i am only getting 159 kbs

Uh, 125 k stream... that looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad

dl.tv live again, score.

it's a freaking postage stamp it's so small...

Should be good to go today. Oh yeah, GO STEELERS!

What the hell is up with the video size? WMP reports its 180 x 144 and it looks badly compressed...

I was wondering when show 93 was going to pop-up.

why is the resulution and the bitrate of the video all of the sudden cut in half?

it look like crap now.

The live stream screen size is very small??

and yeah Im the first post hehe

Only seem to have 160 kbps here in the UK.
Anyone else?

yahoo im first

video quality right now is only at some 159kb ?

Same on my end, 159K a sec, and the size at 100% is roughly an inch by an inch and a half. Yikes!

anyone else getting a low quality stream

only 159- Tom uk..Postage stamp size..hope u guys are aware :)

I'm only getting 159k Bit Rate instead of the usual 512k.

Whats with the tiny stream size today? Looks like crap.
Please change it back!!

does the feed look like ass for anyone else?

What is up with the feed!?!>!

Crappy guys. Losin you.

Its low quality here in TN to?

;_; the video size is stuck at that low crappy res

(Location: Michigan, Charter Communications)

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Where's my magnifying glass, lol!

Hard to see since its so blurry. Trying to save bandwidth?

Intentsly

What's up with the super small image? Hey fellas, resize it please...well it looks like I'm not the only one.

Jeff

Bad feed, crappy and half the size.

me no likey the 159k stream!

streaming at 159 K here in california. atlease we got audio.but man video looks terrible.

What with the crap video ??? Tiny

......

whats wrong with the resolution???
OMG
this is bad....
lol

159 here too

Hey folks you have a technical problem... the video quality is very very poor... normaly GREAT...but not today.

Oh yeah pixel heaven

I got a tiny screen and 159k. then the screen got bigger... but it's still VERY messed up video. 9 green lines thru the top (about 1/4 screen) the whole picture looks like it's uh... inverted colors. very odd.

I'm with you guys, i'm getting the same small blocky stream. the audio is great but the video is effed up. This is just as bad as the stream going out. it's like a audio podcast now. i can barely make out anything on their computer screen.

Already covered??

quit crying just enjoy the show i want to see just one crier do what they are doing on a regular basis .and be as sucessful . :) have a nice show !!

its like tring to watch the video on a postage stamp.

At this point I might as well wait and download it tomorrow...every time I try to watch it live it sucks...

Please I need to KNOW AHHHHHHH

I see that other people are having the same issue I am having. Mike you are right pixel heaven but not like high res very very very very very very low res. What is wrong?

Cry me a river !!!!!!!!!!

Too Small to view. a waste of time and bandwidth for video this tiny.

Poor Quality Im down watching live im just going to download it

And seeing its only about 50 pixels wide, I'm waiting for the download.

...it's giving me a friggin headache. I hope the download tomorrow looks normal. I love the show but this sux. I hope it's back to normal next Tuesday.

looks like the problems that affected the Cranky Geeks show haven't been resolved.....

To visit his flat mates :-)

If you are going to lower the stream quality - then why show demonstrations and products that no one can see. Makes little sense to me.

Like they said above - might as well wait and download - or maybe it will be low quality too since they are complaining about their bandwidth bill. Oh well.

WOW...The quality sucks ass!!!

I'll be waiting for the download. Asta la vista

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It has decent audio. I wonder what is going on with the video. Oh well I can download later if I want to see anything better. Wondering and comenting on the bad video is not whining most are just wondering what is happening.

Someone needs to start monitoring this remotely, all the time.

ewwwwwwwwwwwww....

There is no reason to keep this going all the time. Geeeeeeez. I'll catch a download at work tommarrow.

So this is what it must be like to watch video on an ipod.

I can't tell, am I watching the Drew Carry show. Or is this an old episode of Pac Man?

I think I can, I think I can - nope I can't see it!

Robert "It looked good as he looks at it on the screen" Should be here!

Bye all!

I give up trying to watch these guys..maybe they should ask Geekbrief or Commandn how to put up a show..I dont care if it free or not.. my daddy always said if ya gonna do sumtin .. do it right..

Love this show, but i'm gone.

