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Hi Everyone,
With the competition season upon us I thought I would start a thread to keep information on the webcasts organized. First off, A list of webcast "portals". You should be able to find all of the available webcasts at these sites: The Blue Alliance Gameday WatchFIRSTNow Live At The Control The Red Alliance *I have not heard if they will be running for the 2015 season. If you find that any webcasts are missing, please let us know by posting in this thread. *I would once again like to ask broadcasters to remember to record what you are broadcasting. Teams love to review their matches after events, and it helps build the archive of matches at The Blue Alliance and WatchFIRSTNow |
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Any webcasts running yet for practice day??
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I have been checking in. None are streaming. Some have a countdown, and will start later, likely due to timezone differences.
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Palmetto seems to be spotty. Every once and a while you will get an image, but it's not a solid video feed at all.
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Northern Lights seems to be the only stream for today. But its a lot of sitting around.
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Will dallas have a stream?
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I hope it's better tomorrow when more action is happening!:D
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www.dallasfirstvideo.com is supposed to be streaming tomorrow.
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I really don't know why more events aren't streaming on Twitch. It's way more reliable than Livestream or other alternatives, and it's a great way to reach FRC's target audience...
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http://robovisionod.com/ - South Florida Regional
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Indiana District: http://new.livestream.com/FIRSTRobotics
MAR District: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK5...27oSI_TWp8QNOQ MAR will be webcasting the Hatboro-Horsham district event on our YouTube channel. The stream will be at http://youtu.be/hGX2qs6s1CE. If you are having problems connecting to the stream, please double check the MAR YouTube channel to make sure the stream location hasn't changed. |
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I made a quick guess and it looks like the Michigan districts are being webcast on three different FiM twitch channels:
http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan2 http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan3 |
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South Florida regional video feed is looking pretty good...but I have really messed up sound. Not sure if it's my computer.
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Any webcast planned for Inland Empire?
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Does anyone know why the Dallas stream won't run in TBA Gameday? It just shows a screen that links to the webcast.
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As usual the NH feed is poor.
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NH just started working good :D
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Any regional that uses livestream cannot be embedded.
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However most regionals can't afford the upgrade. or don't know there is an embedding issue!
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Twitch, YouTube, or Ustream pleaseeee... :(
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Combined rankings done just for fun. Updated at random intervals.
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Week 1 links:
FRC 2015 Georgia Southern Classic Regional Webcast (live now Practice) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/frc-20...gional-webcast IndianaFIRST - Indianapolis District http://new.livestream.com/FIRSTRobot...apolisDistrict MAR - Hatboro-Horsham District https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGX2qs6s1CE FIRST Robotics District Competition - Standish-Sterling http://www.twitch.tv/first_glbr NE Events: http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_blue http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_red PNW http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-red http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-blue Lake Superior http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/live...=las_0225-2815 Northern Lights http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/live...=ntl_0225-2815 Palmatto http://robotics.nasa.gov/events/live...=pal_0226-2815 South Florida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-j-g-fz-lg Dallas http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6...events/3832663 |
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Inland Empire is streaming practice matches: http://www.twitch.tv/IERegional
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twitch suuuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkksssss
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While I appreciate all of the video feeds, you would think that FIRST would want to nationally manage the video transmission. Have one site, with great video capacity for all of the regionals. (Maybe even HD feeds as some are pretty grainy) It just seems to me that leaving it up to the regional planning committees to provide this, doesn't help FIRST promote their product and allow others besides FIRST enthusiasts to possibly watch the matches. As it is you have to be pretty hard-core FIRST addict to maneuver through umpteen sites to watch the matches. Plus some feeds have horrible buffering issues. Don't get me wrong I like what thebluealliance folks and others have done, I just think it could be a whole lot better.
