On August 21 2010 07:36 oppositional wrote: OK cool I've figured out how to download the streams from esl tv somewhat reliably! It's a easy if somewhat clunky method.
Follow the instructions and it will let you download the video from the ESL website to a file on your computer. If the download breaks, or you want to download faster, you can just skip the video on the ESL website forward to the point you require, and replay media catcher will download it from the point you selected. When the video is finally downloaded, you can watch it without skipping.
If you want to download it really fast, just select multiple starting points in the video and you'll download 5 or so different files each file having a different chunk of the stream.
As far as I can tell the demo version will be fine but because it only downloads 50% of the file for you, you'll have to start the download from the middle position as well as from the start.
edit:Ideally someone could download all the videos this way, splice them together if required then make a torrent of them for all of us to download!
yea when a significant chunk of their viewers are people coming home from work/classes to watch the VODs, you'd think they would put in some effort into the streaming bandwith... Instead people are watching VOD's from people who recorded over the tournament stream with their own livestream and posted the VOD's that way. how fucked up is that?
It's totally messed up and it sounds like it's not the first time, maybe the event organizers signed up to some terrible long term contract that they thought was a good deal back when videos on the internet weren't commonplace or something. I'd be steaming mad if I paid for a high quality stream and got put into the same bandwidth pool as the people streaming for free.
On August 21 2010 06:04 teamsolid wrote: I'm watching G1 of MadFrog vs Tarson and I'm just shocked at how bad his macro is... he regularly floats 1000+ minerals and had a natural expansion up for like 3-4 minutes and didn't saturate it with any drones... but isn't doing an all-in play either.
I really think MadFrog should race switch to Terran or Protoss, where good 1-base aggression can actually win you games as long as you control it well, and he definitely has superb micro from his War3 background. Zerg really needs excellent macro to shine, so he really has a lot to work on if he wants to stick with them.
On August 21 2010 02:39 TheLight wrote: Day 2 VODS are on http://tv.esl.eu/de/vod/ but they're extremely slow and low quality, even for those who paid for premium to get SD.
Yes I am having a lot of trouble getting the (free) stream to load, does anyone know if there is another place I can watch these? Like a Livestream VOD or YT up?
Edit: yo check this out, ScienceRob streamed the ESL stream live and now his Livestream has VODs up:
(I think between these two VODs, ScienceRob has the entire broadcast up? Was the 4th quarterfinal not casted?)
Thanks for the links. However, is anyone having a problem where ScienceRob's videos freeze up periodically? It seems to happen every 10-15 minutes and can only be remedied by manually seeking forward. I'm just wondering if it's something on my end or not.
On August 21 2010 06:08 Killmour wrote: The Artosis v Morrow replays are just obnoxious. The SCV push with all the drop ships in the first game is just stupid to watch. Also the spam bunkering is just retarded, How can he lose so many bunkers and it doesn't even matter.
I love how in the second game it's even stupider, 5 bunkers at the bottom of the ramp because they have zero cost. Hero nydus does nothing because morrow just salvages all the bunkers the second he hears it, totally unbelievable. The drop ship micro just totally rapes the banelings too, just ugh.
haha i was actually laughing a lot while watching these replays.
For the record, i am a zerg player, but morrows playstyle is just so entertaining to watch.
Plus this will induce even more delicious nerd-tears from Artosis. Splendid.
On August 21 2010 02:39 TheLight wrote: Day 2 VODS are on http://tv.esl.eu/de/vod/ but they're extremely slow and low quality, even for those who paid for premium to get SD.
Yes I am having a lot of trouble getting the (free) stream to load, does anyone know if there is another place I can watch these? Like a Livestream VOD or YT up?
Edit: yo check this out, ScienceRob streamed the ESL stream live and now his Livestream has VODs up:
(I think between these two VODs, ScienceRob has the entire broadcast up? Was the 4th quarterfinal not casted?)
Thanks for the links. However, is anyone having a problem where ScienceRob's videos freeze up periodically? It seems to happen every 10-15 minutes and can only be remedied by manually seeking forward. I'm just wondering if it's something on my end or not.
On August 21 2010 06:08 Killmour wrote: The Artosis v Morrow replays are just obnoxious. The SCV push with all the drop ships in the first game is just stupid to watch. Also the spam bunkering is just retarded, How can he lose so many bunkers and it doesn't even matter.
I love how in the second game it's even stupider, 5 bunkers at the bottom of the ramp because they have zero cost. Hero nydus does nothing because morrow just salvages all the bunkers the second he hears it, totally unbelievable. The drop ship micro just totally rapes the banelings too, just ugh.
can we get a mod to clean up the spoilers? This thread is perhaps the only way for people to get replays/vods without getting anything spoiled since the ESL website is crazy.
can we get a mod to clean up the spoilers? This thread is perhaps the only way for people to get replays/vods without getting anything spoiled since the ESL website is crazy.
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