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jtur88 · September 6th, 2008, 12:16 PM

I just speeded up my computer to about twice the speed it had been running. All I had to do was uninstall the MLB.TV Nex-Dev Plug-in that enables the enhanced live streaming video of out of market games. So if you subsribe to MLB.TV, that plug-in might be dragging your PC down.

sebboH · September 6th, 2008, 05:34 PM

You're all late.

Those SOBs have charged my credit card three months in a row without my consent. I never opted for automatic renewal. When I disputed it the credit card company has canceled the charge every time, without a problem. I haven't watched a game in a couple of months. I'm getting by just fine with the radio broadcasts.

jtur88 · September 6th, 2008, 09:50 PM

MLB is distinguishing themselves as one of the worst organizatiions in the world, not even counting Bud Selig. Same thing happened to me last year, but one phone call to MLB straightened out. So they're maybe not quite as bad as AOL. But their technical game coverage reallly sucks, with audio levels all over the place. Full screen is all different sizes.

Best of all, the enhanced version comes drifting in with several minutes delay. When the game ends, they jerk the plug, and that also stops the end-point delayed feed (or something) so the screen goes black in the last of the ninth with two out and runners in scoring positon. So you know the game ended, but don't know if the guy popped weakly to short right, or hit a walkoff homer. I have no idea how this happens, but Ive had it happen to three different games I was watching.

sebboh, does it make sense to you, that their plugin could screw up my computer, or do you think I tweaked something else at the same time?

sebboH · September 14th, 2008, 01:31 PM

You're using the 1.2mb stream? I think that's why you need to have the plugin. I did at first but then noticed that there were problems with how it played (choppy) and slowed down my laptop in general. So I uninstalled it. In my case I think it was a combination of the plugin being a problem and my computer probably not being equipped to handle the stream at that speed.

jtur88 · September 14th, 2008, 08:19 PM

Yes, same thing. My PC is only a 256M. As soon as I uninstalled the plugin, everything speeded up at least double. I also had a lot of problems with te 1.2 feed being choppy, but my ISP also had a problem for a while, and when lots of kids were on line at night downloading terabytes of music files, the cable company couldnt handle it, I was getting download speeds in the 500kps neighborhood, insteeaf of the normal 4-5,000. So I ws even getting choppy mlb.tv on the basic feed. But cable apparently has it fexed and now Im getting usually normal download speeds and decent feeds from mlb.tv. So, in short, there were a bunch of things ganging up on me, bad ISP, bad MLB, bad plugin, 256M hard drive.

sebboH · September 15th, 2008, 04:15 AM

The NFL is now doing the same thing:

Radio

TV

I'm going to sign up for radio, not sure about TV. Either way it's a decent bet that they'll do a better job than MLB

jtur88 · September 15th, 2008, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sebboH

The NFL is now doing the same thing:

Radio

TV

I'm going to sign up for radio, not sure about TV. Either way it's a decent bet that they'll do a better job than MLB

I hope so. Because if they do a worse job, MLB will copy them, as they always do.

September 6th, 2008, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Mlb.tv I just speeded up my computer to about twice the speed it had been running. All I had to do was uninstall the MLB.TV Nex-Dev Plug-in that enables the enhanced live streaming video of out of market games. So if you subsribe to MLB.TV, that plug-in might be dragging your PC down. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

September 6th, 2008, 09:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	MLB is distinguishing themselves as one of the worst organizatiions in the world, not even counting Bud Selig. Same thing happened to me last year, but one phone call to MLB straightened out. So they're maybe not quite as bad as AOL. But their technical game coverage reallly sucks, with audio levels all over the place. Full screen is all different sizes. Best of all, the enhanced version comes drifting in with several minutes delay. When the game ends, they jerk the plug, and that also stops the end-point delayed feed (or something) so the screen goes black in the last of the ninth with two out and runners in scoring positon. So you know the game ended, but don't know if the guy popped weakly to short right, or hit a walkoff homer. I have no idea how this happens, but Ive had it happen to three different games I was watching. sebboh, does it make sense to you, that their plugin could screw up my computer, or do you think I tweaked something else at the same time? __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

September 14th, 2008, 08:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Yes, same thing. My PC is only a 256M. As soon as I uninstalled the plugin, everything speeded up at least double. I also had a lot of problems with te 1.2 feed being choppy, but my ISP also had a problem for a while, and when lots of kids were on line at night downloading terabytes of music files, the cable company couldnt handle it, I was getting download speeds in the 500kps neighborhood, insteeaf of the normal 4-5,000. So I ws even getting choppy mlb.tv on the basic feed. But cable apparently has it fexed and now Im getting usually normal download speeds and decent feeds from mlb.tv. So, in short, there were a bunch of things ganging up on me, bad ISP, bad MLB, bad plugin, 256M hard drive. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

September 6th, 2008, 05:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
sebboH Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 90	You're all late. Those SOBs have charged my credit card three months in a row without my consent. I never opted for automatic renewal. When I disputed it the credit card company has canceled the charge every time, without a problem. I haven't watched a game in a couple of months. I'm getting by just fine with the radio broadcasts.

September 14th, 2008, 01:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
sebboH Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 90	You're using the 1.2mb stream? I think that's why you need to have the plugin. I did at first but then noticed that there were problems with how it played (choppy) and slowed down my laptop in general. So I uninstalled it. In my case I think it was a combination of the plugin being a problem and my computer probably not being equipped to handle the stream at that speed.

September 15th, 2008, 04:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
sebboH Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 90	The NFL is now doing the same thing: Radio TV I'm going to sign up for radio, not sure about TV. Either way it's a decent bet that they'll do a better job than MLB