GAME!!!

    So I'm going to be blacked out of watching a Rapids game I can't even watch on TV. The only way to watch the game in Colorado is apparently to buy the Direct Kick package. WTF?
     
  10. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Full credit to Rapids GM Jeff Plush. I emailed him about the same time as my last post. He called the league office, told them to remove the blackout not only for Wednesday's game but for all Rapids games in the Denver market, and has already heard back from the league office that Neulion has been notified and they've changed the settings.

    Obviously the test comes on Wednesday, but that's pretty quick work by the Rapids GM.
     
  11. DarthGreedo

    DarthGreedo Member

    Jun 11, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nice.
     
  12. irishapple21

    irishapple21 Member

    Apr 4, 2005
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    That's good response. It's great when a front office makes the effort to take care of fans' concerns. It's how you build your fanbase.
     
  13. DarthGreedo

    DarthGreedo Member

    Jun 11, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    I wish there was a way to choose which teams broadcast you get to watch. I know the MLB online one lets you choose. I would much rather listen to my teams homer broadcast team then the other teams homer broadcast team :D
     
  14. galaxy500

    galaxy500 Member

    Jan 21, 2010
    LA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    WTF? Why is MDL showing the PHI-SJ game live right now? Shouldn't it be blacked out?
     
  15. narko

    narko New Member

    Jul 16, 2007
    North Carolina
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I had the same question, but I'm not complaining. :)
     
  16. Tim Brice

    Tim Brice Member

    Sep 22, 2005
    Little Rock, AR
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does the condensed version of matches just cut-out replays, injuries, etc. Does it remove any of the actual match?
     
  17. 7spencer7

    7spencer7 Member

    Mar 25, 2008
    Outside Boston
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It cuts the matches down to 20-30 minutes so yes it cuts out parts of actual play.
     
  18. mbar

    mbar Member+

    Apr 30, 1999
    Los Angeles, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And honestly, whomever they hired to decide what to cut out isn't very good at his job. I've watched condensed highlights of games I've seen live and they cut out many good parts. There are times that they let the highlights run for 2-3 minutes at a time for no particular reason. Often they show a highlight and then boom it's halftime.

    They need someone with a bit more soccer IQ to be doing the condensing. It just feels really really lazy.
     
  19. leonster

    leonster New Member

    Jul 17, 2010
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    First post here. American living in Korea. I subscribed to the live video the past few years and would like to do so again this year. I don't care if it's live--I always watched the archives anyways, with the huge time difference. Wouldn't it be legally possible to open it up to international users as an archive-only package, with no live streaming? This wouldn't interfere with international broadcast rights, surely?
     
  20. chitownfire

    chitownfire New Member

    Aug 22, 2007
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why is the new MatchDay Live demo video in flash and the service is actually Silverlight? That's quite misleading.
     
  21. sandog

    sandog Member

    May 30, 2008
    It's completely misleading. What do you expect from these guys? The whole operation is being run by a marketing (lier) smock. Their subscription service is probably not making money, so now they resort to misleading advertisement, take your money, then make it impossible to give you a refund.
     
  22. Demolition Man

    Nov 5, 2009
    Twin Cities, MN
    Club:
    NSC Minnesota Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wish they'd have an option so you can hide that ugly "interface" when you go full screen. Highly annoying to have that ugly thing hog up space on my screen that can be used for watching the game.
     
  23. szazzy

    szazzy Member

    Apr 18, 2004
    Kansas City, MO
    I'll second this - not just the condensed games, but smaller highlight packages as well. It's like someone is cutting the games based off a matchtracker report rather than watching the match. Any idiot can be taught to cut video fairly reasonably. Start with someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about the game. Since most games are only viewed and remembered by highlight reels, this is actually a pretty important job.
     
  24. Tim Brice

    Tim Brice Member

    Sep 22, 2005
    Little Rock, AR
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am trying to watch some of the older games and I am getting a Video Failed to Play message.

    Great product, MLS.
     
  25. Golazo

    Golazo Member+

    Apr 15, 1999
    Decatur, GA USA
    For what it's worth, I downloaded a new Silverlight update, and am watching the Pachuca/Toluca Superliga game, and it's behaving like a dream.
     

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