A quick information about my tries to get afreeca streams running. I am located at Germany.
1. I signed up as a foreigner (with the help of starting post that was np). 2. I tried to watch some broodwarstreams (they all are between 800 and 2000k) 3. After starting streams several times, error messages and blackscreens stopped and i was able to watch the stream. The problem was that they buffer way more than they acutally run (15 second buffer, 2 second stream, .....). 4. My first attempt was around 3 pm middeleuropean time (Korean Primetime) so i tried at 11.30pm. Same problem.
5. So i talked to bgvrtb who runs an afreeca-restream channel on twich. His stream is very fluid, with not a single buffer as far as i have seen. He's aswell located in europe and said that he didnt use any tricks or special options and even has no extraordinary good internet connection. His opinion is that since the connection between afreeca and foreigners isn't p2p based, it all comes down to wether your isp harmonises with the korean servers or not.
6. I then bought myself an account on a vpn server offering site, to try wether other locations would have a better connection. I tried all european countries, Israel, United Emirates, India, Korea, Japan, China, Hongkong, Vietnam, Singapur, Malaysia. No succes. Chosing the Korean VPNserver lowered the buffertimes, but still unenjoyable.
I hope someone else finds a way which actually works.
Finally got this shit done. The audio is a little wonky, but I think it should be ok for now .. I won't be making the same mistake in the future. But right now I'm too tired to rerecord the whole thing again so please bear with this for now
http://www.livestream.com/modesty/video?clipId=pla_516de813-452f-4542-a24c-9992b4c05f77 (Cola up to 1:45:00 or so) http://www.twitch.tv/akskdsl/b/334403793 (Eagle 9:45-23:00 or so)
I would like to thank Sawamura for making the LR Thread, Modesty00 for streaming, and everyone else who watched and participated Apparently, at least several ppl have voiced some concern about the aspect ratio which I record/upload the VODs to Youtube. Sonic's stream is automatically set to 16: 9, but can be toggled to 4:3. I had simply assumed 16: 9 was the correct aspect ratio by default, but there is some argument about it.
I recorded a small test VOD where it toggles between the 16: 9 and 4:3 over a minute or so. You can view it here.
For the sake of consistency, I won't be changing the aspect ratio for the rest of the Ro32, but I'll consider it for the Ro16 and onwards. What will it be guys? 16: 9 or 4:3?
And finally, tonight is the story of the Second Chance!
In both Groups E and F, Hint and Ondol were undoubtedly the weakest of each group, and failed to net any wins each. However, by divine intervention or what not, both have been given a second chance to advance from the Ro32 that they otherwise would have not had.
It's undeniable that Sexy and KangTaeWan are the heavy favorites against their respective opponents. But, with more than a week's worth of preparation and the motivation fueled from gaining that lucky second chance, anything can happen! Tonight, 9PM KST, Groups E and F Final Match!!
On October 05 2012 14:55 ArvickHero wrote: Finally got this shit done. The audio is a little wonky, but I think it should be ok for now .. I won't be making the same mistake in the future. But right now I'm too tired to rerecord the whole thing again so please bear with this for now
http://www.livestream.com/modesty/video?clipId=pla_516de813-452f-4542-a24c-9992b4c05f77 (Cola up to 1:45:00 or so) http://www.twitch.tv/akskdsl/b/334403793 (Eagle 9:45-23:00 or so)
Apparently, at least several ppl have voiced some concern about the aspect ratio which I record/upload the VODs to Youtube. Sonic's stream is automatically set to 16: 9, but can be toggled to 4:3. I had simply assumed 16: 9 was the correct aspect ratio by default, but there is some argument about it.
I recorded a small test VOD where it toggles between the 16: 9 and 4:3 over a minute or so. You can view it here.
For the sake of consistency, I won't be changing the aspect ratio for the rest of the Ro32, but I'll consider it for the Ro16 and onwards. What will it be guys? 16: 9 or 4:3?
And finally, tonight is the story of the Second Chance!
In both Groups E and F, Hint and Ondol were undoubtedly the weakest of each group, and failed to net any wins each. However, by divine intervention or what not, both have been given a second chance to advance from the Ro32 that they otherwise would have not had.
