On August 29 2010 14:28 yourDaddy wrote:
octoshape only consumes bandwidth when you have the stream running. when you close the stream the process still runs, but no longer sends or receives data

In it's EULA isn't it stated that Octopshape will consume bandwith even after you close the stream? :o

a_flayer

Netherlands2826 Posts

August 29 2010 08:46 GMT

#22

Octoshape just segfaults for me.

Perkins1752

Germany214 Posts

August 29 2010 08:48 GMT

#23

On August 29 2010 17:39 Piski wrote:

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In it's EULA isn't it stated that Octopshape will consume bandwith even after you close the stream? :o

You can easily prevent this by manually rightclicking the icon in the taskbar and close it.

Dreadwolf

Canada220 Posts

August 29 2010 08:49 GMT

#24

Octoshape would eat too much bandwith for me to use. with 30gig ul/dl i already have to chose what i watch carefuly.

DrBoo

Canada1177 Posts

August 29 2010 08:58 GMT

#25

Octoshape... is the biggest piece of garbage I've ever seen in my life

Trizz

Netherlands1318 Posts

August 29 2010 09:00 GMT

#26

I agree, Octoshape needs to shape up and get better.

Siwa

91 Posts

August 29 2010 09:24 GMT

#27

Octoshape. Beats my livestream and ustream experiences hands down. Thousands upon thousands of viewers, NO LAG.

That for me is the most important thing when watching streams.

And you can setup it to close when not needed, not eating your bandwith after you finish watching.

Piski

Finland3461 Posts

August 29 2010 10:59 GMT

#28

On August 29 2010 17:48 Perkins1752 wrote:

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You can easily prevent this by manually rightclicking the icon in the taskbar and close it.

True. But the argument was that it's only consuming bandwith when the stream is on, which is false. The fact that you can turn it off doesn't change that.
Just wanted to clear that up for the masses who don't really know what octoshape is.

leveller

Sweden1840 Posts

August 29 2010 12:30 GMT

#29

To fair they do state it when promting you to install, that it will consume bandwidth even after you close the stream. So its not like its something they do underhanded. And Im willing to accept that since it was so lag free and good (at least for me), maybe because it runs in the background for a lot of people.

Snowfield

1289 Posts

August 29 2010 12:33 GMT

#30

It's what you could call a Worm. I installed it, but it has literally no contact with the outside world.

SmoKim

Denmark10305 Posts

August 29 2010 12:33 GMT

#31

judging by IEM and now MLG, i will say i fully support octoshape so far, the streams have been 0% lagging for me and with so few hickups that its barely worth complaining about, compared to other streams that seems much more random

but it IS a shame that alot have trouble with getting it to work, hopefully it will be solved over time

Dragonreaper

United States10 Posts

August 29 2010 13:07 GMT

#32

I'm surprised more people are not mad or at least annoyed it's a forced thing. Personally I don't mind sending out my extra bandwidth torrent style if I'm watching a stream and only doing that. I don't like being forced to put that strain on my computer though. Just because I have a stream up doesn't mean I'm devoting my attention to it. Normally when I'm going to get on sc2 the first thing I do is pop up the tl/jtv stream sections and tab a bunch of streams to see if anyone is worth watching over playing myself. I also sometimes listen to tourney streams in the background of gaming. In those situations being forced to use Octoshape is annoying. If it at least gave the option to not use it, or to limit the bandwidth used I wouldn't mind it as much.
I also question it being used by corporate sponsored events, in the mlg case especially. I felt like I had to mute almost as many commercial breaks as content, content that was barely high enough quality to tell what was going on.
I don't know I guess all I'm saying is that if it was jtv/ustream/livestream I'd be more open to it (with being able to control it's bandwidth use) as I'd be more likely to believe it was for the better of the viewership, and not skeptical this is just a ploy to cut mlg streaming costs to the absolute minimum regardless of the quality provided. (Clearly they want to provide the best stream for the least money, I'm just saying I think the low quality of the free stream combined with this and quite a few commercials..seems to far in one direction to me).

ahwala

Germany392 Posts

August 29 2010 13:22 GMT

#33

Never worked for me and I'm not going to try it again.

Erucious

Norway393 Posts

August 29 2010 13:23 GMT

#34

works fine for me, never had issues

Bibzball

France250 Posts

September 02 2010 06:26 GMT

#35

I'm bumping this thread because since yesterday my Antivir is spotting an octoshape dll file as a malware : AppData\Roaming\Octoshape\Octoshape Streaming Services\sua-1002170-0-libOctoshapeClient.dll
Anyone else got this ? Is it dangerous ?
Thanks !

Arnu

Canada96 Posts

September 02 2010 06:32 GMT

#36

It was such a hassle to get the plug-in to watch the iem. Man, i almost went insane. I probably did something wrong a bunch of times seeing as i had to install it about 4-5 times before i could get it to work. Good quality stream though. Was well worth it for the iem games in my opinion.

RoarMan

Canada745 Posts

September 02 2010 07:00 GMT

#37

For those having a problem with Octoshape not working with your default browser, if you go into settings in Octoshape you can change the browser it uses from the "Default Browser" which I think is IE to the "System Default Browser" I believe.

shinwa

Sweden225 Posts

September 02 2010 07:11 GMT

#38

Never had any problems with it.

z00t

Australia976 Posts

September 02 2010 07:12 GMT

#39

Us in the SEA region might have download caps. I'm just worried about Octoshape consuming tons of bandwidth while I'm unawares.

In Firefox, I went to Tools -> Add-ons and disabled Octoshape. Yet for some reason, I am still able to watch Octoshape streams =/.

Do any of you guys know what the deal behind that is? Is Octoshape still running?

Bibzball

France250 Posts

September 02 2010 07:20 GMT

#40

I think while you have the octoshape icon in your taskbar it's still running. Don't know if the disable thing in firefox changes something.
Anyone but me having Antivir spotting sua-1002170-0-libOctoshapeClient.dll as a backdoor malware ?