SPECTACULAR!!! The Dem convention in 100% HD!!!

[Labors of Hercules]

http://gallery1.demconvention.com/#

OMG! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

[doublethink]

1. Nice aint it. n.t.

[Tesha]

46. Interestingly enough, via Comcast cable broadband, that site won't load.

It worked earlier, but it's totally dead now for us via Comcast. How curious!

Luckily, though, we also have a DSL network connection (was
Verizon, now Fairpoint) and that's working well enough.

Tesha

[thunder rising]

2. Fuck them ... You'd think the party of inclusion wouldn't use a server that excludes 1% of their

party. I'm not making the budgeted $500 donation on Thurs ... Fuck 'em

Using Microsofts shitty corporate server blocks Linux. This is a monopolistic practice to make people buy thier shitty virus enabled operating systems.

They can wait till 2012 to get the next donation from me.

[Shakespeare]

4. I really hope you're joking.

Because if you're serious, you should seek help (or at least try a new perspective). Wow.

[thunder rising]

10. I rebuilt 3 servers with Linux saving a outright $1K. donated that money .. and they boiught

a streaming server that excludes me. Thanks

[Shakespeare]

18. Um....okay, then.

You go on with your bad self. I can think of about 3,534 other things to be more outraged about.

[Egnever]

49. WTF build a dual boot box and stop being a tard.

[Renew Deal]

54. You chose to exclude yourself by using Linux.

Sorry, but Linux is at around 1% of the desktop. They can't make everyone happy. And I have to tell you, Silverlight is working very well.

[L. Coyote]

5. Grow up and quit whning. You sound like a concern troll on auto replay already!

If you want to write the code for a HD streaming media player, go right ahead!

Meanwhile, quit bashing the Dems for using available technology all of us are so enjoying!

Thank them for providing what IS POSSIBLE!! Instead of bashing them for not providing what is NOT POSIBLE!
Any frikkin' excuse to bash the Dems needs to e called out as total BULLSHIT! Watch C-Span, FCS!!

[thunder rising]

7. Support the Monopoly ... sounds good.

[L. Coyote]

16. You are changing the subject now! Enjoy the HD stream, I say.

You made your own choice. You decided which OS to use. Now live with the consequences, and enjoy that tiny picture in C-SPAN.

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the FREE downloads that enabled my High Definition LiveStream.

And I'm considering creating HD content to monetize.

[Egnever]

50. like its hard to get a bootleg of windows

you aint much of a tech if you cant swing it.

[Renew Deal]

53. This has to be a joke.

Because if it's not, you need to get a grip. You chose to use Linux knowing full well that it wasn't compatible with many things. Don't blame the DNC for that. Also, if you're swift enough to run a linux desktop, you should be able to install a Windows VM.

[L. Coyote]

3. I pasted up a TECH THREAD for those who have not yet upgraded.

***** LIVE HD from Democratic National Convention. STREAMING full screen!! TECH INFO:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6744764

Most PC users can just click this link and follow the prompts:
http://gallery1.demconvention.com

They even allow you to choose the camera, plus

HD in FULL SREEN mode!!!

[thunder rising]

6. One more time for those on QUALUDES there is no path to success for Linux users.

The server is kicking the request out on the id tag for the OS and Browser. Fuck'em

[librechik]

9. Mozilla users--forget it antd use IE

went right up for me after trying to get Mozilla to behave all afternoon--

Some things never change

[thunder rising]

11. Support the Monopoly ... sounds good.

[Connie_Corleone]

12. Go watch it on TV then and quit shitting all over this thread.

[MadrasT]

15. I'll never understand

why Linux users, who know that by making the decision to exclusively use Linux as their OS, knowing FULL WELL that decision means there is some software they will not be able to run on their precious Linux boxes, will then insist on whining about applications they can't run on their precious Linux boxes.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of using Linux when and where it is appropriate, but... you KNOW when you choose it, you will be excluded.

Just sayin. :shrug:

I :loveya: Linux... but I also :loveya: this HD streaming convention coverage (which I'm watching at work on my Windows PC).

Television is the "mass media" delivery method. This streaming HD over the intertubes is icing on the cake.

[librechik]

22. hey, I'm not happy about it--but this is one case where they have us

by the short n curlies

[L. Coyote]

24. My Mozilla FireFox browser is performing like a champ with this plug-in and player.

[librechik]

33. I am all thumbs with IT--I'm sure it works fine if installed properly

Yay Mozilla!

[erinlough]

23. Sittin here on my 24" imac watching right now.

I downloaded everything I need and I don't have IE on my machine. Download the Foxfire browser. This is the best video I have ever had on this machine.

[Tesha]

51. There's no path for Teletype users either. Nor people with Atwater-Kents.

Look, you made your technology choice and you're running
into one of the downsides of your choice -- suck it up or
*WRITE* a program that pretends to be one of the supported
clients. That's the Linux philosophy, isn't it?

Get on it!

Tesha

[VolcanoJen]

8. With all due respect to Thunder Rising....

... MS Silverlight is f'n AWESOME. :-)

[K Gardner]

14. I just DL'd those plug-ins.. this is great ! What a wonderful link !

[Willo]

13. It really is! Excellent picture

[SheilaT]

17. I just wonder how long it

will take to complete loading. Another five minutes? This is the kind of thing that makes me totally crazy. I clicked on the link, followed the instructions, and for a good five minutes now it's been loading. And I do have DSL.

[SheilaT]

26. Okay, once I closed it and

reopened it finally loaded. I just hope this puff piece on Pelosi really is what's being broadcast right now.

