2009 Championship Webcast

[Jreed129]

Hey CD,

I just wanted to let everyone know that it looks like NASA has everything in place for the webcast of this years championship event. the following url is of the 5 fields and the FTC or FLL field(s)? i'm not sure what the last one is of...

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/

[Vikesrock]

The one labeled DaVinci is FTC. FLL is on Einstein on Thursday and Friday I believe.

[Jreed129]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

The one labeled DaVinci is FTC. FLL is on Einstein on Thursday and Friday I believe.

Thank you for clairifying that it is FTC like I said I was unsure

[A_Reed]

Since when are the seats red? It's about time they changed them to falcon colors.

It's pretty boring so far lol, but I wouldn't mind being there.

One of these years I will make it back, whether it be as a team member or volunteer.

Can't wait for the action to start tomorrow, even though it is only practice day.

[MasterChief1732]

Is the webcast even working right now? I can see they have the fields set up, but every time I try to open the link it just doesnt work.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by MasterChief1732

Is the webcast even working right now? I can see they have the fields set up, but every time I try to open the link it just doesnt work.

I just pulled up Archimedes and it seems to be working fine. Not much to see though, just some people wandering around in the background, probably finishing setup stuff

[Joe Ross]

I lost video from Galileo about 30 seconds into the first practice match, but still get audio). The other fields still seem fine.

Edit: came back about 10 minutes later.

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I lost video from Galileo about 30 seconds into the first practice match, but still get audio). The other fields still seem fine.

Edit: came back about 10 minutes later.

And just in time, too. It came back JUST as my team's first practice was starting.

[Qbranch]

Ok, normally I don't share really off topic things, but I just had a major wow moment. Just for fun, I typed the address for the curie webcast into my HTC touch pro's windows media player url box...

Dude, its playing. Live. I can't believe science and engineering has come this far.

</wowmoment>

-q

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

And just in time, too. It came back JUST as my team's first practice was starting.

On this subject, it there a practice schedule online somwhere? I'd like to watch my team if possible.

[bigbeezy]

i've been watching the FLL and FTC matches its pretty cool seeing the little kids with their robots (FLL).

O and someone stole a puck from a FTC field . lol

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Richard

On this subject, it there a practice schedule online somwhere? I'd like to watch my team if possible.

Not that I found. I just had my team text me our practice times.

[Alivia]

I'm trying to watch the webcast on a Macbook, and I am having troubles watching it. It opens it in the Firefox window, but the display is pretty small and then at times it restarts itself and isn't live anymore.

Last year I was able to pic the "Real Media Player" option but they don't show that this year.

Any help would be REALLY appreciated!

Thanks!

[kfox1731]

I'm watching on a Macbook as well. When I clicked the link to the Curie field, it opened up in safari with a cheeze-it size screen. It was live, though. In order to make sure it works properly, you probably will need flip4mac since it's a Windows Media Stream. If you don't have that plugin yet, you can get it at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...omponents.mspx.

The way I bypassed my browser was by right clicking on "windows media stream" and copying the link. Then, I opened up VLC media player (also free download http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html), went to open network, then pasted the link into the media resource locator (MRL). It opens right up in a window where you can change the window size and what not.

There may be easier ways of doing this, but this was the best I could figure. Now I just need a way to watch this on my iPhone!

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Richard

On this subject, it there a practice schedule online somwhere? I'd like to watch my team if possible.

Here's newton's http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...38&postcount=7