Footage of NAB Cup 2 v Port Adelaide: Full Game Replay

[Demonland 66,927]

The official site now has links to each quarter on their site so best to view them there as our sponsors are displayed so any potential clicks will presumably earn our club dollars.

Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q1

Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q2

Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q3

Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q4

[bing181 8,357]

Anyone on a Mac getting this to work decently? Even with quality on "Low", having to constantly wait - and this with a decent/fast internet connection, fast Mac, and across different browsers.

FWIW, find most AFL-sourced/linked video almost unwatchable because of the above. Don't have probs with any other video either ...

[whelan45 202]

You can download the videos from a PC, put 'em on a USB stick and watch them on a big screen TV (as long as you have USB playback on the TV that is) - pretty good quality as each file is almost 400MB...

How do you do this? I can only stream them at the moment

[BAMF 3,920]

The thing that frustrates me is that this could have been up yesterday. One person filming. One person commentating. One editor watching on 5 min delay to make sure commentary is clean. And then upload straight to the web.

This could have been uploaded with a max on an hour delay and we could have all watched in rather than listen to that rubbish on 5aa.

[Maldonboy38 6,129]

I really enjoyed the camera angle and the commentary was better than the usual, sugary, self-indulgent, boys club stuff we get from Fox and 7. Rather than all the close-ups, slo mos, and constant advertising I got to see big patches of ball movement.

Loved our boys tackling - a real highlight.

The oval was an absolute beauty - easily AFL standard.

It was probably a VFL standard game with a lot of in-tight mistakes by young players.

There were some tragic spots where our defensive structure broke down horribly through the middle/half back.

Our ball movement from back through to the 50m arc was impressive at times.

[sue 8,602]

Not too bad on the big screen plasma via T-Box!

And I agree that whilst a bit ant like, the less "sophisticated" camera work lets you see more of the action, more of the setups and plays around the ground.

But I wouldn't count on it being adopted by the big boys!

Nor would I sadly. A good telecast would switch between close, mid and wide shots as appropriate - not a big challenge for Fox/7.

I assume they focus in on the player about to take a free etc rather than pull back and show what is happening down the ground because they believe the female audience wants to see close-ups of fit young men in short pants. Lots of ways of non-footy ways of doing that.

More seriously, I think they do it in close so that it is more 'exciting'. Suddenly a player appears from nowhere and smashes someone or whatever. It's a bit predictable if you can actually see a wider view (though much more interesting in seeing how things develop).

[autocol 448]

The thing that frustrates me is that this could have been up yesterday. One person filming. One person commentating. One editor watching on 5 min delay to make sure commentary is clean. And then upload straight to the web.

This could have been uploaded with a max on an hour delay and we could have all watched in rather than listen to that rubbish on 5aa.

Nope. Streaming on a delay requires totally different technology which alters the cost by orders of magnitude. The vision they've provided is recorded by the camera raw to a card, then post-processed in a PC afterward, then uploaded as a single file for streaming. Doing all of that "on the fly" requires pro-level gear which is much less accessible (and vastly more expensive, and skill-intensive, and... you get the idea).

I think it's great that at least they provided what we got. Let's hope MFC have the same thing in mind for the Saints game at Casey.

[BAMF 3,920]

Nope. Streaming on a delay requires totally different technology which alters the cost by orders of magnitude. The vision they've provided is recorded by the camera raw to a card, then post-processed in a PC afterward, then uploaded as a single file for streaming. Doing all of that "on the fly" requires pro-level gear which is much less accessible (and vastly more expensive, and skill-intensive, and... you get the idea).

I think it's great that at least they provided what we got. Let's hope MFC have the same thing in mind for the Saints game at Casey.

I'll take your word for it as you clearly know more than me. Bit surprised that with the technology we have today that it would be that hard to produce what I mentioned. Surely you could hook the camera feed directly to a pc and then edit imediatly?

[Sir Why You Little 35,321]

That commentator did an excellent job on that game...

Good on him..Kudos.

[pilgrim 120]

Thinking the commentator needs to learn a few more verbs. Counted 12+ uses of the words "_____ squirts the ball forward".

Not a word I would associate with kicking a ball.

[low flying Robbo 979]

Most used phrase "the Melbourne player" haha

did a fairly decent job though

[Sir Why You Little 35,321]

Thinking the commentator needs to learn a few more verbs. Counted 12+ uses of the words "_____ squirts the ball forward".

Not a word I would associate with kicking a ball.

Yes...but he is a Rhodes Scholar compared to 5aa...That was actually funny

[Wilbur 447]

After watching the game some of the tackling from the melbourne players was outstanding. I saw 4 port players get absolutely monstered this is a very good sign imo

[Deecisive 1,673]

So has dropping the ball totally disappeared from our game, some good tackling but players these days just let the ball go, what a shame not to reward the tackler, after tackling so rarely results in a free for the tackler with such poor umpiring that usually call the tackler for in the back, high, across the shoulder and holding the man. they latter i find most frustrating especially after a player has been tackled and drops the ball, then gets rewarded. A bit like the WC duck.

[rjay 24,185]

After watching the game some of the tackling from the melbourne players was outstanding. I saw 4 port players get absolutely monstered this is a very good sign imo

Said something similar in another thread, it's good to see the work on tackling is starting to show some results as you could see our guys going low and driving up through the legs. Maybe 'the hardest side to play against' could be a reality in the not to distant future.

[Rob Mac...... 612]

Anyone on a Mac getting this to work decently? Even with quality on "Low", having to constantly wait - and this with a decent/fast internet connection, fast Mac, and across different browsers.

FWIW, find most AFL-sourced/linked video almost unwatchable because of the above. Don't have probs with any other video either ...

The replay was fine on my Macbook pro Bing.

[low flying Robbo 979]

So has dropping the ball totally disappeared from our game, some good tackling but players these days just let the ball go, what a shame not to reward the tackler, after tackling so rarely results in a free for the tackler with such poor umpiring that usually call the tackler for in the back, high, across the shoulder and holding the man. they latter i find most frustrating especially after a player has been tackled and drops the ball, then gets rewarded. A bit like the WC duck.

And the umpires love paying holding the ball against someone who gets chased down but clearly get a handball off mid-tackle...

[Sir Why You Little 35,321]

The replay was fine on my Macbook pro Bing.

Yep my old mac got it fine once it had buffered...

[Buffalo 203]

How do you do this? I can only stream them at the moment

If you have Firefox, you can install an extension called "Flash and Video Download". I have it set up to download videos in MP4 format - never had a problem with it. It can download practically any video you can play in a browser (for more info, go to: www.fnvfox.com)....

Edited March 5, 2013 by Buffalo

[bing181 8,357]

The replay was fine on my Macbook pro Bing.

Well poop.

Must be something to do with me being OS ... same on the various Macs we have around the place, iPhone, iPad etc. etc. I can't watch anything from the AFL site or which comes through AFL/Bigpond.