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MLB releases MLB.TV apps for OSX and Windows 8
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rembrat said:
Guessing that they're moving away from Flash like the rest of the web. So no web plugin. Better streaming control. The ability to offer extras like stat overlays, etc. Should provide a lot more stability.
Yazdog8 said:
But the point of moving away from Flash is platform independence via HTML 5, so that you get universal support across OSes and devices. This is actually a step backward in that regard.
rembrat said:
I suspect the gains have more to do with reliability than performance, most likely. NexDef was a tire fire. Possibly also battery life.
But, depending on implementation, this may also make it possible for them to make it trickier to defeat the blackouts. Probably not impossible, but more difficult.
Mac version — marked Beta — is pretty rough so far, but it works.
edit: by rough, I mean that the interface for controlling and selecting videos lacks polish, including any interface for playing radio broadcasts. The video actually plays silkily smooth on my elderly Macbook, and — most impressive — jumping around in time seems very quick in my early experiments.
edit: by rough, I mean that the interface for controlling and selecting videos lacks polish, including any interface for playing radio broadcasts. The video actually plays silkily smooth on my elderly Macbook, and — most impressive — jumping around in time seems very quick in my early experiments.
I'm damned if I can find the app to download.
Following the link in the first post, I reach the Windows store, but I can't find an MLB.TV app.
Can anybody point a technical numbnut to working source?
Following the link in the first post, I reach the Windows store, but I can't find an MLB.TV app.
Can anybody point a technical numbnut to working source?
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/mlb-tv/888ACEA5-1770-4415-881C-0DD655BD0912daveuk said:
It requires windows 8
Flash itself is buggy, and you have to write a javascript interface in order for the browser to interact with Flash. It's a development pain. If the browser reloads you have to re-start the whole app, and then connect to the stream, etc.SumnerH said:
If you want better control of the stream, and the data you can provide its really not. They're already writing an iOS app and an android app. What's two more if it offers greater control over the experience you're delivering?
Yazdog8 said:
Reread the first half of my sentence. I'm not arguing against moving away from Flash, but it'd be nice if they went with HTML5 so that it would work on platforms they don't explicitly choose to write an app for. Flash sucks and is buggy, but at least it runs on my media player and my Linux desktop even if they're too small a market share for MLB to bother targeting them specifically. Switching to HTML5 would be an upgrade and expand the list of supported platforms. This is a step back in that regard.
There are other reasons for them to prefer an app, though the major ones from their perspective are user-hostile (make it harder to use proxies to work around geographical restrictions, DRM enforcement, control what devices you can and can't play things on).
Hey guys, could use some help. Just downloaded the app after purchasing a year of MLB.tv. However, whenever I try to pick a game I get "You are not authorized to watch this feed"
I can watch the games through my browser just fine, FWIW. Using the Mac app.
I can watch the games through my browser just fine, FWIW. Using the Mac app.
I've been using the OS X app and it's pretty nice. Very minimalist interface, just sits in the menu bar with a drop down that lets you select a game and stream. When you play a game, you get a video screen with no annoying frills. Haven't had any streaming problems or anything.
Only issue I've had is that sometimes upon starting it crashes and I have to reload it. But reloading has always fixed it, and it takes only a couple seconds to restart, so not a big problem.
edit: unless you mean the regular/premium issue, not the app, in which case I have no useful info to add.
Only issue I've had is that sometimes upon starting it crashes and I have to reload it. But reloading has always fixed it, and it takes only a couple seconds to restart, so not a big problem.
edit: unless you mean the regular/premium issue, not the app, in which case I have no useful info to add.