Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on June 25, 2015, 07:45:05 PM
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The club is set to re-launch a new and improved AVTV platform over the next couple of weeks ahead of pre-season and the start of the 15/16 season. The re-launch of AVTV is part of a two stage digital project for the club, with stage 1 being the AVTV launch this July and stage 2 being the launch of a new-look official website, which will happen in November.
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Bloody hell. Signing players from the Premier League, employing a coaching team, revamping the website. It's like we are slowly awakening from a 5 year coma.
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Supposedly, up until recently there were only like 3 people working on AVTV, so its about time it had a bit of a revamp.
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First priority: get rid of those effing auto-playing videos.
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AVTV next on sky
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The website update is soooo overdue.
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AVTV next on sky
I wonder how many people subscribe to it?
I do but somehow I think I am in the minority
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First priority: get rid of those effing auto-playing videos.
Abso-fucking-lutely.
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Agreed.
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Making AVTV compatible with the iPad would help too.
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Hopefully they'll be continuing the pre-season live coverage.
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Hopefully they'll be continuing the pre-season live coverage.
Hopefully they'll get someone who has fecking clue to do the work.
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Hopefully they will start showing the full games like other clubs instead of this highlights bollocks.
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Hopefully they'll be continuing the pre-season live coverage.
Hopefully they'll get someone who has fecking clue how to do the work.
2013 Preseason streaming was a bit dodgy. Last year was fine though, they have got someone new in to hopefully provide a better service. Rippleffect & video partner StreamUK
This will feature HD TV and will work on mobile and tablet devices.
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Hopefully they'll be continuing the pre-season live coverage.
They will be.
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AVTV next on sky
A few years back I read that MUTV lost about £20m a year.
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I don't think it makes any sense to go onto sky, launching a full channel. Website and apps are fine.
I would happily subscribe £5/month if they let you watch reruns of full games, or at least extended highlights like on sky match choice.
Live u21 games is a must though.
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^This. Live U21's would be great
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The auto video has to go.
"Tony Morley, disaster at Villa Park today. What are your thoughts?"
"On AVTV this week, Leandro Bacuna, the Flying Dutchman talks about nothing in particular"
"Exclusively today, some Villa players play FiFA 2015 and some fans have a kickabout"
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So from £5 for the last 2 seasons of live pre-season action and the first years effort was awful.
Now to watch it's a whopping £24 for a pre-season pass. I'll be skipping that great offer.
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£24 to watch the pre-season games? Last year it was free for season ticket holders, is it the same this year?
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£24 to watch the pre-season games? Last year it was free for season ticket holders, is it the same this year?
Yes.
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So far, same content but with a slower web site. Hopefully full matches are coming for the season proper.
I will be renewing regardless :)
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It was very frustrating to hear that some fans experience problems. Having had a full debrief this morning with our new supplier, the problem related to the DVR. The DVR is a clever (or not so clever in this instance) piece of kit that allows users to rewind and fast forward the live stream. For whatever reason it was only picking up one channel of audio which meant it became unstable. As soon as this was diagnosed it was removed and the live stream became stable for all users. I hoped you could apologise to fans on our behalf via your channels and reassure them that everything will be working for Saturday’s live stream. A full replay of the event is now available on our YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/1JTAmmW
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It was very frustrating to hear that some fans experience problems. Having had a full debrief this morning with our new supplier, the problem related to the DVR. The DVR is a clever (or not so clever in this instance) piece of kit that allows users to rewind and fast forward the live stream. For whatever reason it was only picking up one channel of audio which meant it became unstable. As soon as this was diagnosed it was removed and the live stream became stable for all users. I hoped you could apologise to fans on our behalf via your channels and reassure them that everything will be working for Saturday’s live stream. A full replay of the event is now available on our YouTube channel - http://bit.ly/1JTAmmW
Legion - Thank you.
Is that quote from Tom Fox?
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Head of Marketing and Communications.
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Thanks
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Having just been onto Pravda, I can confirm the auto-play videos are a thing of the past. Truly our bright future is here.
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Solid stream so far.
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It's not solid. It's shit, quite frankly.
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not working for me even with high speed fibre
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Working perfectly for me in 720p
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I'm sure I read something on here yesterday somewhere about the club working hard to change the poor streaming service (as a follow on from the kit launch debacle) and this game was going to show proper performance.
