[nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems

Thu Jul 3 16:35:03 UTC 2014

hi,
I tried several times, and never got a connection at all.
Windows media player says it cannot play the file type.
Therefore, my thinking is that the file stream is not compatible with 
windows media player and real player.

I think it’s the device and media player we use. Others reported it works 
fine with winamp and ios devices.

As for last year, it was decent quality for many parts. The worst was the 
first day, but after that, I don't recall having much issues. I heard 
several speeches with no hick ups in connection.

As for the nabs stream yesterday, I heard half of it, the other part I was 
eating and other things.
The stream was constant, no misconnections once I began. The quality IMO was 
medium, I mean not the worst but not the best I've heard. Yes, I did hear 
background noise such as the recording person touching the laptop and people 
in the background talking and him clearing his throat.
However, there was no connection issues so the constant stream was what I 
wanted.
I commend David for his efforts. Remember he is a volunteer doing this and 
found a spot close to the speakers to capture it for us.
I'm sure he did the best he could.

I'd like to hear convention live. If I cannot, I know we will see recordings 
online later.

Some of you reported winamp is fine. I thought that service was dead.
Please explain what winamp is and how I might use that.

Thanks.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 12:16 PM
To: tyler at tysdomain.com ; 'National Association of Blind Students mailing 
list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems

Hello Tyler,

I agree with you. However, on my end at least, I was never really able to
get a constant connection, and I was constantly trying to reconnect in with
the hopes that I could reconnect to the online stream. However, since I am
able to connect at times, I believe the problem is on their side of things
and not mine. I know someone made a comment about the access to the internet
service in the hotel, but I do not understand why this would be an issue
this year when it was not an issue last year. It would seem to me that if we
are in the same hotel as last year that we should be able to get the same
quality online stream we received last year. I honestly do not know what the
problem might be.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

-----Original Message-----
From: Littlefield, Tyler [mailto:tyler at tysdomain.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 12:07 PM
To: Elizabeth Mohnke; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems

The stream does keep going up and down, which is quite sad. The recording
was much much better than the NABS recording last night though. Whoever was
doing it kept clearing his throat and you could hear him touching the
laptop, where the internal mic would pick it up. If they could keep the
stream up it sounded pretty good, at least for the 5 minutes of scholarship
speeches I was able to tune in for.
On 7/3/2014 12:02 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> I most definitely agree with you. The poor quality of the online
> stream was really getting on my nerves this morning. If it remains
> this way throughout the rest of the convention, I am not quite sure if
> it is really worth the time and effort. With all the computer gurus
> and engineers within the NFB, I am rather surprised we cannot produce
> a quality online stream for the convention. In my opinion, they should
> either put the resources necessary to provide a quality online stream,
> or simply not provide the online stream in the first place.
>
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Donahue [mailto:pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 11:06 AM
> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
>      This problem occurs every year. If they put as much funding in to
> insure a high-quality stream that works properly this wouldn't happen
every year.
> I'm sure glad our church doesn't try to "Cheap" its Internet
> broadcasts. If this organization believed in doing things first-class
> it would invest more in to its ability to broadcast various events and
> would empower its members to create income sources to enable them to
> increase their contributions to the NFB and other causes to among
> other things improve the quality and reliability of it's Internet
> broadcast capabilities. If Cornerstone Church can do this so can the
> NFB. Sorry you are having so much difficulty. We're glad we're not wasting
our time. Thanks for saving us the hassle.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 8:23 AM
> Subject: [nabs-l] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Is anyone else besides me trying to listen in on the Board of
>> Directors meeting this morning? When I click on the link to listen to
>> the online stream, all I get is the Spanish translation. Anyone else
>> experiencing this issue? There is not any contact information for any
>> problems with the online stream, so thought I would post this on the
>> email list to see if anyone else was experiencing this problem, and
>> perhaps find someone who could resolve this issue.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Elizabeth
>>
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