AFL LIVE APP

[sue 8,445]

I think there was an existing thread on this but I couldn't find it - mods please merge if possible:

Last year I gave up on the AFL Live app, even though I was able to display it on my TV, because the video was 4:3 cutting off too much of the live picture (replays were fine). They said this was due to the broadcasters, not them. (Also sometimes the caching/bandwidth was a disaster even though my broadband was more than adequate.)

I asked them if this was changed this year and the reply was Fox will be 16:9, Seven 4:3. So I might give them another go and pray the bandwidth/caching is better.

[Rossmillan 481]

I watched the AFL Live app on my IPad last year with reasonably good success (better than nothing at all).

Might I ask how you have it setup to play through your TV, and what is the quality like, is it quite pixelated at that resolution?

[sue 8,445]

I watched the AFL Live app on my IPad last year with reasonably good success (better than nothing at all).

Might I ask how you have it setup to play through your TV, and what is the quality like, is it quite pixelated at that resolution?

I have an ipad and an appletv and use airplay. Resolution is fine. I don't know how to do it without an appletv.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,487]

Sue - from what I can gather reading BF the 16:9/4:3 issue was resolved last year so shouldn't be an issue.

[sue 8,445]

Sue - from what I can gather reading BF the 16:9/4:3 issue was resolved last year so shouldn't be an issue.

I have an email today from Telstra which states:

The vision supplied by Fox Footy is in 16:9, but the Channel 7 vision is in 4:3. This is due to agreements between the AFL and Channel 7, which we can’t control.

[autocol 448]

How did you find the value of the product, guys? I too have an iPad and an AppleTV, so I'm considering exactly the same thing. Worth it, in your opinion?

[sue 8,445]

How did you find the value of the product, guys? I too have an iPad and an AppleTV, so I'm considering exactly the same thing. Worth it, in your opinion?

Not if the bandwidth/caching problems I had last year continue.

I'm going to buy a week for $5.50 and see how it goes. I see that Fox does all but 9 or our matches and I guess some of the others will be free to air depending where you live, so if it works I'll probably sign up and watch the Fox ones in the app. Compared to signing up for Foxtel which is more expensive (and comes with crud I don't want) it looks good if it works.

I'm not interested in all the other bits of the app, just the live play, so I have no idea if they are worth having. I suspect they just reproduce stuff available elsewhere.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,487]

I have an email today from Telstra which states:

The vision supplied by Fox Footy is in 16:9, but the Channel 7 vision is in 4:3. This is due to agreements between the AFL and Channel 7, which we can’t control.

That is so utterly ridiculous if true. Some things I've picked up from others after reading threads on Whirlpool and BF;

- the app will block attempts to watch via AirPlay to protect Foxtel

- if you are able to get it to play (there are workarounds) the resolution is so poor as to be either 1) unwatchable or 2) so pixelated/blurry that you may as well not bother watching.

I may sign up for a week as well to test it out but I don't think I'll be able to give up HD footy on Foxtel unfortunately as much as I'd like to stop feeding Murdoch's pockets.

[Clucka 55]

I watched a couple of games on my ipad with not many problems. Cost is reasonable as you can buy per game and I don't have fox. I have a connection that mirrors my ipad to the tv but it doesn't work with AFL live. They have somehow stopped this happening which I guess we can't do much about.

[Moonshadow 16,238]

Cost about $80 for 12 mths. Watched on my iPad last year. Found it reasonable but not great. No issue with connection. For the price, it was ok. A lot cheaper than Foxtel or buying a beer in a sh itty pub each week to watch a game if i cant make it to the ground. Depends. Do you have to see HD on your big screen or are you prepared to watch it on an tablet device?

[demonoid 317]

That is so utterly ridiculous if true. Some things I've picked up from others after reading threads on Whirlpool and BF;

- the app will block attempts to watch via AirPlay to protect Foxtel

- if you are able to get it to play (there are workarounds) the resolution is so poor as to be either 1) unwatchable or 2) so pixelated/blurry that you may as well not bother watching.

I may sign up for a week as well to test it out but I don't think I'll be able to give up HD footy on Foxtel unfortunately as much as I'd like to stop feeding Murdoch's pockets.

i watched numerous games last year on my Apple TV via air play and never had an issue. I think it's great. I have no desire to get foxtel but I like to be able to watch any game I want. I have a big data allowance on my wifi so it could benefit my viewing pleasure because of that

[bing181 8,169]

Until such time as the AFL move away from a business model which has TV Rights at the centre, all other forms of media content and broadcast are going to be compromised.