I guess not. Stream freezes, page refreshes taking forever, script runtime problems - all bodes well.
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That sucks. Rock solid here in the USA, using chrome if that helps.
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I can't even subscribe. After clicking payment option it just freezes up.
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Works perfectly for me. PM me with specifics so I can pass any issues on.
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Working great for me, good picture, smooth as silk.
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Works perfectly for me. PM me with specifics so I can pass any issues on.
After the 4th attempt it went through to the payment screen and I completed the sign up. The three previous times it just stalled.
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Went through the subscription screens with the code I was sent with no problem but now I come to play the stream for tonight's game all I get is 'Stream not found'
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As many of you will be aware we have recently re-launched the AVTV console and will be streaming all pre-season games live – tv.avfc.co.uk (feedback welcome).
One of the benefits of being a season ticket holder is a season-long pass to AVTV. This pass is accessed via a code, which is included in the Season Ticket Holder welcome pack. As packs will not be distributed until the end of the month, we have also sent codes to Season Ticket Holders via email (this enables them to watch all of the live pre-season action). However, we only have around 65% of email addresses for Season Ticket Holders. As a result some fans will not receive their code until their pack arrives. Any Season Ticket Holder that hasn’t received their code, and would like to obtain it before their pack arrives, can contact the ticket office on 0800 612 0970. The ticket office is open from Monday-Saturday (9am-5pm). We will continue to distribute this message through avfc.co.uk and our social media channels.
The other thing I’d like to ask you to encourage is early redemption/purchase. We saw a huge influx of people trying to purchase passes and redeem codes in the hour before the Fulham game. Whilst we appreciate this will always happen, we would like to encourage people to redeem asap. In the unlikely event of a problem, this gives us ample time to work through a fix with the supporter prior to the live game.
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I noticed that the videos don't autoplay any more when you visit the website, at least that's something.
My kids usually leave the volume really high when they've been on the computer, so when I visit the villa website late at night it used to scare the shit out of me.
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I haven't had an email with an access code.
The FAQs don't give much help and the Contact Us link doesn't work
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As many of you will be aware we have recently re-launched the AVTV console and will be streaming all pre-season games live – tv.avfc.co.uk (feedback welcome).
One of the benefits of being a season ticket holder is a season-long pass to AVTV. This pass is accessed via a code, which is included in the Season Ticket Holder welcome pack. As packs will not be distributed until the end of the month, we have also sent codes to Season Ticket Holders via email (this enables them to watch all of the live pre-season action). However, we only have around 65% of email addresses for Season Ticket Holders. As a result some fans will not receive their code until their pack arrives. Any Season Ticket Holder that hasn’t received their code, and would like to obtain it before their pack arrives, can contact the ticket office on 0800 612 0970. The ticket office is open from Monday-Saturday (9am-5pm). We will continue to distribute this message through avfc.co.uk and our social media channels.
The other thing I’d like to ask you to encourage is early redemption/purchase. We saw a huge influx of people trying to purchase passes and redeem codes in the hour before the Fulham game. Whilst we appreciate this will always happen, we would like to encourage people to redeem asap. In the unlikely event of a problem, this gives us ample time to work through a fix with the supporter prior to the live game.
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No problems at all here.
With AVTV I mean.
Trying not to think about the delph/benteke/wtf is going on at avfc thing.
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Not loading up for me.
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All good now.
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FFS this is a joke
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Keeps on cutting out.
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I can't even get to the login screen
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What are you trying to access it on? iPad?
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L - O - L - :/
At least someone is trying to fix it, the config file has CustomErrors set to off
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I can't even get to the main AVTV screen - how difficult can it be?
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Try https://tv.avfc.co.uk/
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It probably only handles a few sessions - no load balancing etc. So you are one of the lucky ones Legion.
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Page won't even load for me..
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Please report all and any issues so I can send feedback to the service providers.
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It probably only handles a few sessions - no load balancing etc. So you are one of the lucky ones Legion.
Do what now!?
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1. Can't load page
2. when times out, it shows Runtime Error (but just showing basics of the web.config.file ( <customErrors mode="Off"/> and <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/> on the redirect page)
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Upgrade to 'Service Unavailable'
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HTTP 503 Error now, service unavailable (probably resetting services)
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Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".
