[nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems

Thu Jul 3 23:16:25 UTC 2014

Every time I've tried to listen, my computer won't do it anyway. I would 
love to listen to the dog divission though! I'll probably just call the 
president or maybe wait for the debriefing they do.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Mohnke via nfbmi-talk" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Michael Powell'" <mpowell at wowway.com>; "'NFB of Michigan Internet 
Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems


> Hi Mike,
>
> Last year they had a few issues during the welcoming ceremony, but
> otherwise, the online stream was pretty good. This is why I am so 
> surprised
> that there is such a big problem this year. Hopefully they are able to
> resolve the issue for the rest of the convention.
>
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Powell [mailto:mpowell at wowway.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 5:54 PM
> To: 'Elizabeth Mohnke'
> Subject: RE: [nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
> Thank you Elizabeth.
> I was thinking of looking into any possible updates to my system to 
> perhaps
> solve the problem but as you have confirmed others have had issues I will
> just hope for the best tomorrow.  I wonder if anyone had a problem last
> year?  Since I was at opening session then I had no reason to check the
> feed.  The last time I got online for the convention was 2012 when we were
> in Dallas.  The week went without any problems until the night of the
> banquet when a thunder storm knocked out my internet and I missed the
> address.  Power did eventually return and I caught the award 
> presentations.
> Anyway, happy fourth everybody.
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Mohnke [mailto:lizmohnke at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:28 PM
> To: 'Michael Powell'; 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
> Hello All,
>
> There has been quite a discussion about this on the national student email
> list. Apparently, the hotel internet service is not all that great, and
> thus, is providing difficulties for the online stream. The problems seem 
> to
> appear on all listening devices. I am sure people are aware of the 
> problem,
> and are most likely doing all they can to find a solution to the problem 
> if
> there is one that can be found. Hopefully the quality of the online stream
> will improve for the rest of the convention sessions.
>
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Michael
> Powell via nfbmi-talk
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 3:21 PM
> To: 'joe harcz Comcast'; 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'; 'joe 
> harcz
> Comcast'; 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
> Hello Elizabeth and Joe.
> I was trying to listen through the media player feed link and it would run
> for a while and then cut out.  Then I would get the media player file 
> error
> that I usually get when there is a malfunction.  The music I ran to check
> the player as a test opened all right as I would run something to verify
> things were working before entering the feed link again. The feed would 
> run
> five to ten minutes when I would restart it after having to shutdown as it
> was the only way to close the Media player once the error occurred.  At
> least now I know it wasn't just me having difficulty.  So I hope the bugs
> will be ironed out tomorrow for opening sessions in the morning or
> presidential report in the afternoon   .  I may try going through the 
> ITunes
> feed link with the I Phone ifI can get it to work.
> Maybe between that and trying media player again I should be able to stay
> connected.
> Keep in touch.  At Least, Elizabeth, we're not having to deal with those
> elevator lines or people needing to know what state they are in though
> that's half the fun of being there.
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast via nfbmi-talk
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 9:33 AM
> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] NFB Online Streaming Problems
>
> Hi Again,
>
> Maybe I spoke too soon Elizabeth. I did just lose the stream. Perhaps its 
> a
> buffer issue...Don't know for sure.
>
> Hang in there ....
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Mohnke via nfbmi-talk" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'"
> <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 9:23 AM
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] 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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