mlb.tv 1.2M feed

I can only get the 1.2MB feed when using Mosaic. The same error message comes up whenever I try to access it via the mlb.com website and never got around to calling the customer service hotline.

I won’t use anything but their cheapest feed, 400k, because they provide just about the worst service that I’ve ever voluntarily paid for. Have you ever tried to call their customer service? Better stock up for the summer before you do, they’ve got the worst customer service in a world of horrible customer service.

I’ve had too much trouble with the 400k cheap service to even consider paying for the priviledge of struggling through problems with their more expensive service. If they can’t get the basic service to work properly then why should I assume the more expensive service will work any better?

I won’t even touch the buttons for the higher rate feeds because I assume that if I received the feed for even a millisecond they’d charge my credit card for it and it would take me 3 months to get the money back, which is about how long it took me when they double-billed me at the beginning of last season.

Initially, I purchased the Extra Innings package via the local cable company (Cox…uckers) and ended up having to cancel after 3 weeks of “temporarily off air” messages on those channels (resulting in me viewing a grand total of 0 Angels games during that period). So when mlb.tv produced visions of our boys in red playing their games, I was ecstatic at the fact I could finally bear witness to the action firsthand, regardless of the fact that the 1.2MB feed didn’t work perfectly.

I must say that I concur in that I don’t feel like I’m getting my money’s worth, especially in comparison to being able to watch the games on a TV (in a perfect world) for only $30 more. Oh well, it still beats reading the recap and box scores the following morning…

yahoo or mlb gamecast + XM Radio

next season will be the debut of the MLB cable network. Then shyte gets interesting.

When I click on the 800 feed first, I get the claymation, stop-and-go version. When I click on the 1.2 feed, it prompts me for SilverChair BS (even though I think I’d downloaded it, but whatevs).

THE IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED: After trying & failing with the 1.2 version, then, when I go back to the 800 version, it works fine, without the stop-and-go claymation. Voila.

I still run XP and IE 7. Must say that I find it a bit choppy at times though…mostly ok. The 800kb seems to do a better job of keeping up.

The 1.2 feed works for me but its pretty choppy whenever I try it. I generally stick to 800

initially, but then I removed Mosaic (which never worked for me) and reinstalled silverlight. At that point it seemed to work okay.

I have silverlight installed as well but never received any errors. I’ve never bothered with installing Mosaic because to be honest I am only interested in the Angels games … if I want to watch another one, I just pull one out of the drop-down list and I’m good to go.

The 1.2 works and looks great on my machine (1-year-old PC) with 19-inch monitor, when I go outside my home office for a smoke I can look through the window and it looks just like TV. It’s awesome.

The only advice I can give you (me being a not techie), would be to uninstall everything from MLB.TV (Mosaic, the juicer, all that shit), and also uninstall Silverlight.

Then, re-install Silverlight, and try the whole package again WITHOUT Mosaic. I don’t use Mosaic, but I have a great 1.2 MLB TV experience, so all I can think of is some conflict with your Mosaic is fucking up your 1.2.

Uninstall then reinstall in order:
Silverlight
MLB Overdrive (or WTF they call that plug-in for IE that enhances the picture quality).
Leave Mosaic out of it.

And you should be back in business and good to go.
(btw this setup works just fine for me on my laptop as well)

Good luck mate, highland