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On top of all that, I've gone to regionals in the recent past where I had no idea heading there if there was even going to be a broadcast, when I found out at the regional where it would be hosted it was too late because the site was blocked by our school, so people at the school could not watch. Had i known the site ahead of time, I might have been able to get the site unblocked for them to watch. Rant over. |
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way to go Oregon City. all matches well almost all are posted on YouTube with excellent commentary and video thank you.( search 2015 frc event ) Hope to see some minnesota and other regional events up soon as well
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FIRST could do a much better job of leveraging opportunities to promote event broadcasts and ensuring their quality across all events.
Major League Hacking - the organization that helps run 150+ collegiate hackathons across the country - has partnered with Twitch to get their channel on the homepage and featured in Twitch Weekly. The final demos at several hackathons this season have been featured on the homepage. FIRST viewership is potentially much larger, and it should be promoted through FIRST officially and not on dozens of unbranded Twitch channels. Twitch has shown that they're open to expanding the definition of "eSports" to include things like hackathons and robotics competitions, so I think they're an ideal partner to bring this to thousands of people (or more). The other piece that's really missing is quality production equipment at each event. I was watching the Inland Empire broadcast today and was sorely disappointed by the terrible clipping audio and barely visible video clearly from an interlaced analog source. There are many events that are putting out HD streams with solid audio, there is no reason this equipment should not be standardized for all events worldwide to ensure a minimum baseline standard. Events that have better AV resources and wish to include commentary, interviews, etc can push the production quality bar as high as they can, but we need to ensure that every event has something that's worth watching. |
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Week #2:
REGIONALS Greater Toronto Central Regional (3/6-3/7) Practice 3/5 Live http://new.livestream.com/WatchFIRSTNow/events/3839990 Mexico City Regional (3/6-3/7) ? Arkansas Rock City Regional (3/6-3/7) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/breakaway-3937 (goes Live March 6th) Greater Pittsburgh Regional (3/6-3/7) http://delphielite.com/2015-greater-...urgh-regional/ (goes live March 6th) Central Valley Regional 05-Mar - 08-Mar-2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSBM2cmqn24 DISTRICT EVENTS NE First: Springfield Pioneer Valley Event District (3/6-3/7) - Blue Stream http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_blue North Shore Reading Event District (3/7-3/8) - Red Stream http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_red PNW First: FRC West Valley District (3/5 - 3/7) - Red Stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-red FRC Glacier Peak District (3/6 -3/8) - Blue Stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-blue FIRST in Michigan FIM District - Kettering Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan2 FIM District - Kentwood Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan3 FIM District - Waterford Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan Mid-Atlantic Robotics MAR District Event - Mt. Olive Event (3/6 -3/8) Thanks Jscout11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1goJRR5WLc (Saturday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Q7H-W77zs (Sunday) Week 2.5 Israel Regional (3/10 -3/12) |
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Some notes to inform your complaints:
FIRST used to have pretty strict standards for AV at events. So much so that they had a national contract with an AV company to produce each event. AV costs for an event could be in the neighborhood of $50k - $75k, depending on the venue. And that was in several years ago dollars. This could be a significant contributor to a regional's budget. Many regional events are held at large contracted venues. Absolutely nothing is cheap at these places, including internet. Renting a low bandwidth internet drop can often cost several hundred dollars. A higher bandwidth drop can cost a $1k or more. Yes this is highway robbery. Welcome to the world of expo centers. At some venues, this could probably be mitigated by short-term 4G rentals. Of course 4G reception is also horrendous at some venues. Webcaster actually used to be a volunteer position. I don't know if it still is since I haven't gone through VIMs recently. In case you're not familiar with regional organization, each regional is run by a Regional Director, often backed by a Regional Planning Committee. Neither the RD nor the RPC is necessarily affliated with HQ. So many regionals are fairly independent and they all handle their own fundraising and budgeting. So it's not like HQ can easily declare they're going to do something at all the regionals and it just happens. It has to filter through each regional's planning and budgeting process. In summary, it comes down to dollars. High-end AV and internet for a webcast are expensive. HQ mandating such for every event is probably going to cause funding issues at some events, and HQ can't actually just step in and do it all themselves. Thus the current hodgepodge of solutions. About the best you could do is HQ arranging something with Twitch so that atleast there's a central location for regionals to stream to if they wanted. I suspect even then you're still going to have regionals that go with their own home-rolled solution they've been running for several years. |
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Anyone else having problems with GTRC today?