It's undeniable that Sexy and KangTaeWan are the heavy favorites against their respective opponents. But, with more than a week's worth of preparation and the motivation fueled from gaining that lucky second chance, anything can happen! Tonight, 9PM KST, Groups E and F Final Match!!
I voted 16 because I'm actually fairly accustomed to playing with that aspect ratio (had a widescreen laptop for awhile), but I'm also used to *watching* games in 3:4. Either way, just wanted to say thanks again for all your work in getting this available to us. As someone who can't stream Afreeca (I'm at work when the games are on), having the games uploaded to YouTube is a godsend.
On October 05 2012 15:34 Funnytoss wrote: I voted 16 because I'm actually fairly accustomed to playing with that aspect ratio (had a widescreen laptop for awhile)
To clarify, you were probably playing with a stretched image. The 16 format used by sonic is created using a hack to expand the viewable area. The latter is desirable, the former isn't.
..honestly not too happy with it, thought I'd have more time to make it better during the hiatus but I'll be too busy starting tomorrow. I don't think it deserves a thread but if anyone can think of a place to put this (op?), feel free to do so.
omg, why are people voting 16 : 9. Upload it in the correct aspect ratio please, which is 4:3. It is obviously stretched. I know he is using resolution hack, but it is still 4:3. If people want to have stretch bw they can download the VOD and stretch it themselves. I thought it was because you didn't know how, so I've been dling them and making them 4:3 myself.
Why would you watch something in the incorrect aspect ratio... that makes no sense. Everything just looks fatter / shorter. If you're worried about your TV getting scan lines, they your TV is probably high tech enough to stetch the video for you.
I agree, Chef. I did manage to stream some of Sonic's re-broadcast of the previous group last night before being forced to stream the FP view, but I decided to stream it at 4;3. I'd rather have it at 4;3 with a kinda-weird webcam of the Sonic broadcaster than weird and stretched.
Groups E and F will def not be up by tonigh unfortunately ,sorry .. It has been incredibly frustrating trying to record some of these games. Especially KTW vs Ondol + Show Spoiler +
game 4
, it seems almost impossible to get the games w/o some lag :/
I don't think I'll be waking up in time for tonights games either .. I'm very tired lol. Tonight is the ex-KT/Flash-Pro vs the amateur who destroyed him, and an amateur vs amateur fight lol, which is rare considering how many expros there have been.
Hope there are GGs! I'll resume work on the VODs when I wake up lol
On September 30 2012 16:48 Stratos wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMW5pWYqQs ..honestly not too happy with it, thought I'd have more time to make it better during the hiatus but I'll be too busy starting tomorrow. I don't think it deserves a thread but if anyone can think of a place to put this (op?), feel free to do so.
VODS This took much longer than expected, but it's finally done. VODs for Groups E, F, G and H. Trying to record all of this was .. rather stressful, due to buffering, but I got it down to a minimum sorta. Too many epic games made this hard to record lol, great series means more work for me ;P hahah
Thank you to Sawamura for making the LR threads, and to Modesty, Cedstick and bgvrtb for live streaming. Thanks to all those who watch and participate in chat and LR, it really makes it enjoyable. And of course, thank you to Epoxide for keeping Liquipedia up to date. You guys are great SOSPA PROLEAGUE Now, SSL goes on break until this Friday, but don't let that get you down .. We've got SOSPA Proleague Exhibition matches this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!
How the hell is this gonna work? I DUNNO :D This is what I'm guessing:
Probably similar format to before, where it's 5v5 or 6v6 Allkill format with an ACE card.
Will probably include some form of stake, last time it was 5000 Balloons (500k Won) bet match.
Most likely 9PM KST
Details will probably be announced only 8-12 hours prior to the event, so keep an eye on the calender.
Now, considering how I have school now and how time consuming SSL has been, I have decided that I will not obligate myself to record these matches, nor wake up for them. This is for the sake of my own sanity and energy .. However, I will translate details when they come up, and I will submit it to the calender.
If someone presents me satisfactory recordings (minimal buffering, no overlays, complete VOD), I will take time to organize and upload them to Youtube. But I will not go out of my way to stream the games myself for recording purposes.
