OAA is Horrible

[SpringsCuse]

I just paid a monthly subscription so I could watch 2 exhibition games. Neither archived game is watchable. The video will play for 10-15 seconds, then freeze for 10-15 seconds, and resume, missing all the action in between. The problem is not the internet connection, it's the archived video itself.

 

[AlaskaSU]

No problem at all with OAA up here. Go figure? Try a ping test to check your net speed.

 

[zeekay]

No problem at all with OAA up here. Go figure? Try a ping test to check your net speed.

Yeah archived games you can't preload ahead like youtube videos. They stream them like they are live, which means any hiccup and it insta freezes/skips. Wish they'd invest in actual good streaming tech for archive videos but it is what it is.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

something is always up with their feeds the last couple of years. sometimes no volume for stretches, sometimes it will completely freeze. I don't know how they managed to do it, but they have gotten worse since the years have passed. I remember having no problems at all 5 years or so ago.

 

[Eagles20]

I had no problem at all and I watched it archived... Didn't freeze or skip at all

 

[Widget24]

I gave up on OAA last year because of how bad it is. It's a terrible excuse for a product that we have to pay for. Because of that, I have yet to see this year's team in action. I can't wait for Friday when a Cuse game will finally be on TV down here in GA!

 

[MGP]

I watched it live and it was horrible - I mean unwatchable horrible! I don't think it's my speed, I've never had problems in the past or with ESPN3. Last night my feed never went more than 15 seconds without freezing and then skipping ahead. Anyone watch live last night and have no problems? Very curious.

 

[Todd23]

I watched it live and it was horrible - I mean unwatchable horrible! I don't think it's my speed, I've never had problems in the past or with ESPN3. Last night my feed never went more than 15 seconds without freezing and then skipping ahead. Anyone watch live last night and have no problems? Very curious.

I watched Friday's game live with no issues whatsoever. Last night I watched on same computer/internet connection and it was unwatchable. It would keep freezing and stopping. The video was like watching a flipbook. I ended up just closing it and waited until the archive was posted. The archive was unfortunately no better, but I made it through.

I came into work this morning and tried the archive and it worked great, so I guess it must have been my internet connection. I just don't understand how my internet connection at home changed that much from Friday to Tuesday.

 

[MGP]

I watched Friday's game live with no issues whatsoever. Last night I watched on same computer/internet connection and it was unwatchable. It would keep freezing and stopping. The video was like watching a flipbook. I ended up just closing it and waited until the archive was posted. The archive was unfortunately no better, but I made it through.

I came into work this morning and tried the archive and it worked great, so I guess it must have been my internet connection. I just don't understand how my internet connection at home changed that much from Friday to Tuesday.

Me too. Mine was OK Friday. Not sure what to make of it, but OAA still sucks. Audio drop-outs, etc. very half-assed.

 

[zhanjuzi]

I gave up on OAA last year because of how bad it is. It's a terrible excuse for a product that we have to pay for. Because of that, I have yet to see this year's team in action. I can't wait for Friday when a Cuse game will finally be on TV down here in GA!

This is my beef as well. If it weren't for the top notch PBP by iommi in the chat room I would be completely lost ..

 

[ORANGEsPHK]

It was ok for me but at $10 for the month I'm not really gonna complain since I have no other way to watch the games. It's also nice to be able to re-watch the games to key in on players.

It could be, oh so much better though, I agree.

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[jordoo]

My feed was fine other than the audio cutting out close to and through the first TV time out. IO had maybe one minor scip the whole time and no freezing at all. I used to have trouble when I had DSL years ago but I have cable now and have no issue on either my wireless laptops or my hardwired desktop. Obviously the quality is what it is but streaming wise it flows fine where I am.

 

[DonLightfoot]

I also just signed on to OAA for the first time last Thursday. It's not great, but I certainly didn't get all those constant "skips" and "freezes" others have mentioned, just the odd little glitch once in a while. On a scale of 1-10 I would probably give my experience a 7. I'm in a similar situation as a few others whereas it's the only way for me to get some of their games.

 

[Todd23]

My feed was fine other than the audio cutting out close to and through the first TV time out. IO had maybe one minor scip the whole time and no freezing at all. I used to have trouble when I had DSL years ago but I have cable now and have no issue on either my wireless laptops or my hardwired desktop. Obviously the quality is what it is but streaming wise it flows fine where I am.

The audio cut out then due to the ball bouncing out of bounds right by the announcers and I think that caused the entire audio feed to go dead until they could re-hook some cables or figure out what the issue was.

 

[Garbs]

terrible

 

[Zelda Zonk]

something is always up with their feeds the last couple of years. sometimes no volume for stretches, sometimes it will completely freeze. I don't know how they managed to do it, but they have gotten worse since the years have passed. I remember having no problems at all 5 years or so ago.

I often have no audio, or only the PA Announcer (exhibition 1). No freezing or stuttering this season, though.

I wish it could stream as nicely as Netflix, but i have to admit i'm just grateful for video- period. I remember the old days, when i had to struggle with reception of AM radio broadcasts...

It is kinda sad that we have to pay for this. Should be a school-sponsored service. Included in the athletic department budget.

 

[LAOrange]

It was awful. It took two hours to watch the first half.

 

[Eagles20]

I streamed it from my iPad to Apple TV last night starting at 11pm and it was fine. I could care less about the audio, because those guys are clowns and offer nothing that I want to hear and mute it anyway.

Everyone always complains about it, but like someone else said once I got cable internet it has been fine for me and it didn't skip and the picture was clear.

 

[Shoym]

It's not OAA, it's your internet. Nonetheless, did you contact them? They were very responsive to me when I reached out...

 

[SpringsCuse]

It's not OAA, it's your internet. Nonetheless, did you contact them? They were very responsive to me when I reached out...

Yes, I did. They said they were aware of the problem and it was the university's video that was the cause (apparently they are an independent group hired by the school to administer the site). I have a cable modem with 20MB download speed and I watch ESPN3 regularly -- I've never had a problem with that or any other site, just the university site. Like LAOrange, I spent about two hours trying to watch the archived first game, and I don't think I saw a single basket scored. Maybe it has to do with the time of day or user volume. Well, luckily almost all of the remaining games are on regular TV. Thanks anyway, everyone, for the replies.