<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors> configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.
<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
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Same here, I think someone needs to recycle the app pool or restart IIS :) When we see this at work it's usually down to load.
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Yeah - Legion is currently viewing, so he is sucking up all the bandwidth ;)
They have tested the system, it worked fine...with 1 user.
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Really annoying, I've not managed to see anything since subscribing and they will not respond to emails to cancel
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Same for me. Leeg has broke the Internet
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Very poor
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Yeah - Legion is currently viewing, so he is sucking up all the bandwidth ;)
They have tested the system, it worked fine...with 1 user.
Oh, well that explains it then :)
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I think that the whole of Aston Villa needs turning off and then turning back on again.
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They should try use more than 1 server for all the services
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Charlie Austin ate the internet
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I mean danlanza aside and my shiteness we put a man on the frigging moon 45 years ago yet we can't manage to show a game of football on a computer. Useless feckers all round.
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Pictures from Pluto, no problem. Pictures from Swindon, no hope
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Really annoying, I've not managed to see anything since subscribing and they will not respond to emails to cancel
Ditto. I even fell for the upgraded system bullshit to such an extent I paid for 12 months. This is the 3rd time I have subscribed to AVTV over the years and every time without fail it has failed to consistently deliver even basic service. Very very pissed off. I could be rearranging my sock drawer or similar, rather than paying for the privilege of farting around with Runtime Errors.
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Somewhere in Swindon right now, some 17 year old apprentice is desperately trying to get a Raspberry Pi with 1998 vintage web cam to talk reliably via a 28.8 US Robotics modem.
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I'm sure somewhere there is a huddle taking place with the phrase "we go again" being bandied about...
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Somewhere in Swindon right now, some 17 year old apprentice is desperately trying to get a Raspberry Pi with 1998 vintage web cam to talk reliably via a 28.8 US Robotics modem.
I remember when I upgraded from 28.8 to a 56k modem. I thought that it was fantastic
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This is beyond shit. At least I saw soem of the Braga game. It was shit quality via my android box on tv, slightly less shit on my tablet, but kept freezing anyway. But at least i SAW some of it.
Joke.
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Every fucking element of Aston Villa disappoints me at the moment. It is literally my worst hobby
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From the text commentary on the official site:
Paul AVFC:
We are aware of issues with our live stream this evening and we are working hard to fix them.
Having been in similar situations to what the Villa techies are currently experiencing I have some sympathy but I quite understand why others are annoyed.
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I manged to start it with this
https://tv.avfc.co.uk/AVTV/Live?loggedin=1
but breaking up
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has there even been an apology?
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It looks like someone's switched it off and on again. Slow but I get through to the stream which is hosted by a 3rd party. I bet it was a nose DDOS attack :)
ps. 1-0 Villa
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The streaming site I use hasn't had a problem showing the games,which makes AVTV look even worse.
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In the end I got it on the ipad by going back through Google, direct to AVTV, then when I got the runtime error, I opened it in Safari & I got in. I have no idea if this was coincidence or technique but it's worth a try.....and we'ver scored! Yay!
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Fuck me, I'm in.
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has there even been an apology?
Yes, from Jack over the live stream that we cannot access.
Head-slap emoticon thingy
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A Villa goal seems to have shocked the system.
HD it's not...
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Fuck me, I'm in.
I'm buffering, so that's a bit of progress
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This thread and associated issues have been forwarded to those responsible.
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Fuck me, I'm in.
Oooo-err!!!
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I'm back to Runtime Eerir again.
I give up
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Fuck me, I'm in.
Oooo-err!!!
Ooh yes, rock solid.
Stream that is. Still can't see the HD bit. AVTV sub-SD would be more accurate.
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I managed to see a picture, just after we scored.
Bonus for good behaviour ... it was a moving picture.
35 seconds later - reverted to Runtime Error.
Totally useless.
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From the text commentary on the official site:
Paul AVFC:
We are aware of issues with our live stream this evening and we are working hard to fix them.
Having been in similar situations to what the Villa techies are currently experiencing I have some sympathy but I quite understand why others are annoyed.