What are you showing, my 20" wide is showing a small flickering curser, Oh, wait a minute, it's the show. Backspace, backspace, backspace, now it's 200%, curser. Damn it.

I'll just catch it tommorrow when they get it uploaded. i guess i get back to bf2.
have a nice weekend everyone..

The episode that wasn't...

Honey, I Shrunk the Show! Fe Gods sakes I dunno why!

Barely visible at best and blurry...not bad if I was standing in a downpour outside watching through my windows.

BLECH!@!@!

Intentsly

Is everyone getting a crap feed? I agree with Bob most of this info is on other free feeds who never have tech problems.

Apart from posting the Ep 93 with 2 min before the show...

Not ere mentioning this format change is a bit upsetting...if not an embarrassment to all at the studio...

Intentsly

Neverming, I'll d/l this thing tomorrow. That video stream is just TOO annoying (small and crappy).

It won't help the situation...

Intentsly

CRAP VIDEO AND CONSTANT TECH PROBLEMS. BOO HOO it's free but watching even Crankygeeks have never had a problem.

If the SATA controller is onboard native, it will allow you to boot from it - I have one doing so myself. There is a list of compatible controllers at which ever mfr support site.

Intentsly

DL.TV is free to us so i will not complain too much other then the fact that i relly wanted to see the show. I needed my DL.TV fix.

Pat Rob and the rest of the gang thanks for working so hard for the show. I love it.

Sorry buts it's annoying the problems this show has.
I don't care if it's free, do it right if your gonna do it.

I recommended this show to some friends and they are calling me now and saying what's this crap??

With the tiny screen

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Saw a peek of the crew. Extra bonus.

i know they'll cut it, but i liked seeing everyone mil around there for a second.

re don't start the spam crap
Posted by: Johno
Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:42 PM

Sorry buts it's annoying the problems this show has.
I don't care if it's free, do it right if your gonna do it.

I recommended this show to some friends and they are calling me now and saying what's this crap??

DL.TV is free
Posted by: Jared
Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:42 PM

DL.TV is free to us so i will not complain too much other then the fact that i relly wanted to see the show. I needed my DL.TV fix.

Pat Rob and the rest of the gang thanks for working so hard for the show. I love it.
SATA booting
Posted by: Intentsly
Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:42 PM

If the SATA controller is onboard native, it will allow you to boot from it - I have one doing so myself. There is a list of compatible controllers at which ever mfr support site.

Intentsly
Should be a quick dlownload this week
Posted by: Josh
Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:44 PM

With the tiny screen
crappy live stream
Posted by: crap
Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:47 PM

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Just a nice bowel of fresh milk laced with snail pellets. No more pussy for him !!!!!!!!!!

The "mods" are doing almost as good a job at keeping the spam out as the the video stream is of keeping my eyesite functional

TRY LOOKING UNDER MY TYRES !!!!

if I had a wide screen this show would've been bad.. I still have a normal screen and it was bad.
will the d/l tomorrow be as bad as this (wondering)
i'm thinkin of buying a 19" or 20.1" monitor for my new build - which one wide or norm?
have a great weekend
Don

Ok, look guys- stop whining EVERY WEEK about the download speed- if they could fix it, they would. I've watched this show almost from the beginning, downloading it the next day once it's ready. The big concern I see is- CONTENT. There are many things that would be a good topic for the show other than listening to Robert talk about aspect ratios every week, or doing viewer mail for 15 minutes in a 40 minute show. More interviews? How about some tech walkthroughs? Example- show us how to set up a USB thumbdrive to boot linux as a diagnotstic/ recovery tool... lots of write-ups on that out there. Bring back some of the TECHTV magic that we all want....

Wide screen 20.1" would be better. I like wide screen monitors.

even for gamin?
i've been watchin alot of vid's in that wide screen format on my roommates normal 17" monitor and have wondered if I shouldn't just buy a wide screen for everything..
thanks for answerin
don

Try it out. Visit a friend or a store and check out the monitors. I would stay away from LCDs for fast FPS-style games or movies. Even the low latency LCDs have noticable ghosting. But that's just my opinion/preference. Conversely, I would definitely get a LCD if you use it for long periods of time for non-video related work/play. I work on an LCD all day and game on a CRT. CRTs can kill your eyes if you stare at one all day. And, if you're going to get an LCD, get a wide format one. But again, that's just my opinion/preference.

