Nhratv.com not working again

Glenn Briglio · 08-30-2019, 08:25 AM

What are the other sites to see live streaming?

FireSale · 08-30-2019, 09:50 AM

Contact tech. They fixed my issues promptly.

troublemaker427 · 08-30-2019, 09:58 AM

Mine has worked all morning.

drag junkie · 08-30-2019, 05:32 PM

Is nhra TV STILL HAVING PROBLEMS? All I get is tech difficulties screen

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 08-30-2019, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drag junkie

Is nhra TV STILL HAVING PROBLEMS? All I get is tech difficulties screen

mine hasn't worked since about 2pm.....

Don Sofranko · 08-30-2019, 09:27 PM

I would like to thank Warren and the crew for this nhratv streaming service. I thought it worked great and it was cleaner than the normal free youtube based stream on dragracertv

I had to do a few things to get my stream working good, but didn't have a problem once a few adjustments are made. I would have loved to have been onsite, as I love Indy and esp SS class.
When you talk about your problems, you might want to mention what you are using, as its not child's play.
First I use a high speed cable modem, DSL probably won't cut it.
Second I use the Google chrome web browser.
I stream to a small windows 7 Acer computer that I hook to a large HDTV, via a HDMI cable, with audio feeding into my home theater audio system.
I use the 728P video setting, lower right screen gear icon> click and choose between auto - 1080 - 728P - and lower settings. 1080HD is too much data, and caused constant buffering / stalling with the spinning donut. It completely goes away at 728P setting (for me).
I find the little chat for help box is too close to this setting, and hard to hit, without popping the chat pop up box for help.
You will want a wireless mouse for this media streaming, or at least a wired mouse, to navigate the lower time menu and video settings.

Whenever I saw the tech diffuculty screen, I either clicked forward or back in the lower time bar, clicked the live video button, and then backed up, or did a reload the page, and sometimes I had to login again. I noticed the tech difficulty screen may have been there when there was no action happening, SC was running at one point, basically they weren't streaming anything. Just go forward, reload or wait?

If I were to improve anything, I would study the downtrack audio levels, they are set louder than the starting line mic, and distort pretty heavy when the high powered cars are passing the 800-1000 foot mark. When promod was running, it was very distorted downtrack. I would set the mic level back 40 percent?

Overall it was pretty dang good, and I have high standards.
I just watched the evening PS show, and am now back watching friday morning class racing.
thanks Warren and crew! its worth the cost!

Glenn Briglio · 08-31-2019, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Sofranko

I would like to thank Warren and the crew for this nhratv streaming service. I thought it worked great and it was cleaner than the normal free youtube based stream on dragracertv

I had to do a few things to get my stream working good, but didn't have a problem once a few adjustments are made. I would have loved to have been onsite, as I love Indy and esp SS class.
When you talk about your problems, you might want to mention what you are using, as its not child's play.
First I use a high speed cable modem, DSL probably won't cut it.
Second I use the Google chrome web browser.
I stream to a small windows 7 Acer computer that I hook to a large HDTV, via a HDMI cable, with audio feeding into my home theater audio system.
I use the 720P video setting, lower right screen > click and choose between auto - 1080 - 720 - and lower settings. 1080HD is too much data, and caused constant buffering with the spinning donut. It completely goes away at 720P setting.
I find the little chat for help box is too close to this setting, and hard to hit, without popping the chat pop up box for help.

Whenever I saw the tech diffuculty screen, I either clicked forward or back in the lower time bar, clicked the live video button, and then backed up, or did a reload the page, and sometimes I had to login again. I noticed the tech difficulty screen may have been there when there was no action happening, SC was running at one point, basically they weren't streaming anything. Just go forward, reload or wait?

If I were to improve anything, I would study the downtrack audio levels, they are set louder than the starting line mic, and distort pretty heavy when the high powered cars are passing the 800-1000 foot mark. When promod was running, it was very distorted downtrack. I would set the mic level back 40 percent?

Overall it was pretty dang good, and I have high standards.
I just watched the evening PS show, and am now back watching friday morning class racing.
thanks Warren and crew! its worth the cost!

Yes using high speed modem to a hp laptop with windows 10 set at 1020hd. Using google chrome.the technical difficulties has come up numerous times.Refreshing doesn't help.After awhile have to hit live again to get back to streaming.Announcer volume is very low.Overall I think it's a good step in right direction with some updating needed for future. Thank you Warren for doing this!!!!!!

Warren Evans · 08-31-2019, 09:05 AM

First, thanks for the kind words. I was happy to be part of making Wednesday and Thursday happen live versus audio only.
There was an outage on Thursday morning due to a system failure at Sony, which is where the feed goes for distribution. Everything on the Indy side was going out as it should. As odd as it sounds, I didn't have anything available to monitor whether the feed was up or down, only that it was going out correctly.
My part of the deal is done, and the regular crew is handling things from here forward. I am just available to fill in if they need help.
Finally, the comment regarding the NHRA.tv show being cleaner than my dragracer.tv show is true, and it should be. They have more money invested in one camera than I do in my entire streaming operation, and about 50 people to support it vs. just me.

Don Sofranko · 08-31-2019, 09:39 AM

All
I am sure there are 50 ways to stream the racing, and I have several ways to do it, but there are uses for old windows computers that many people are discarding. I found a micro acer windows 7 PC, that is a compact media computer, smaller than a new dvd player. It has an HDMI cable out, and I run the audio out from the optical cable out, into a HIFI DAC, and into my home stereo. Today its raining, so I am back watching thursday morning stock class, which is working great. I watched the friday show several times last evening. All of it was great, no problems, and the video work from the better FOX cameras during the pro show late, was great. I esp liked the TF Harley show, and camera work.

