Alumni and the scoreboard camera

[akronzips71]

Hi allI am a '71 grad (yeah, I know I'm old)Between 1971 and maybe two years ago I was never able to see a Zips game (I am in New York). In fact, other than some occasional reporting in the New York Times, I could not even find the scores!With the advent of the Internet and ESPN2, I got to listen to zips BB games, watch the bowl game, and occasionally get streaming video of a game.But here is the rub:The video from the JAR is from the scoreboard camera. So could someone, anyone please tell the geeks running that camera that Alumni PAY to see that video. This season I never saw even one foul shot (but lots of noise meter and tassels, or whatever they call those things the cheerleaders spin around). Every damn time there was a foul shot the camera cut away!Sometimes in the middle of a play the camera would jump to some guy making faces in the stands.Come on geeks, WE PAY FOR THE SERVICE. And it is the ONLY way out of town Alums can see a Zips game. So give us a break, show us the game not the fans!If you want our support (and there are a hell of a lot more alums than active students and probably we have more money to spend too) then give us YOUR support.SOMEONE, ANYONE PLEASE PLEASE tell them to show us the game and not the GO ZIPS sign!Thanks!!!!!

[ZipGrad93]

AMEN!!!

[Valpo Zip]

I hear your pain and i understand your frustration. Howver, you have to keep in mind that the main purpose of the scoreboard video is to entertain the fans in the house and get them involved and, if possible, get in the head of the opposing player making the free throw.The best solution to this would be having two different productions, one for the score board and another one for the video stream. It shouldn't be that hard, especially if you say that you guys pay for the service.

[akronzips71]

That is the arguement they make when I complain. But you know, I watched the Duquesne game on THEIR website for free without the nonsense.If we were not having such a great season, I would have cancelled my subscription. It is that annoying, and half the time the audio commentary does not work. Next year, if the teams are not good and that nonsense continues, they lose a fan (and $9.95 a month). If you want to be big time, act big time or just accept being a loser.

[zippyrifle32]

i always feel iffy paying for an internet feed because so much can go wrong

[zip81]

I did that once '71 and will never do it again.I'm no techy at TV, however, if you are just going to stream the scoreboard feed...make it for free. You can't even watch online and listen to the radio because there's about 30 seconds diff.There's got to be a way to seperate the feed for the Web from the feed to the scoreboard.

[akronzips71]

Sometimes the video feed also has audio commentary, one time it was there but so faint as to be useless. I have also run two computers, one for audio and one for video.But again, if they can't clean up this act that we pay for, it proves just how bush league (sorry George) they really are. Big time schools make sure their alums can participate, and trust me, not all Penn State Alums live with a quick drive of State College.

[zip81]

Sometimes the video feed also has audio commentary, one time it was there but so faint as to be useless. I have also run two computers, one for audio and one for video.But again, if they can't clean up this act that we pay for, it proves just how bush league (sorry George) they really are. Big time schools make sure their alums can participate, and trust me, not all Penn State Alums live with a quick drive of State College.

How do you sync the audio and video between the two computers?I watched a lot of the away games on the visitor's Web site. Some are really good, like Northern Illinois, and any of the Horizon League games are also well done in a conference-wide package.Duquesne was also good.

[akronzips71]

You can't synch it, you just gotta go with it, listening to what happened after you see it.Amazing how little they can do in this age.