Re: Baduk TV is on the air (again)
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:35 pm
It is definitely up right now at http://lifein19x19.com/L19TV.php
Life in 19x19. Go, Weiqi, Baduk... Thats the life.
https://www.lifein19x19.com/
You are aware of Baduk TV at GoGameGuru, right? They plan on eventually adding support for mobile devices.CnP wrote:There's a BadukTv app in the android marketplace now, it seems to work, though I tried it a few times and got black screen but today there's video. I think it's limited to a 2 minutes viewing trial and I didn't see any obvious links to upgrade..
it looks like baduktv is planning on covering that market. they have released official apps and for the moment they are leaving it open for free as a promotion.nagano wrote:You are aware of Baduk TV at GoGameGuru, right? They plan on eventually adding support for mobile devices.CnP wrote:There's a BadukTv app in the android marketplace now, it seems to work, though I tried it a few times and got black screen but today there's video. I think it's limited to a 2 minutes viewing trial and I didn't see any obvious links to upgrade..
calm downgogameguru wrote:@Kusto
If you have that link then I'd expect you also know that that's their test server. Their official English website is still under development, but it's coming soon here: http://www.baduktv.kr/
In addition to the arrangement they have with Go Game Guru, Baduk TV plan to launch their own service. And because they felt that not that many people in the West knew about Baduk TV, they decided to give free access to Baduk TV for a limited time.
The difference between the Baduk TV service and the Go Game Guru service is that Baduk TV are focussing mainly only making the live stream available through their new website and mobile apps. Go Game Guru is focussing more on video on demand so that we can eventually make them available with English subtitles (which is one of the things we're working on at the moment). The two services are quite different.
Because the live stream is free for a couple of months, Baduk TV have kindly allowed us to stream the video off their servers during this introductory period, but we're currently using their old media server because the new one is still being tested. Once their new server is ready, we'll switch the stream over to that, to resolve problems some people have had with using older Microsoft protocols. When Baduk TV decides to end the free service, we'll switch it over to our own media server, with support for adaptive bitrate and Apple's HLS protocol (which means it's iOS and Android compatible). Go Game Guru is already optimised for mobile, so we'll only provide the live stream through our website here: http://gogameguru.com/baduk-tv-live/
We've been waiting until that new server is actually ready to support a large number of connections before using it. I don't think you're doing Baduk TV any favours by posting a link to their test server here, because you have no idea whether it has the resources to cope with many simultaneous connections. Baduk TV have already been very generous in giving Go players around the world free access to their TV service for several months. The TV shows cost a lot of money to produce and the bandwidth costs for live streaming aren't small either. Why not just be satisfied with what they've given you and not create problems for them?
I can only assume that you didn't know it was the test server and you found that link by some other means? Or?
Thanks for being so condescending... You'll note that I treated you with respect and gave you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you could do the same in return.kusto wrote: calm down![]()
with respect? you accused me of costing baduktv resources/money and also being ungrateful. which is rubish, i will be buying their service - direct. While they offer their stream for free to people thats their choice and no guilt shall be placed on me.gogameguru wrote:Thanks for being so condescending... You'll note that I treated you with respect and gave you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you could do the same in return.kusto wrote: calm down![]()
We were asked not to share the link to the test server while they were working on it.
It seems that what you're saying is that you knew it was a test server and assumed it was ok to share it, but didn't really know? Is that right? It's a test server, not a production server. If you don't know what that means, go and look it up.
Interesting. So I take it GoGameGuru will continue to offer the streaming service after they have launched theirs? Will there be any difference? Also, when the quality is up to 720p, will the stream also be 16:9?gogameguru wrote:
In addition to the arrangement they have with Go Game Guru, Baduk TV plan to launch their own service. And because they felt that not that many people in the West knew about Baduk TV, they decided to give free access to Baduk TV for a limited time.
The difference between the Baduk TV service and the Go Game Guru service is that Baduk TV are focussing mainly only making the live stream available through their new website and mobile apps. Go Game Guru is focussing more on video on demand so that we can eventually make them available with English subtitles (which is one of the things we're working on at the moment). The two services are quite different.
Thank you for sharing the link (and of course to BadukTV for the free promo). Nice to watch in higher res.kusto wrote: the same portals are able to be viewed here for now![]()
http://210.122.100.217:8080/Demo.html
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