The ultimate is to use fiber optic based internet, and have the cable plugged into your modem PC direct (not wifi connected). If you are having problems, can they be caused by your in house wifi issues?
Point is you have to have the best connection to the net available.

I wonder how well it works to stream it on a PC at a public wifi, like the airport starbucks?

I wonder how the smartphone approach works? anyone watching that way?

Warren... your cameras were placed very well, and worked great. It was worth the money, and you did a great service. Well worth the money and effort. Praise is deserved... or the service goes away like the old game boy data service!

Do you switch the camera feeds manually every run? That took some effort in itself.

Shaun Quill · 08-31-2019, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warren Evans

First, thanks for the kind words. I was happy to be part of making Wednesday and Thursday happen live versus audio only.
There was an outage on Thursday morning due to a system failure at Sony, which is where the feed goes for distribution. Everything on the Indy side was going out as it should. As odd as it sounds, I didn't have anything available to monitor whether the feed was up or down, only that it was going out correctly.
My part of the deal is done, and the regular crew is handling things from here forward. I am just available to fill in if they need help.
Finally, the comment regarding the NHRA.tv show being cleaner than my dragracer.tv show is true, and it should be. They have more money invested in one camera than I do in my entire streaming operation, and about 50 people to support it vs. just me.

Warren Man, Your product is amazing Sir,You do way above and beyond anything else and I just want to Thank You for everything You do. It’s over the top.Im sure everyone on here agrees.Thank You again

08-30-2019, 08:25 AM	#1
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08-30-2019, 09:58 AM	#3
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08-30-2019, 05:32 PM	#4
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08-30-2019, 09:27 PM	#6
Don Sofranko Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 121 Likes: 0 Liked 128 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Nhratv.com not working again I would like to thank Warren and the crew for this nhratv streaming service. I thought it worked great and it was cleaner than the normal free youtube based stream on dragracertv I had to do a few things to get my stream working good, but didn't have a problem once a few adjustments are made. I would have loved to have been onsite, as I love Indy and esp SS class. When you talk about your problems, you might want to mention what you are using, as its not child's play. First I use a high speed cable modem, DSL probably won't cut it. Second I use the Google chrome web browser. I stream to a small windows 7 Acer computer that I hook to a large HDTV, via a HDMI cable, with audio feeding into my home theater audio system. I use the 728P video setting, lower right screen gear icon> click and choose between auto - 1080 - 728P - and lower settings. 1080HD is too much data, and caused constant buffering / stalling with the spinning donut. It completely goes away at 728P setting (for me). I find the little chat for help box is too close to this setting, and hard to hit, without popping the chat pop up box for help. You will want a wireless mouse for this media streaming, or at least a wired mouse, to navigate the lower time menu and video settings. Whenever I saw the tech diffuculty screen, I either clicked forward or back in the lower time bar, clicked the live video button, and then backed up, or did a reload the page, and sometimes I had to login again. I noticed the tech difficulty screen may have been there when there was no action happening, SC was running at one point, basically they weren't streaming anything. Just go forward, reload or wait? If I were to improve anything, I would study the downtrack audio levels, they are set louder than the starting line mic, and distort pretty heavy when the high powered cars are passing the 800-1000 foot mark. When promod was running, it was very distorted downtrack. I would set the mic level back 40 percent? Overall it was pretty dang good, and I have high standards. I just watched the evening PS show, and am now back watching friday morning class racing. thanks Warren and crew! its worth the cost! Last edited by Don Sofranko; 08-31-2019 at 09:46 AM. Reason: spelling

08-31-2019, 09:05 AM	#8
Warren Evans Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 354 Likes: 4 Liked 1,569 Times in 189 Posts	Re: Nhratv.com not working again First, thanks for the kind words. I was happy to be part of making Wednesday and Thursday happen live versus audio only. There was an outage on Thursday morning due to a system failure at Sony, which is where the feed goes for distribution. Everything on the Indy side was going out as it should. As odd as it sounds, I didn't have anything available to monitor whether the feed was up or down, only that it was going out correctly. My part of the deal is done, and the regular crew is handling things from here forward. I am just available to fill in if they need help. Finally, the comment regarding the NHRA.tv show being cleaner than my dragracer.tv show is true, and it should be. They have more money invested in one camera than I do in my entire streaming operation, and about 50 people to support it vs. just me.

08-31-2019, 09:39 AM	#9
Don Sofranko Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 121 Likes: 0 Liked 128 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Nhratv.com is working again All I am sure there are 50 ways to stream the racing, and I have several ways to do it, but there are uses for old windows computers that many people are discarding. I found a micro acer windows 7 PC, that is a compact media computer, smaller than a new dvd player. It has an HDMI cable out, and I run the audio out from the optical cable out, into a HIFI DAC, and into my home stereo. Today its raining, so I am back watching thursday morning stock class, which is working great. I watched the friday show several times last evening. All of it was great, no problems, and the video work from the better FOX cameras during the pro show late, was great. I esp liked the TF Harley show, and camera work. The ultimate is to use fiber optic based internet, and have the cable plugged into your modem PC direct (not wifi connected). If you are having problems, can they be caused by your in house wifi issues? Point is you have to have the best connection to the net available. I wonder how well it works to stream it on a PC at a public wifi, like the airport starbucks? I wonder how the smartphone approach works? anyone watching that way? Warren... your cameras were placed very well, and worked great. It was worth the money, and you did a great service. Well worth the money and effort. Praise is deserved... or the service goes away like the old game boy data service! Do you switch the camera feeds manually every run? That took some effort in itself. Last edited by Don Sofranko; 08-31-2019 at 09:52 AM.