No one's whining about download speeds. Did you not watch the show? It was the size of a postage stamp and unwatchable. THAT'S what everyone's whining about. We know they can't do much about d/l speeds, but they SHOULD be able to control the size of the stream they provide. If bandwidth restrictions are the cause of the tiny show this week, they might as well not do a live stream.

I love the content of the show, and have watched every show thus far without ever whining, but this is the first I (and apparently everyone else) have seen of this postage stamp-sized show. Content is great, but when you can't see it, it gets annoying.

I agree with BC to some extent. I would like a 60min show though. I would like more of things like on Geek 101 overclocking Graphics cards but i also like the viewer mail. Three shows a week would be great too. I would like some more of the segments from TSS. Maybe you can get Sarah to come work for DL.TV along with Pat and Rob. I know she is on vacation but that would be cool.

I'm sure some form response/explanation to all the dissatisfaction will be promulgated by Pat or Rob up top afore the next Tues show.

I think perhaps its one of a few things:

1. trying to please everyone so the encoding won't take as long
2. trying to save money on bandwidth
3. giving day to day complainers something to complain about (revenge)
4. -oops can't have more than 3 for a few ;)

I also would have to agree with a sentiment on a bit too much info on monitors, aspect ratios, and scaling chips - s'ok to include it but not everyone lives for it. Not many really care about Vista as you do, the price being the first thing to drive people away from it.

You've a bunch of PC hardware-hacking-Multi OS using-Do it yourselfer-Gamer-modder-programmer-freaks for viewers.

I mean is this all about music/video drm and playback? I hope not!

Intentsly

Just as it started a thunderstorm knocked out our power.
That's Florida for you.
Someday I will get to watch live.
Forum:http://rockridgefarm.com/forum

Why are you guys so inconsistent with the release dates? I had a serious Robert and Patrick jones going on tonight and I can't even get the audio version of the show. If the video isn't ready, I understand but can't you at least release the audio only format on a regular basis. Come on guys, even geeks appreciate consistency. Let's get it together, people count on this shiznit.

I agree with Intensly, I am very into PC hardware, I am a Do-it-Yourselfer, and a gamer and now learning about modding with this new build and I guess I am a bit of a freak for my elder age still, I live to remain young by playing with my toy'z
don

Patrick...Robert...

On the new site, please make the way the show is delivered (live stream, encoding, download) VERY PLAIN AND CLEAR.

Great show!

Streaming was perfect (384KB/sec +/-), good vid and sound quality - I don't understand all the complaints. Love the show. Keep up the good work.

Goodnight everyone..
don

Hi Guys,
I'm turning off rant mode (yay!)

From what I did see of the show,
it was great and had some interesting items
that I probably would not have been exposed to
had I not watched the show. :)

There must be many PSP'ers!
I've not had a handheld game since my Space Invaders
game back in the early 80's.

Once the PC became an addiction, I played games exclusively on the PC.

Things like: Mine Sweeper, Tetris, Breakout (variations), early RPG games King's Quest etc and then mostly arcade shooters. (the old vector graphic BattleZone rocked!)

Handhelds just don't do it for me, I think its the keypad interface thats got me turned off to them.
Console controllers are the same kind of turn off.

I'll admit I did have an ATARI console and really liked it (tho I think back now and its graphics sucked ..a lot). A 2 button controller is nothing, when compared to todays standards.

The PC Keyboard (with a fully justfiable Caps Lock key hee hee) can have so many "unique" functions, where as a button laden console controller requires numerous combinations that must be pressed.

Console FPS games just aren't the same and very difficult for precise sniping etc..

If ANY console game system came with a keyboard and mouse (that interacted with its games ;P), they'd never keep them in stock!

Think of the huge number of finger injuries caused by repetitive stress that could be reduced!
(tho the keyboard/mouse isn't ..that much better lol)

I just don't understand why they don't do it.

Intentsly

START POSTING THE UNEDITED .ASF FILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHOW.

START POSTING THE UNEDITED .ASF FILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHOW.

