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  1. Mr. Dominant

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    Ahhhh less than 5 hours left! I can't wait! :)
     
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    feed looks good and has been consistent.
     
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    At work and streaming to my iPhone at the moment. Quality is perfect... This is almost too good to be true.
     
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    Ballstreams is great! Feed has been perfect until the last 5 mins or so, a little jumpy or laggy i guess. Picture is crystal clear though.
     
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    Can someone explain the options at the top of the On Demand streams? What is Progressive, Flash, iStream, Watch Condensed?
     
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    iStream is for mobile platforms like iphone or ipad. Flash is your typical live stream. Havent checked out progressive stream, condensed version i assume eliminates commercials.
     
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    Adding to what was previously mentioned, Progressive streams downloads a bit of the stream as it plays. That way, if there is a network interruption or slow-down, you can continue watching (up to a point).

    This is in contrast to traditional Flash streaming.

    One other thing: I mentioned previously how to download games. I figured I'd let you guys know that using a download accelerator (like Internet Download Manager) seriously beefed up my dl speeds. I was able to get this morning's 3.87 GB game in about 12 min vs. almost 50 min before (avg ~4 Mb/s)
     
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    I watched the entire game in bed on my iPhone in the morning live. Had absolutely no problems. It's going to be a beautiful year this year. BallStreams is an... early Christmas present to ourselves?
     
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    Is there a way to watch the csn version and not have to watch the fsn indiana version?
     
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    AFAIK, there shouldn't be these issues during the regular season. Plus, they know that a significant percentage of viewers are Rox fans and would prefer the CSN feed, so he'll pick it in the future
     
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    CSNH was blacked out today because the game was shown on NBATV. This of course won't be a problem during the regular season. NBATV chose the Pacer feed to show. I hope next time they pick the CSNH feed.

    For those of you experiencing any lag consider using VLC and using a network stream and inputting the direct link that is shown right below the feed on ballstreams.

    {http://www.hscontent.com/cntl3/PREMIUM_2HD.m3u8?token=ko11Axr/zdb4Q4qB2oMKH+fh7bl1rxBfzs/KZTpRXwvvkeuPjgp4D4DBRRGCMAgFvOXHJtgcqXK+WZClP7/x6X+p8KlllTfMbkPVuKvZJTMiUixNzH2Og+/DL/mDPENN}

    Here is the link if anyone wants to see if it will work for you on VLC w/o a ballstreams account.
     
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    The admin (Billy) talks to people in the chat during a game and he said it's kind of a crapshoot and it will happen in the regular season if NBA LP blacks out one of the games, then there won't be both feeds available.

    That's a bummer, but some announce teams for other teams aren't so awful. I enjoyed the ones for Indiana today. They were more than fair.
     
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    Obviously this only works with games that are completed and no longer in progress right?
     
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    Lakers halftime show talking up Nick Young, LOL this season is gonna be fun!
     
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    For sure, this in reference to On Demand.
     
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    can you elaborate on this?
     
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    Hahaha the irony while seeing a nba league pass commercial while watching with BallStreams! (screen shot taken on iPhone 5)

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    I wonder if they use International League Pass lol. ILP has all pre-season games I believe. But based off you screenshot, that feed looks nice.
     
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    they are simply using the feed that the league provided, which is how they get the coverage on ILP in the first place.

    it's a screenshot of the NBAtv coverage.

    they probably got the Indiana feed. I wonder if they will have control of home team broadcast when the season gets under way.
     
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