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Pitt webcast on TBA plays a VOD of yesterday's stream. Live link for today is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5-i-mb2GHQ#t=4986
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Frustrating...no webcast as of yet.
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I hope someone plugs in the camera very soon. :)
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GTRC just went live
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I know they're on lunch break, but it looks like GTRC crashed again.
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Anyone know why the video from Central Valley is jumpy (comes in bursts, not smooth)? I've tried everything, setting-wise, and it's the same on GameDay and YouTube. Very hard to watch.
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Anyone know if there is a live feed from CVR today? I can't seem to find it; TBA has only recorded video from yesterday and the day before.
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Thanks! :)
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REGIONALS Greater Toronto Central Regional (3/6-3/7) Practice 3/5 Live http://new.livestream.com/WatchFIRSTNow/events/3839990 Mexico City Regional (3/6-3/7) ? Arkansas Rock City Regional (3/6-3/7) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/breakaway-3937 (goes Live March 6th) Greater Pittsburgh Regional (3/6-3/7) TRy this Saturday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5-i-mb2GHQ#t=4986 http://delphielite.com/2015-greater-...urgh-regional/ (goes live March 6th) Central Valley Regional 05-Mar - 08-Mar-2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSBM2cmqn24 (Saturday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9rAPqi149A (Sunday) DISTRICT EVENTS NE First: Springfield Pioneer Valley Event District (3/6-3/7) - Blue Stream http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_blue North Shore Reading Event District (3/7-3/8) - Red Stream http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_red PNW First: FRC West Valley District (3/5 - 3/7) - Red Stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-red FRC Glacier Peak District (3/6 -3/8) - Blue Stream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pnwfirst-blue FIRST in Michigan FIM District - Kettering Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan2 FIM District - Kentwood Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan3 FIM District - Waterford Event (3/5 - 3/7) http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan Mid-Atlantic Robotics MAR District Event - Mt. Olive Event (3/6 -3/8) Thanks Jscout11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1goJRR5WLc (Saturday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Q7H-W77zs (Sunday) Week 2.5 Israel Regional (3/10 -3/12) http://www.firstisrael.org.il/frc/page.asp?page=3545 Note: Updated Central Valley Sunday & Israelie |
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Broadcast FRC This is about as cheap as you can get. It's based off the way the Enginerds have been doing the FiM broadcasts. Boils down to a laptop, gopro, and tall pole. Total cost is under $1000 to have the score overlay, audio, and everything. Here is an example of the stream. This was also used for the audience display as well at the event. This setup is intended for team use. We use the same setup to webcast FLL and VEX events. I would expect a regional or district to be able to spend a little more money, but if they can't this will work just fine. Internet at regional venues is the worst part. For Lone Star last year I used a Clear hotspot, that I had lying around and just paid the $50 for the month of up time. |
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I won't go into the video feed because of how complex/expensive it is, but internet is an easy one. Since we are in a district system most of our venues are high schools where we are given permission to hardwire ourselves to the internet. This is obviously not possible for most regionals however. This means you will need to go with a system similar to what Allen linked. Clint and Allen have proven, with that guide, that teams can achieve cheap, effective live streams if they believe that it is worth it. The best part is that the team will have instant access to good match videos. |
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For the MAR webcasts and in-venue video production this year, MAR purchased and assembled some new video equipment totaling around $6k when all is said and done. Unlike the PNW A/V crew, we don't have a dedicated group of volunteers to man this equipment so we have 3 static shots operated at the video switch by 1 operator to minimize volunteer requirements. This cuts down on overall production value, but allows us to use our limited volunteer resources better to suit the teams at the event in other roles while still providing a usable webcast. We're still working on improving a few things with our process, but overall the feedback has been positive.
