NCAA BB Tourney on TV

[Muse]

Apparently they do this for all sports broadcasts on TV. Usually I'm not aware of it but sometimes the announcers just obviously react faster to a play than is humanly possible and the only explanation is that they see the video before I do! IOW, the announcers' reactions trail the video by an increment in time. Is that 1, 2, 3 seconds? My guess is 1.5-2 seconds.

 

[spidey07]

The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

 

[conehead433]

I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

I believe that what they are doing is delaying the video (e.g.) 7 seconds, but the audio 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure. They are doing it to make the announcers seem sharper, with a quicker response to the action than they actually have. It's a cheap trick. Doesn't cost them a penny but it does nothing for their credibility. I think it's fucked and they should stop doing it. It's only noticeable on occasion, for instance when the announcers respond to a very quickly unfolding event like a drive to the basket. I've heard them extol a reverse layup actually before it happens on video!

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

I haven't bothered to check out the game streams because I am watching in HD. I have to figure that the streams would be a letdown.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

I haven't bothered to check out the game streams because I am watching in HD. I have to figure that the streams would be a letdown.

I'm not sitting at home watching streams. This is at work. And, in all actuality. the streams aren't all that bad.

 

[hypn0tik]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

I haven't bothered to check out the game streams because I am watching in HD. I have to figure that the streams would be a letdown.

I'm not sitting at home watching streams. This is at work. And, in all actuality. the streams aren't all that bad.

The streams are actually very nice. I've been watching most of the 1st and 2nd round action that way.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

I believe that what they are doing is delaying the video (e.g.) 7 seconds, but the audio 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure. They are doing it to make the announcers seem sharper, with a quicker response to the action than they actually have. It's a cheap trick. Doesn't cost them a penny but it does nothing for their credibility. I think it's fucked and they should stop doing it. It's only noticeable on occasion, for instance when the announcers respond to a very quickly unfolding event like a drive to the basket. I've heard them extol a reverse layup actually before it happens on video!

Well, either it was Comcast or the craptastic HD feed from CBS over the weekend (leaning towards the latter on this one), but after the signal went out several times, black screen, dropped video, digifarts, etc, the audio eventually became horribly unsynched to the video. Only noticed it when they put the announcers' ugly mugs on screen going into halftime.

I remember this happening last year. Is there just too much demand during the tournament and CBS simply can't provide the bandwidth for their HD channel?

Holy Hell, watching a few of these games was like that scene in Amelie where she pulls out the dude's cable while he's trying to watch soccer. Every freaking freeze was during the final seconds of awesome games.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

Yep, exact same experience, including the edit.

I'm amazed at how good the high quality feed is and I have not had any syncing issues.

Since I'm stuck at work, this is the only way for me to watch most of the games and I have to say I am thoroughly impressed.

KT

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

I believe that what they are doing is delaying the video (e.g.) 7 seconds, but the audio 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure. They are doing it to make the announcers seem sharper, with a quicker response to the action than they actually have. It's a cheap trick. Doesn't cost them a penny but it does nothing for their credibility. I think it's fucked and they should stop doing it. It's only noticeable on occasion, for instance when the announcers respond to a very quickly unfolding event like a drive to the basket. I've heard them extol a reverse layup actually before it happens on video!

I've never seen/heard that happen, and I watch a lot of sports. It's possible the channel you were watching was having technical difficulties.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

I believe that what they are doing is delaying the video (e.g.) 7 seconds, but the audio 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure. They are doing it to make the announcers seem sharper, with a quicker response to the action than they actually have. It's a cheap trick. Doesn't cost them a penny but it does nothing for their credibility. I think it's fucked and they should stop doing it. It's only noticeable on occasion, for instance when the announcers respond to a very quickly unfolding event like a drive to the basket. I've heard them extol a reverse layup actually before it happens on video!

I've never seen/heard that happen, and I watch a lot of sports. It's possible the channel you were watching was having technical difficulties.

Actually, I think it could be a synch issue on my end. I've had video to audio <> issues a lot, so maybe it's my video trailing my audio on my computer. Could be the HDTV card app, the audio driver. 😱 I often have to press Pause repeatedly to regain acceptable synch. I'm not usually aware of the issue until I watch people speaking. That's when it becomes obvious.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: conehead433
I tried watching a game on ncaa.com the other night. Let me just say they have a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go to achieve any kind of watchable sports event on the Internet. The video was so-so, but the audio was just terrible. It lagged at times and sometimes the audio was like in slow motion, and then there were these noise spikes that would rupture your eardrums. I wanted to watch on the Internet so I didn't have to watch CBS switching from game to game like they do. BTW I have a 6mbs connection so it wasn't a bandwidth problem on my end.

Watch on CBSSports.com.

Ummm yeah cbssports.com redirects all streaming to mmod.ncaa.com
That being said, I watched pretty much all day on Thursday and Friday from mmod.ncaa.com and had no issues at all with streaming it.

Edit: wait, that's a lie. I had to lower the res on 1 game due to buffering issues.

Yep, exact same experience, including the edit.

I'm amazed at how good the high quality feed is and I have not had any syncing issues.

Since I'm stuck at work, this is the only way for me to watch most of the games and I have to say I am thoroughly impressed.

KT

My ONLY gripe was that I wanted to fullscreen it on one of my monitors. But as soon as I clicked anything on the other monitor it went back to windowed video 🙁

 

[YetioDoom]

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spidey07
The announcers are on the court or in a booth. They announce live and the audio/video are both delayed 7-8 seconds I think the number is for bleeping purposes. Many times they can't even catch the bleeps.

This. The announcers watch live action and comment on it. The delay is for both, not one or the other.

I believe that what they are doing is delaying the video (e.g.) 7 seconds, but the audio 6 seconds. I'm pretty sure. They are doing it to make the announcers seem sharper, with a quicker response to the action than they actually have. It's a cheap trick. Doesn't cost them a penny but it does nothing for their credibility. I think it's fucked and they should stop doing it. It's only noticeable on occasion, for instance when the announcers respond to a very quickly unfolding event like a drive to the basket. I've heard them extol a reverse layup actually before it happens on video!

You're definitely misremembering.