mlb baseball

[faxman75]

Been listening to both the Phillies/Toronto and Yankees/Rays games with no problems at all.

Important to note, though, that I'm docked, fully charged, and running off my home wifi with the router sitting about six inches from my phone.

There are so many variables involved in streaming audio from radio stations that I'm not at all surprised that some people would have trouble with some games from some stations.

It ain't a perfect system, folks. It's jerry-built out of pieces and parts, all of which are under the control of multiple individuals/technologies that are, at best, interfaced, not integrated.

The assumption that this should all go as smoothly as technology developed and ironed out for the last 90 years is simply silly.

There is one major flaw with your logic. They acknowledge the problem and claim an update will repair it.

The issue with that is there is no telling when this update will be released and they can't communicate with their inquiring paying customers.

 

[longboat]

Been listening to both the Phillies/Toronto and Yankees/Rays games with no problems at all.

Important to note, though, that I'm docked, fully charged, and running off my home wifi with the router sitting about six inches from my phone.

There are so many variables involved in streaming audio from radio stations that I'm not at all surprised that some people would have trouble with some games from some stations.

It ain't a perfect system, folks. It's jerry-built out of pieces and parts, all of which are under the control of multiple individuals/technologies that are, at best, interfaced, not integrated.

The assumption that this should all go as smoothly as technology developed and ironed out for the last 90 years is simply silly.

I have the same conditions as you but all the problems.

 

[pobguy]

I just installed At Bat. Since all the games are done for the night, I won't get a chance to check it out until tomorrow. I have read about all the problems with the audio dropping out. Any reports about how Gameday works with this app?

As far as I can tell, it doesn't.

They don't do Gameday for most ST games. You'll have to wait for the regular season for that.

Unlike many of the people posting here, I don't care a great deal about the audio. What I most care about is Gameday, which I can glance at from time to time when I am away from my laptop. I subscribe to mlb.tv premium, so I catch all the games on my laptop. So, the question is, how well does this work for Gameday? Since there is no way to find out the answer until the season starts, I will get a refund now and wait for the Gameday reviews next months.

 

[longboat]

Right you will have to wait for gameday. Not only do I have audio issues, which now seems to be fine for a half an hour but some scores are 3 innings behind even on the game that I am listening to.

 

[gprichardson1]

I must be the rare exception. I've been listening to the Red Sox/Twins game since it started at 1:05pm EST and haven't had a single drop out. I have my phone charging but am NOT using Wifi. Just the 3G network. It's far better than it was yesterday, where I was getting disconnected many times.

It looks like MLB isn't doing any gameday data for spring training period. If you go to mlb.com you'll notice they're not offering it on the web either, so I'm not surprised it's not happening in the mobile app.

-Gary

PS The scores on mlb.com are behind the broadcast too. I suspect this will all be more timely once the regular season starts.

 

[dylanthecat]

The Brewer game is working fine again for me today. No drops. The feed is different as I am now getting the TV announcers, not the radio feed which I prefer... Just ran out and checked the radio and there is no radio of the game, so actually this is a good thing. They also play music during the inning breaks which is better than the silence I got yesterday.

 

[lakerfan82]

Just got the At Bat app too, currently trying to listen to the Dodger game. Like most everyone else, I've been listening for about 1.5 hours and had to restart it at least 20 times. When the audio cuts out it says "LAD vs CWS: Unable to connect." Then when you press the play button it works for a bit and then mysteriously stops in 3 or 4 minutes (you don't always notice it right away because Charlie Steiner is so useless). Is this error pretty much exactly what everyone else is seeing? Looks like I will be getting a refund until this issue is corrected .

 

[jsh1120]

An update based on listening to the Mariners/Padres game as I drove around this afternoon. Once I was on 3G rather than (strong) WiFi I experienced a number of problems. Drop outs were the least of them. At one point I kept getting a Brewers game on the Mariners/Padres channel. And on one occasion I had to turn off my phone and reboot to kill the broadcast. I couldn't shut off the broadcast nor even "quit" the application.

