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Impossible to view online

posted 16 years ago by johnnycashak
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Thanks to ABC's broken streaming. Intrusive commercials, memory hogging app that crashes every 3 minutes, yeesh.

Why didn't they just let Hulu do the streaming for them?

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[–] anhouck 16 years ago

Yeah I agree... ABC's application isn't great. The picture even in 'HD mode' is terrible until the show buffers... but it never really does. I have NO problems with hulu....

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[–] Boston_Sox 16 years ago

Agreed about ABC's media player. That thing is the pits.

[–] vulpix 16 years ago

I agree completely. My computer is very new--I just got it last week--but I had all kinds of problems. The thing froze in the middle of the show for no apparent reason. I clicked around until I got the video back, but then I couldn't put it in full screen mode. It also lags after each advertisement. On top of all that, there's the nuisance of having to install the application and click on the "continue" button after each ad.

YouTube and Hulu have figured out how to provide Internet video. Why can't ABC?

[–] Talking_To_The_Bobs 16 years ago

You may want to try a different browser. I tried it in Firefox and it wouldn't work. Then I tried it in IE and it worked.

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[–] anhouck 16 years ago

That's a good point. Each browser has it's quirks. If a certain piece of software is written, say, to take advantage of some of IE's non-standard 'quirks' or "features" (as Microsoft calls them) it may not function the same on a more standard compliant browser like firefox. I suggest trying safrai or even google chrome to find the best browser. It also helps, if you are like me an leave your browser program running for weeks on end... you ought to restart the program before trying to watch something. Web browsers bloat REAL bad (Firefox in particular).... I've seen firefox using over a gig of RAM before... I guess it doesn't garbage collect well, because the only way I've found to reclaim that RAM is to close firefox and re-open it.

[–] blondiebear_17 16 years ago

It's fine on my cpu

Your no bunny till some bunny loves you

[–] LCShackley 16 years ago

Hmmm...watching it right now, no problems.

Commercials? That's what the "mute" button on your computer is for. REad your e-mail until the show comes back.

[–] minivann219 16 years ago

Horrible show, but try sidereel.com they have links to tons of streaming shows.