[eshfemme]

19. It's so beautiful on my 19" monitor full screened.

[Tesha]

55. If you *REALLY* want to see something...

...and you have a computer or laptop with a DVI output and
a TV with an HDMI input, hook your computer to the TV with
a DVI-to-HDMI cable and watch at (oh, say) 1080i! Now
*THAT* was sweet!

Using "Picture and Picture", we were watching the Democratic
feed side-by-side with the PBS program and PBS probably
spent 60% of the time with the talking assholes "explaining"
to us rubes what we had just seen. The only disadvantage of
the Democrats' streaming feed was that it was running two
or three minutes behind the "live" PBS feed.

Tesha

[Coexist]

20. Democrats kick elephant man

did you see their lame ass stage?!

[tekisui]

21. It's the best image and sound I have seen on the internet.

Very good!

[Radical Activist]

25. the "details" don't match what's on the screen

and it doesn't tell me what's coming up next or when.
When I click on older videos from earlier in the day its always something different than what I click on.
It keeps skipping because I don't have a very fast connection.

They excluded some of their audience by getting too fancy and are screwing it up. This sucks.

[K Gardner]

27. It's not live? I'm just now getting Pelosi but she's on my TV.

[Radical Activist]

28. Its live and skipping.

I lets you click on speakers from earlier in the day, which I tried to do but it never takes me to the speaker I clicked on. I get someone else.

[L. Coyote]

29. The Dems are streaming LIVE online HERE:

http://gallery1.demconvention.com/#

I pasted up a TECH THREAD for those who have not yet upgraded.

***** LIVE HD from Democratic National Convention. STREAMING full screen!! TECH INFO:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x174840

Most PC users can just click this link and follow the prompts:
http://gallery1.demconvention.com

They even allow you to choose the camera, plus

HD in FULL SREEN mode!!!

[bridgit]

30. The C-Span coverage is really cool, I like it!!

:bounce:

[cyndensco]

35. Only way to watch it!!!!

I wish I was there!!

[bridgit]

38. I watched MSNBC briefly, and seen O'Donnell hawking RNC gibberish...

Fuck MSNBC! They can be on the outside looking in if that's where they think they need to be I suppose. We got better stuff to do and places to be :hi:

[cyndensco]

40. ..

Much better places to be. And able to party right along with them. We GOTTA win this one! :hi:

[bridgit]

41. Most agreed!

:toast:

[Neshanic]

31. This is quite nice! Vista and Silverlight actually are working. Great picture.

[Lucky 13]

32. It's on a BIG delay.

[maximusveritas]

37. Yeah, it's like one speaker behind

I'm watching the MSNBC stream now. Not HD, but still pundit-free.

[cyndensco]

34. They are ROCKING!

"Gonna have a funky, good time." :bounce:

[swishyfeet]

36. Dish Network has a DNC08 HD channel (9445)...

For those serious TV watchers among us.

I don't do SD.

:)

[hellbound-liberal]

39. THIS IS GREAT, LOH! Thanks!

[dpbrown]

42. I meet the requirements (Mac OS 10.4.11 and Safari 3.1.1) and they wouldn't let me view

:shrug:

Elitists!

:hi:

[L. Coyote]

48. And, you installed the Silverlight plug-in and the player helper app???

It only works if you do the installs.

[Tesha]

56. There's something broken in one of their bits of Javascript.

Both of our Macs have the Silverlight and MoveNetworks plug-ins installed
and both are running Safari 3.1.2, but one Mac is a PowerPC running 10.4.11
and the other is an Intel running whatever the latest 10.5 is. The older Mac
gets bounced by one of the Javascript "checkers" while the newer Mac works.

It's a bug in the DNC's Javascript code. :(

Tesha

[L. Coyote]

57. Good to know you can watch it.

There is a contact link at their website. I was surprised, but not really.
I guess I'm just too accustomed to major web sites with no way to e-mail a comment or whatever....

[SeattleVet]

58. I don't think that it's a bug in their checker code....

if I understand correctly, the newest versions of Silverlight will not run on a PowerPC Mac, and a lot of the streaming stuff that's been set up recently requires the newest versions, so anyone with an older Mac is totally screwed. I was locked out of the NBC Olympics streams by the same crap... running a PowerMac G5 with Dual 2.7GHz processors!

That's the danger in trying to use something like this, instead of Flash, Quicktime, or another technology that DOES run on all systems.

[Tesha]

59. MoveNetworks, generally speaking, works just fine on the older Mac.

Silverlight? Hard to say, but the version that downloaded installed fine.
If you have a good test site to prove or disprove its functionality, I'll
give it a try.

Tesha

[SeattleVet]

60. From the Microsoft Silverlight site:

http://www.microsoft.com/Silverlight/resources/install.aspx#sysreq

PowerPC is only supported for Silverlight 1.x; 2.0 will not run properly on the PowerPC.

NBC Olympics required Silverlight 2.0, so all non-Intel Macs were locked out. I am guessing that the DNC version checker is detecting that you can't run 2.0, but their error message doesn't tell you that you can't run it on a PowerPC-based system.

You can also go to the Apple web site, select "Support" and then "Discussions" and search for 'Silverlight' to see all of the problems that people have been having.

[shadowknows69]

43. I'm loving it myself

Kennedy tribute on now.

[high density]

44. It really looks great

Though I did have to fire up IE to watch.

[Life Long Dem]

45. Tell me about it!

When I first started "live" I went full screen, then the camera started to zoom in all over the place!

[helderheid]

47. 1st rec!

[DS1]

52. waaah Microsoft waaah!

:evilgrin:

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