I have absolutely no sympathy. They have one job - to show the game and cant do it. I swear our club is run by muppets. Well, its cost them £6 of my money. About right for the hour of my time ive wasted
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I'm now getting PERFECT HD coverage of the groundsman tending to the pitch at half time. You just know what's going to happen next.
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Woo hoo, I'm in. Great coverage of half time calisthenics
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so whats the score
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0-1 to us.
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so whats the score
Swindon 0, the remains of Aston Villa 1
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Avtv should start by providing a simple teletext service and move on if they crack that
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Just called the club. Strangely they say they have had a lot of calls about it. Told me to use the AVTV email support - which I've tried 4 times now.
"Oh why don't you try the ticket office?"
Fuck it. You win. Not worth the energy.
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I sent details off last night. Once I get a response I will put it on this thread.
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Thank you
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I sent details off last night. Once I get a response I will put it on this thread.
Thanks Legion, probably appear to have little patience, its true, I don't!
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Couldn't get on at all last night , found the game on a stream site and watched it virtually problem free..
Unbelievable just how much worse they have made it
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Just received this email from the club:
Aston Villa would like to apologise to the AVTV HD subscribers who experienced problems watching Tuesday's live stream at Swindon Town.
While the stream improved during the second half of the game, we experienced technical gremlins throughout the first half.
We are working very hard with our web agency to ensure the same issues don’t arise for the three remaining games we are showing live – Walsall, Wolves and Nottingham Forest.
We have also informed them that these issues are unacceptable for our fanbase watching via AVTV HD.
Many thanks for your on-going support,
Aston Villa Football Club
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Have those of you paying separately for PravdaTV received any refunds ?
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Have those of you paying separately for PravdaTV received any refunds ?
I haven't
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They could of sent out that email out for the past 5 years.
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the live stuff has been nothing short of a disaster but the overall content and quality of the picture for highlights, interviews etc has been better. The main site needs a huge upgrade which is coming I think.
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Some time around November.
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Some time around November.
cheers Lee
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Have those of you paying separately for PravdaTV received any refunds ?
I also got the e-mail, which basically just says 'somebody else's fault' and no refund.
Sowing live pictures via t'internet isn't rocket science these days. Maybe next year we should arrange for all out friendlies to be played on Pluto.
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Have those of you paying separately for PravdaTV received any refunds ?
I also got the e-mail, which basically just says 'somebody else's fault' and no refund.
Sowing live pictures via t'internet isn't rocket science these days. Maybe next year we should arrange for all out friendlies to be played on Pluto.
Yeah, we make our own atmosphere on away days
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More Some-Def than High-Def for the Warsaw game
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More Some-Def than High-Def for the Warsaw game
I love the way they pimp this service as HD.
I am watching the Walsall game and although there is no buffering or anything, and the signal might be HD, the source certainly isn't - the pic is fuzzy and low quality.
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continual buffering is annoying :(
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It keeps changing resolution and i noticed they have removed the button to choose your resolution level.
Had 2 errors stream not found and some stuttering
It's not brilliant by any means ,and the club really need to sort it out.
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Mine has been excellent no buffering whatsoever.Which makes a change!!!
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Mine is fine on MacBook beamed to TV via Apple TV box
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Just saw Carlos Gill going off at Swindon then nothing .....useless
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I had sound problems - I could hear Jack Woodwood all the way through the game.
No problems with the streaming though (through IE)
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I've got AVTV working now but only through Chrome on Android or Safari on iPad. I just get an error through IE and nothing happens when I try through Firefox. Haven't tried with Windows on a desktop/laptop yet though.
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My screen is green now.....wtf is going on ? and it keeps cutting out too.....help me Obi Wan....your my only hope...
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Nice little interview with Hitz up on AVTV. Jack does a good job. Worth checking out.
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Nice little interview with Hitz up on AVTV. Jack does a good job. Worth checking out.
Just watched that.
There's a bit on 10 minutes or so when Jack asks him about the reaction to his coming out and says "when it came out that you are gay" and he rushes the word "gay" in a brilliantly Partridge fashion.
Excellent stuff.
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Nice little interview with Hitz up on AVTV. Jack does a good job. Worth checking out.
Just watched that.
There's a bit on 10 minutes or so when Jack asks him about the reaction to his coming out and says "when it came out that you are gay" and he rushes the word "gay" in a brilliantly Partridge fashion.