Should be sick SSL Ro16 Finally, the Offline Ro16 Groups were made. They areeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:
A : Pusan, Icarus, Larva, Soma
B : Mong, Perfectman, Shinee, Saber
C : Killer, Hiya, Hint, KTW
D : Cola, Sky, Ample, Koala
The map order is Neo Jade, Neo Electric Circuit, and New Sniper Ridge. Bo3.
This may raise a few questions and confusion. What about Bo5? What about Wind and Cloud? Well .. I dunno either. Sonic is very vague on the details, and I have no idea how this is gonna work. Hell, I'm not even sure about the format .. I think its Dual tournament styled format again. We'll find out more concrete details by Friday at the very latest. POLL Finally, just to repost this Poll because we still have a ways away from the Ro16. Vote on how the Ro16 onwards will be recorded! A test example VOD here.
On October 07 2012 10:53 ArvickHero wrote: VODS This took much longer than expected, but it's finally done. VODs for Groups E, F, G and H. Trying to record all of this was .. rather stressful, due to buffering, but I got it down to a minimum sorta. Too many epic games made this hard to record lol, great series means more work for me ;P hahah
Thank you to Sawamura for making the LR threads, and to Modesty, Cedstick and bgvrtb for live streaming. Thanks to all those who watch and participate in chat and LR, it really makes it enjoyable. And of course, thank you to Epoxide for keeping Liquipedia up to date. You guys are great SOSPA PROLEAGUE Now, SSL goes on break until this Friday, but don't let that get you down .. We've got SOSPA Proleague Exhibition matches this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!
How the hell is this gonna work? I DUNNO :D This is what I'm guessing:
Probably similar format to before, where it's 5v5 or 6v6 Allkill format with an ACE card.
Will probably include some form of stake, last time it was 5000 Balloons (500k Won) bet match.
Most likely 9PM KST
Details will probably be announced only 8-12 hours prior to the event, so keep an eye on the calender.
Now, considering how I have school now and how time consuming SSL has been, I have decided that I will not obligate myself to record these matches, nor wake up for them. This is for the sake of my own sanity and energy .. However, I will translate details when they come up, and I will submit it to the calender.
If someone presents me satisfactory recordings (minimal buffering, no overlays, complete VOD), I will take time to organize and upload them to Youtube. But I will not go out of my way to stream the games myself for recording purposes.
Should be sick SSL Ro16 Finally, the Offline Ro16 Groups were made. They areeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:
A : Pusan, Icarus, Larva, Soma
B : Mong, Perfectman, Shinee, Saber
C : Killer, Hiya, Hint, KTW
D : Cola, Sky, Ample, Koala
The map order is Neo Jade, Neo Electric Circuit, and New Sniper Ridge. Bo3.
This may raise a few questions and confusion. What about Bo5? What about Wind and Cloud? Well .. I dunno either. Sonic is very vague on the details, and I have no idea how this is gonna work. Hell, I'm not even sure about the format .. I think its Dual tournament styled format again. We'll find out more concrete details by Friday at the very latest. POLL Finally, just to repost this Poll because we still have a ways away from the Ro16. Vote on how the Ro16 onwards will be recorded! A test example VOD here.
On October 07 2012 17:00 Sinedd wrote: big shame that you aint gonna stream the ro16 and the PL ;((
I HOPE that someone will.. we cant miss such an awesome matches
Dude, whatch your words... Shame is not lite word, specially if you mean it, which i think is not the case here but still. He done so much work that even if he vanish for 10 days wont be that bad... Also there are others streamers around here, Bgvrt, Sniper, zergjesus?, maybe kjw, Me, Cedstick and probably more. And i think he (avrickhero) is doing already too much work for a single person. uploading vods to youtube is luxury that take your time and actually is not even nessecery.. You can always go to stream page and watch and download if you want.. We all not only 3-4 people should say I LOVE YOU arvickhero/sawamura/bgvrt/sniper/kjw for all the info/threads/streams. Streaming most of the day/making big treads with info/updating/being home at bad hours and stream sacrificing ourself just for you guys to be happy and when u log in to see good games served to you...
Thank you to Sawamura for making the LR threads, and to Modesty, Cedstick and bgvrtb for live streaming.
Nobody except you and ourselfs thanks us... That's a shame. Anyway i am mostly free this week so i will stream, but keep in mind i stream only fpv, zerg fpv if possible.
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