I would really like it if I could watch thursdays show on friday but it is never here on the east coast before 3:00 pm est. I watch at lunch timeand its a bummer to keep goin to it on friday and it not showing up... minor complaint I guess but I hate to wait till monday

After not being able to watch the show live or not being able to download the show for 2 weeks (thanks Knology), I didn't care that it was a poor quality just as long as I got to watch

Let's just accept the fact that live feeds are disturbingly "unstable"... Just download the show!!!

this is typical ECA nonsense, ridiculous use of punctuation, stupid allcaps emphasis, and a general lack of knowledge

And you want to Pay MS for the use of the broadcast code??

GO for it, you can pay it personally.
Just caus ethey can encode this format, dont mean they have a broadcast licence for it.
So, go stick you finger in your ear, and play with the butterflies.

Forget about being the first person to comment. I want to be the last person to comment!

Still waiting no download available, not even an update. Inconsistent as usual(haha, consistently being inconsistent) Typical of DL.TV, I really wish they would put a set time for the downloads to be available. If its difficult to encode the video by the next day then make it available for 2 days later say at noon or something.

What the hell are you on about broadcast code, you are talking out of your rectum.

You dont have to pay Microsoft or licence anything, anyone can create a video wether its a podcast or a movie of you playing a game and encode it to WMV and post it wherever they choose.

Seriously, get a clue before you start looking like a complete eejit.

here here LJT,also put downloads as they become available not all at once

The problem i have with all of this is having to refresh the page all day to see if the download is available. if i knew what time it could become available i wouldnt have a problem at all, but having to keep an eye on it all day cause the time frame seems to be somewhere in a 24 hour period, its just rediculous.

Just post a notice saying videos will be posted as they are rendered so they don't bitch about how their format is not there and let us download whatever you have done. Personally I don't care what format you give me.

post any version !! I'm tired of waiting and hitting f5

Enable to implemet ASF within an application, you need to pay the licensing fees for it's use.

Some components will not be allowed for use within a programming IDE environment unless you acquire a license of some form for their use.

Virtual dub is one other example of this. Many people wanted to be able to use ASF within virtual dub but when you go to try to open an ASF file up, a dialog pops up saying that ASF couldn't be implemented because of licensing issues

Hey you guys , are there tips or sites where i can find any hacks for my 2 ds lites, to make them play movies or surf the web ala psp??

Well hmm, the last downlod of Crankygeeks was pretty small too. Maybe it's a budget cut. Perhaps Patrick will have to curb his trips to Baja even more than usual.

Really, I'm clueless as to the what or why. It's a free show so some of the snarky comments aren't warranted but a little friendly ribbing is welcome.

Seriously, it did, even on a Dlp HlR-5064, which i watch Dl.tv EVERY DAMN WEEK "your welcome, we value your input"

But i am Dl'ing it now, so meh.

Guys, if you want the best upscaled DVD image and STB feel check out Theatertek. It is a $70 program but well worth it, I have been using it since the early days of HTPC and it is simply the best....How about a review. Just thought I would let you know...lata

Hey, is there any chance of Roger getting some air time? He was great on Call for Help back in the day.

Tivo recently updated my series 2 dvr with the new kidzone software. Now changing channels and getting program guides takes an extremely long time. I know that from watching the show, Robert is a big Tivo fan and I was wondering if he is having the same problems.

That game has game play very similar to Gish, which is a fun game.

Anybody got a copy of randy's email?...thanks

Best ever Intro I have seen in many years! Congratulations to whoever did it.

I am a photographer and know this stuff.

It was Excellent: the hands, the remotes, the movement, the time, the music; such a perfect combo of everything!

WWHHOOOO RAAAAAAE !!!!!

Maybe he will co host the show when one of them are gone on vacation. that would be great cool to see roger chang hosting for few shows.

I thought you guys were going to start "monitoring" the comments section. If so, then how did the idiot post his "cornflakes" spam?! So far, it's the weirdest posting and kind of concerns me that somewhere someone like that can use a computer -- or own a car! (Maybe we should report him/her as "suspicious" to the government now that it can all be reported online. Hmmm?)

Also, any comments on Lloyd's "weird week"? How about offerning him a report segment on the show? (Perhaps on a monthy basis at least, if scheduling is a problem that is.)