Excellent stuff.
lol yeah now you mention it he did! Happily Hitz seemed to take it in good humour! :)
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Nice little interview with Hitz up on AVTV. Jack does a good job. Worth checking out.
Just watched that.
There's a bit on 10 minutes or so when Jack asks him about the reaction to his coming out and says "when it came out that you are gay" and he rushes the word "gay" in a brilliantly Partridge fashion.
Excellent stuff.
Did he follow it up by saying 'god invented Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve'?
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Hitz was more bothered about the temerity of Woodward, for mentioning that the last minute winner against Albion took a deflection.
What a great day that was by the way.
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Wasn't it just!
Come on the ten men!!
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Does AVTV stream the games live or is it just highlights the day after?
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No live streaming of first team games.
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Ok thanks Legion. *disappointed smilie*
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They have no choice.
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Yeah I read that on the AVTV FAQ...basically about broadcasting rights so completely understandable but just wanted to double check to see if it was worth buying a subscription. Is a dodgy internet stream still the only option for games not being broadcast live on Sky/BT?
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I would say so.
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Does any one know how long after the final whistle highlights of the game are available please?
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Depends on the nature of the fixture according to the AVTV FAQ (https://tv.avfc.co.uk/FAQs#link4):
What are content embargoes?
Match highlights are subject to holdbacks or embargoes, meaning the Club is required to wait before specific content makes its way onto the website and is available for users to watch. These embargoes are determined by competition rules. Details can be found below:
For Premier League fixtures, the embargo is 24hrs after the final whistle, and this applies to all territories.
For League Cup fixtures, the embargo is midnight on Wednesday, for fixtures on both the Tuesday and Wednesday. As the final would likely be on a Saturday, the embargo for that game, would be midnight on the day of the game.
For FA Cup fixtures, the embargo for the games in which the Club participates is midday following the day of the match.
All times are GMT.
Best option for highlights as far as I'm aware is the extended highlights on Sky Match Choice.
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Ah, I see. I never thought of looking there.
Thank you
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Theres also a guy on Villa Talk who always posts a link to full match replays in their appropriate match thread subforums. Usually has them in decent quality soon after the match. And for free.
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Does AVTV stream the games live or is it just highlights the day after?
Sadly no. Thats not their choice (rights etc)
They do choose to only show just crappy highlights instead of the full game replay though. A source of frustration to me and a few others the club could easily fix.
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Commentary the other night kept cutting out for me. Anything from 1 - 10 minutes I had to hit refresh and play.
Not one of Jacks finest nights either.
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Brian Little on this weeks pre game show.
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Commentary the other night kept cutting out for me. Anything from 1 - 10 minutes I had to hit refresh and play.
Not one of Jacks finest nights either.
and for me,gave up after a while.Its not a very good service......but it does have Jack!
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On Paul Merson goal against Coventry 2000: "The magic man said abracadabra and out popped the white rabbit from the black hat."
On Peter Crouch goal against Bolton 2002: "He looks like Rodney Trotter. He's scored against the Trotters. He's not a plonker. It's lovely jubbly for Aston Villa."
On Joey Gudjonsson goal against Boro 2003: "Gudjonsson? Good goal son!"
On Lee Hendrie goal against Everton 2004: "The day before Halloween and that strike was sweeter than a piece of pumpkin pie."
On Villa win over Portsmouth: "Remember. Remember. The fifth of November. Goal power, screamers and shots."
On Juan Pablo Angel goal against Chelsea 2003: "Juanderful. Juan in a million. Juan Pablo Angel!"
On Villa 6-4 win over Blackburn 2010: "I've been to the West End. I've been to Broadway. I've been to the Moulin Rouge. But I've never seen drama quite like this."
On Villa win at Arsenal 2008: "Villa's message for the Wenger Boys. We're going to I-Beat-Ya."
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Has anyone else had issues with the quality of the videos on AVTV recently.
And no I don't mean Jacks commentary but lots of buffering and a very bad connection.
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Has anyone else had issues with the quality of the videos on AVTV recently.
And no I don't mean Jacks commentary but lots of buffering and a very bad connection.
No. It's pretty good to be honest. The content leaves a bit to be desired and I am waiting to enjoy watching game highlights again. But otherwise I haven't had any issues. Watched the press conference yesterday without problems.