Now I'm back at my desk and everything is fine.

My conclusion is that truly "mobile" use is problematic. On the other hand, if you have a strong, consistent signal, the service appears to work as advertised.

 

[Cmmsh]

An update based on listening to the Mariners/Padres game as I drove around this afternoon. Once I was on 3G rather than (strong) WiFi I experienced a number of problems. Drop outs were the least of them. At one point I kept getting a Brewers game on the Mariners/Padres channel. And on one occasion I had to turn off my phone and reboot to kill the broadcast. I couldn't shut off the broadcast nor even "quit" the application.

Now I'm back at my desk and everything is fine.

My conclusion is that truly "mobile" use is problematic. On the other hand, if you have a strong, consistent signal, the service appears to work as advertised.

Nail hit on the proverbial head.

 

[lakerfan82]

Update available

Looks like there is already an update available in the marketplace. I will be listening to the Pirates/Orioles game on the way home to see if there are still issues. Please update and do the same!

 

[jgorman13]

Looks like there is already an update available in the marketplace. I will be listening to the Pirates/Orioles game on the way home to see if there are still issues. Please update and do the same!

can anyone confirm an update?

 

[faxman75]

My conclusion is that truly "mobile" use is problematic. On the other hand, if you have a strong, consistent signal, the service appears to work as advertised.

My problems occurred while sitting at my desk all day long and not moving. The same place I listen to internet radio for hours and hours and never have an issue. I listen daily and surf the web daily at my desk on my phone at work and never have issues with anything.

I will stay tuned for more updates.

 

[faxman75]

Looks like there is already an update available in the marketplace. I will be listening to the Pirates/Orioles game on the way home to see if there are still issues. Please update and do the same!

can anyone confirm an update?

They did an update and it's version 1.0.2

However, they didn't tell us what the update was for. In fact in the comments section of the market place some folks are inquiring about what was included. They are still failing. Hopefully people here who actually had problems can tell us if those problems were resolved.

 

[jsh1120]

My conclusion is that truly "mobile" use is problematic. On the other hand, if you have a strong, consistent signal, the service appears to work as advertised.

My problems occurred while sitting at my desk all day long and not moving. The same place I listen to internet radio for hours and hours and never have an issue. I listen daily and surf the web daily at my desk on my phone at work and never have issues with anything.

I will stay tuned for more updates.

Likely to be apples and oranges comparisons. for a variety of reasons. When you're listening to internet "radio" you may well be listening to a buffered stream that provides an opportunity to "correct" drop outs and other problems before you hear them. In this case, you're listening in real time or close to it so problems come right through to you.

To see the difference consider Pandora. You'll continue to hear Pandora for quite awhile after you've lost an internet connection. That's because you're hearing buffered content that is already on your phone or computer. And that's also why Pandora so rarely appears to drop out or hiccup.

Comparing streaming radio real-time to surfing the web is even less appropriate. A very slow and inconsistent connection will still allow you to download web content predictably. Note, for example, that your browser on 3G appears to present content at nearly the same rate as a fast WiFi connection even when the latter is 10 or 15 times faster than the former. The reason is that the performance is dependent on your browser, not on your connection. (For the most part.)

I have no dog in this fight. I have my own complaints about MLB's products, not the least of which is that they appear to sell the same content in several different packages at different prices depending on the device you're trying to use. But the challenges the service faces are similar to those faced by service providers like RadioTime who stream a large set of feeds over which they have virtually no control in terms of signal quality or technology used.

 

[pudah]

Looks like there is already an update available in the marketplace. I will be listening to the Pirates/Orioles game on the way home to see if there are still issues. Please update and do the same!

can anyone confirm an update?

They did an update and it's version 1.0.2

However, they didn't tell us what the update was for. In fact in the comments section of the market place some folks are inquiring about what was included. They are still failing. Hopefully people here who actually had problems can tell us if those problems were resolved.

How did you get this update? In the app I go to more and see no update. In the settings I can't even find what version it is, but the phone settings -> manage applications I see I am running "version 1". Market also offers no update.