I started putting together a whitepaper/user manual for the system before the events started, but ran out of time. I'll finish it up some time after 7 weeks of events and post it up here on ChiefDelphi. By no means do I expect individual teams to purchase such a system as it was built to handle some of our video needs at the events as well as stream to the internet. Video production rack under construction: ![]() |
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REGIONALS Week 2.5 Israel Regional (3/10 -3/12) http://www.firstisrael.org.il/frc/page.asp?page=3545 Australia Regional https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkd...sXlNda69U0g3VA (Thanks SteveGarward) Greater Toronto East Regional http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1...events/3856135 Los Angeles Regional http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-la-regional Orlando Regional http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/ Greater Kansas City Regional http://www.twitch.tv/gkcregional01 Alamo Regional http://alamo-first.org/node/142 (Thanks Mr Forbes) Utah Regional http://www.utfrc.utah.edu/live New York City Regional http://www.nycfirst.org/nycfirst-eve...-live-coverage DISTRICT EVENTS NE First: UMass - Dartmouth http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_blue Pine Tree Event http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_red IN District: Kokomo City of Firsts http://new.livestream.com/FIRSTRobotics FIRST in Michigan: Woodhaven Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan1 Gull Lake Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan3 Traverse City Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan2 Mid-Atlantic Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kJQNN7uMuc (FRI) (Thanks Kristian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbS_lSxGBg (SAT) PNW First (Thanks Metonym) Mt. Vernon http://ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-blue Wilsonville http://ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-red |
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Mt. Vernon - ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-blue Wilsonville - ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-red blue stream = best stream |
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Anyone have the Australia stream?
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The 1318 students (and Nikki in particular) are the most active on these forums and certainly put a lot of effort in, but it's really the dedicated effort of a few individuals across several teams which drive the production. Nikki, Spencer and Griffin from 1318, Trevor from 2910, Jansen and Kelly from 2046, Alec, Cooper and Maryam from 1983 and many many others are the heart of the effort. |
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Looks like the Utah stream has been banned. Anyone know when it will b fixed?
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"This video contains content from SME. It is not available in your country" I sent message to their facebook page |
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-...-regional-2014 2012 and 2013 was http://www.ustream.tv/channel/first-la-regional-2012 |
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REGIONALS Week 2.5 Israel Regional (3/10 -3/12) http://www.firstisrael.org.il/frc/page.asp?page=3545 Australia Regional https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkd...sXlNda69U0g3VA (Thanks SteveGarward) Greater Toronto East Regional http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1...events/3856135 Los Angeles Regional https://new.livestream.com/accounts/...events/3881043 Orlando Regional http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/ Greater Kansas City Regional http://www.twitch.tv/gkcregional01 Alamo Regional http://alamo-first.org/node/142 (Thanks Mr Forbes) Utah Regional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMj0CjvQIaY#t=959 New York City Regional http://www.nycfirst.org/nycfirst-eve...-live-coverage DISTRICT EVENTS NE First: UMass - Dartmouth http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_blue Pine Tree Event http://www.twitch.tv/nefirst_red IN District: Kokomo City of Firsts http://new.livestream.com/FIRSTRobotics FIRST in Michigan: Woodhaven Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan1 Gull Lake Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan3 Traverse City Event http://www.twitch.tv/firstinmichigan2 Mid-Atlantic Robotics Springside Chestnut Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kJQNN7uMuc (FRI) (Thanks Kristian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDbS_lSxGBg (SAT) PNW First (Thanks Metonym) Mt. Vernon http://ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-blue Wilsonville http://ustream.tv/channel/PNWFIRST-red * Updated LA regional and Utah |
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Does anybody have a contact point with Utah's stream?
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