Watching Spark Sport (including launch and pricing)

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#2226863 28-Apr-2019 16:44

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Benoire:
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Benoire: F2 was not great yesterday but the f1 was fine. I'm not that concerned by the stream itself as that has been generally OK so far but as the apps control the stream they are as important as the feed itself and the cause of my concerns.

Are you using a phone for FF/RW?

My Nokia 7.1 plus is casting and acting as the controls.

Ok, that explains your difficulty with FF/RV. Im using an iPad in landscape, nice long slider, easy to FF/RV

I wouldn't call using the phone the difficulty, more the app itself; I won't be the only one using a phone to cast and to try and control the stream using a bar with little fine control.

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#2226866 28-Apr-2019 16:52

Correct - it's a dog's breath even on an iPad in landscape mode.

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#2226919 28-Apr-2019 17:42

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Correct - it's a dog's breath even on an iPad in landscape mode.

My iPad is only a 9.7 and its fine, the slider is maybe 125mm long

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#2226921 28-Apr-2019 17:46

Benoire:

I wouldn't call using the phone the difficulty, more the app itself; I won't be the only one using a phone to cast and to try and control the stream using a bar with little fine control.

Using a phone? yes, you can but you will never ever get an easy UX using a small phone screen to manipulate a slider bar, even if it has thumbnails. You'd hardly see the thumbnails. On my Air in landscape its "ok". More than usable, but given the ATV4 app and wider Android TV support is coming, I'm not bothered. Its "fine" now, will be normal soon, i.e. remote. If the app was great, you will still be using a big finger on a small screen

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#2226932 28-Apr-2019 18:43

I have suspended my account. I don't get enough use out of it as i was hoping for more NBA games with the play offs, find the app not that easy to use and miss an easy to use programme guide that tells me what is on when.

To top it off the F1 Qualifying in Baku cut out at the same point twice now like it is at the end of the on demand file but there is still 45mins to go. When I look up the qualifying it says the programme is 3hrs but when I start it says it is 3hrs~45mins?

I don't think I will sign up for the RWC but may return for the EPL. I hope they can progress to a fully fledged on demand sports broadcaster but in the meantime I will wait on the sideline..

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#2226953 28-Apr-2019 19:54

Lostja:

To top it off the F1 Qualifying in Baku cut out at the same point twice now like it is at the end of the on demand file but there is still 45mins to go. When I look up the qualifying it says the programme is 3hrs but when I start it says it is 3hrs~45mins?

You can skip passed it if you do it before it happens.
I noticed when it glitches, the app was showing its completed but the CC was glitched and showing more to go but if you go back on the scrubber and then forward it will work

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#2226975 28-Apr-2019 20:12

So a bit of positive feedback; chromecasting has not crashed yet since the last app update! It does however seem to stop the counter within the app itself so if you stop the cast then it reverts back to the beginning of the stream... you also cannot then recast as far as I can tell!

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#2227100 29-Apr-2019 08:54

F1 had another streaming issue last night.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12225999

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#2227101 29-Apr-2019 09:01

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F1 had another streaming issue last night.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12225999

Just as well the Spark cheerleading team is working flawlessly :)

What was that, I watched it live, although I did nod off twice

Oh yeah I do recall that now, that was in the pre race from memory, yeah fair play on that.

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#2227102 29-Apr-2019 09:04

Odd, why was "Just as well the Spark cheerleading team is working flawlessly :)" in your post when I replied, but not now? I assumed you must have edited it as I only noticed that once I quoted but now its gone? No issue, just seemed odd

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#2227114 29-Apr-2019 09:55

Did anyone have an issue at 1:44 in to the race stream? The entire app crashed at this time and eventually started working again after a couple of phone reboots and skipping past that time, skipping to that time caused it not to work... This was at around 6.55 this morning... plus side is the VOD asset was created before I woke up so happy with that!

There was also an issue around lap 40 or so where it jumped around a bit but I have no idea if that was the encoding or the feed but it was annoying.

Small skips are hard using the slider :-(

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#2227123 29-Apr-2019 09:58

Benoire:

Small skips are hard using the slider :-(

Hopefully, that is HIGH on their priority list. I agree, but it's not SS specific issue. I have it with pretty much all the SVOD services.

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#2227124 29-Apr-2019 10:00

yep except netflix for example has +/- 10s buttons above the slider; SS should easily be able to do something similar but with a few more options... We are never gonna get live viewing while fw/rw like sky due to the way online delivery works so multiple skips is the only way.

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#2227129 29-Apr-2019 10:08

Benoire:

yep except netflix for example has +/- 10s buttons above the slider; SS should easily be able to do something similar but with a few more options... We are never gonna get live viewing while fw/rw like sky due to the way online delivery works so multiple skips is the only way.

Why is it, if we are watching non live, that we can't have visual FFWD and RWD ala Sky on SVOD platforms? I hear Vodafones Sky box is adding this shortly?

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#2227131 29-Apr-2019 10:11

Benoire:

Did anyone have an issue at 1:44 in to the race stream? The entire app crashed at this time and eventually started working again after a couple of phone reboots and skipping past that time, skipping to that time caused it not to work... This was at around 6.55 this morning... plus side is the VOD asset was created before I woke up so happy with that!

There was also an issue around lap 40 or so where it jumped around a bit but I have no idea if that was the encoding or the feed but it was annoying.

Small skips are hard using the slider :-(

No. I watched it live, if it crashed I would have noticed it even if I nodded off (as I did) the app kept running. Didnt notice anything at lap 40, but the last couple of laps there was a brief period where it seemed to miss many frames, almost like it was being FF, that didnt go on for long. Havent checked VOD asset for that yet

I see the pre race is not on SS, that was what failed with the on screen message. Maybe same issue as the F2 race that was lost? Speculation. What is happening between Baku and Akamai?

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