Heat Charity Live Thread - Page 6

giorgio

Poland32 Posts

February 04 2012 16:08 GMT

#101

Sorry, but this event is a joke. U want to charity some foundation with money from stream adds, when stream is lagging or without sound ? U should prepare everything 2 days before main event and test it. I want to tune in, but i need to forgive this event. Better would be if i donate directly one foundation than watching this stream without sound...

frozenrb

Poland389 Posts

February 04 2012 16:08 GMT

#102

Someone should rescue that stream

Nienordir

98 Posts

February 04 2012 16:08 GMT

#103

On February 05 2012 00:38 BronzElite wrote:
I second the opinion that this does sound exactly like a ground loop ("Brummschleife" is the German buzzword). You can verify this by measuring the frequency of the hum - it should be exactly 50Hz, the frequency of the alternating current in Germany.

If you can, get a trained sound engineer on site, ideally some older guy who has experience with the analog side of things. (As far as I know there is no simple fix to this, as it depends on the connections between the audio equipment, plus the details of the power wiring to each piece of machinery.)

Possibly workaround: filter out the 50Hz hum electronically in the digital sound stream. This will not eliminate it completely, but could make it much more bearable.

Well, there are 2 'easy&dirty' possible fixes for that. =) One is to unplug the power of the computer and plugging it back in upside down, a very cheap try to cancel the hum, but it doesn't always work.

The other option is to physically disconnect the grounding of the audio wire, depending on the plug used, that can be as simply as wrapping a piece of tape around the bottom of the plug or pressing a button on the device. But it can cause a variety of other issue and usually isn't a good idea..

Aside from those last resort options, yeah the only solid way to actually fix it is a professional technican, who knows what he's doing and has the proper tools available to deal with it, but for some reason I doubt they have one available, as they haven't fixed it nor seem to know what's wrong, which seems quite obvious after hearing that they 'unplugged everything', but there's no point in unplugging things (which I assume as 'only audio wires', since the stream wasn't down long enough for a reboot), when you plug all connections back in, in the same way and don't isolate the connection that causes the issue.

Either way it sucks, for the people in the venue, because the waiting was boring and for the people at home, because nothing happens.. :/

Gevna

France2332 Posts

February 04 2012 16:09 GMT

#104

I'm happy to see Tarson back at a good level

theBALLS

Singapore2935 Posts

February 04 2012 16:12 GMT

#105

this is incredibly disappointing.

Especially with charities involved, this cannot happen.

Toth201

Netherlands49 Posts

February 04 2012 16:15 GMT

#106

I hope they at least let a random english caster cast it off-site. I don't really mind the german but i see no reason not to get in an english caster untill the local issues are fixed.

Also: Mori9's stream isn't lagging for me at all.
Edit: It just started lagging for me >.<

Derrida

2885 Posts

February 04 2012 16:18 GMT

#107

I don't understand why they can't get an emergency caster not on site to join games and cast in English while they sort out TB's problem. It's a charity event ffs, anyone would do it.