I live OS, and watch online through a subscription to AFLTV (not accessible in Oz, though perhaps there's a way round that with a proxy), but the service is - and I'm being generous - substandard and unreliable. Even then, it's just a simple broadcast over the net: clearly the AFL has yet to even begin to grasp the reality of online and interactive viewing - or perhaps they have, but won't budge for fear of upsetting their precious broadcasters.

If the AFL want to get rid of the illegal streams, they need to get their own house in order.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,487]

i watched numerous games last year on my Apple TV via air play and never had an issue. I think it's great. I have no desire to get foxtel but I like to be able to watch any game I want. I have a big data allowance on my wifi so it could benefit my viewing pleasure because of that

What was the quality like? I've read reviews saying it varied from unwatchable (couldn't tell teams apart) to no worse than channel 7's SD feed.

[old dee 22,926]

Until such time as the AFL move away from a business model which has TV Rights at the centre, all other forms of media content and broadcast are going to be compromised.

I live OS, and watch online through a subscription to AFLTV (not accessible in Oz, though perhaps there's a way round that with a proxy), but the service is - and I'm being generous - substandard and unreliable. Even then, it's just a simple broadcast over the net: clearly the AFL has yet to even begin to grasp the reality of online and interactive viewing - or perhaps they have, but won't budge for fear of upsetting their precious broadcasters.

If the AFL want to get rid of the illegal streams, they need to get their own house in order.

So never bing!

[bing181 8,169]

So never bing!

Around the time we win our next premiership?

[demonoid 317]

What was the quality like? I've read reviews saying it varied from unwatchable (couldn't tell teams apart) to no worse than channel 7's SD feed.

i do recall a few times where it was pretty fuzzy but it would be no more than 10 mins in maybe 5 per cent of games I've watched. We could also get stuck into our mates in Canberra and have them sort out this third world broadband network we current have

[John Crow Batty 8,258]

Anything that takes pennies away from the Murdoch Empire is a good thing. I kept Foxtel for far too many years just to watch our interstate games. Having satelite reception also meant I got crap picture. Ditched Foxtel and bought the AFL app for a years subscription recently and looking at past replays it looks OK. For the price its worth a try.

[sue 8,445]

That is so utterly ridiculous if true. Some things I've picked up from others after reading threads on Whirlpool and BF;

- the app will block attempts to watch via AirPlay to protect Foxtel

- if you are able to get it to play (there are workarounds) the resolution is so poor as to be either 1) unwatchable or 2) so pixelated/blurry that you may as well not bother watching.

I may sign up for a week as well to test it out but I don't think I'll be able to give up HD footy on Foxtel unfortunately as much as I'd like to stop feeding Murdoch's pockets.

I'd put more faith in Whirlpool posters than BF. But I wonder how up to date some of that is. I had no problem last year displaying on my TV using airplay. I can't test it now because they have taken all the old videos off. So its $5.50 this week to find out.

Anything that takes pennies away from the Murdoch Empire is a good thing. I kept Foxtel for far too many years just to watch our interstate games. Having satelite reception also meant I got crap picture. Ditched Foxtel and bought the AFL app for a years subscription recently and looking at past replays it looks OK. For the price its worth a try.

Beware AdC - last year the replays were great but the live stuff ranged from OK for some people to terrible for many (and assuming you were prepared to put up with 4:3)

[John Crow Batty 8,258]

We could also get stuck into our mates in Canberra and have them sort out this third world broadband network we current have

Not much chance with Abbott in Murdoch's pocket.

Edited February 11, 2014 by america de cali

[old dee 22,926]

Around the time we win our next premiership?

We are back where we started.

Never?

[John Crow Batty 8,258]

Beware AdC - last year the replays were great but the live stuff ranged from OK for some people to terrible for many (and assuming you were prepared to put up with 4:3)

Too late, they have my money. I can handle 4/3 on an ipad. If no good, its back to radio.

[Machsy 2,858]

What was the quality like? I've read reviews saying it varied from unwatchable (couldn't tell teams apart) to no worse than channel 7's SD feed.

That's how it has been from me - varying between those 2 poles on occasions.

Often I've found streaming won't work so well on an iPad, but is crystal clear with no lag on an iPhone - both running off the same wifi connection.

For what I paid for a year ~$80 I won't complain.

Usually pretty reliable when I need it to be.

[Dan Fantastik 50]

Ive been waiting to test out the apple tv with ipad link for a while now, it seems many different people have different results when trying it. Ill post some feedback on here as soon as i find out.

[Pat Magroine 0]

Has any one used a tbox to watch AFL?

[Wilbur 447]

i had a tbox and found the coverage to be adeqaute. Having said that the Tbox is poorly made and has to be reset at least once a weak

I have returned 4 of them in 3 years and i wont be using telstra when i move back to melbourne this week