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Apple Keynote just started streaming
- zach 16y agoI was really convinced of the "iTunes Unplugged" thing when a Daring Fireball reader interpreted the invitation that way, and now they're playing the MTV Unplugged version of "Layla."
- teamonkey 16y agoTo be fair to them, their easy listening music stream is lovely on the iPad. Watching the theatre fill up isn't really what I was hoping to watch though.
- some1else 16y agoWorking for you? Not working for me yet. Leo 10.5 might be the cause? I'm in Europe, the site seems a bit sluggish to reload. I wonder if they manage to pull it off, Google IO had quite a few drop-outs.
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- ritonlajoie 16y ago"Streaming video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Safari on iOS 3 or later." Cheers Apple, I'm running Windows XP !
- mikeryan 16y agoA Couple of URLS to try http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1009qpeijrfn/sl.m3u8 http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1009qpeijrfn/sl.m3u8 (try this in Windows Quicktime?) and http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/sep/1009qpeijrfn/1009oiubqherbfoteg_hd_ref.mov http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/sep/1009qpeijrfn/1009oiub... I can't tell if they work or not but those are in the source of the page.
- some1else 16y agoNot working on Leopard 10.5 either
- mikeryan 16y agoThe m3U8 file is working for me on the newest quicktime (which I think is only Snow Leopard). You need the newest quicktime for HLS Streaming to work.
- avar 16y agoNeither of those works in the nightly build of VLC I just compiled on Ubuntu.
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- booticon 16y agoThe livestream has only buffered for me once. Other than that it's been flawless. Very impressive.
- maximilian 16y agoI'm getting some stuttering, which is pretty annoying.. When it doesn't stutter it looks great though!
- m_eiman 16y agoVery impressive quality too. Better than TV.
- adolph 16y agoYeah, I had to restart a couple of times and it stuttered a little, but I'm very impressed because I'm running a 3G (freshly downgraded to iOS3). I'm also impressed by the battery life. I watched the whole thing over wifi and lost about 1/3 battery.
- bl4k 16y agoLive blogging links (both auto refresh with pics, commentary etc.): Gdgt: http://live.gdgt.com/2010/09/01/live-apple-fall-2010-event-coverage/ http://live.gdgt.com/2010/09/01/live-apple-fall-2010-event-c... Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/live-from-apples-fall-2010-event/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/live-from-apples-fall-201...
- benologist 16y agoI don't know if it's just my browser but gdgt's is better - engadget the ad whores refresh the entire page.
- duck 16y agoWithout fail, every time I need to use QuickTime on a Windows box it doesn't work.
- samiq 16y agoI'm in seoul and it has not frozen once... and the streaming quality is HD... sadly due to their streaming tech it only works on apple products
- AlexMuir 16y agoNetflix - Good or bad news for them? They're on the Apple TV, so that's a plus. But Apple are now direct competitors, and they control the platform.
- elq 16y agono. Apple is a PPV vendor. If they offered a flat-rate subscription they'd be competing with Netflix; they're not.
- AlexMuir 16y agoThey're both selling content to watch on your TV. Albeit with different business models. They are both after $X a month, just in different ways.
- rjurney 16y agoApple will buy Netflix, if they can get it past the feds.
- AlexMuir 16y agoI can't see any reason why they would do this now. Apple already have the infrastructure to distribute the content, the user accounts, relationships with studios etc. Apple could set up Netflix in a couple of months - it's little more than a new pricing structure. Any acquisition would be for existing subscribers only, and would be way below today's NFLX valuation.
- elq 16y agoyes. I can rent 9 tv episodes per month for the price of netflix's most common plan.
- shasta 16y agoBlockbuster will be thrilled to learn that they're not competing with Netflix. You should hurry up and tell them before they go out of business.
- AlexMuir 16y agoSteve, no one gives a fuck about photo slideshows.
- momoro 16y agoThat was actually the most powerful moment in the event for me. I think that people really connect with being able to come home and show their pictures from the day to their girlfriend or family.
- AlexMuir 16y agoI very rarely do this, I just use Windows photo preview. I must be the exception. Being downvoted is a great way to force you to rethink something.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoPeople use their TVs for watching TV shows and films. I can't imagine many people being excited about a photo slideshow capability.
- ergo98 16y agoAlmost every TV and DVD/BR player now comes with the slideshow ability. My Xbox, Blu-ray player, AND my TV can play Netflix content. The latter two can play YouTube. It's getting a bit stupid, and there is zero novelty to adding any of those to new devices. They can all play my own video and audio files too. The singular complaint about video is that not all mainstream formats are accepted (esp. higher end like the 22Mbps AVC from my camcorder), but Apple would be the last company I would expect to widen the range of format support.
- glhaynes 16y agoI never use the slideshow feature on my Apple TV now because I'd have to set up photo syncing with my computer, have all my latest photos on it (of course they're by far the most likely to be the ones that I'd want to show and by far the least likely for me to have already synced), etc etc. But if I could just whip out my iPhone and a couple of taps later be showing some photos from it on my TV... well, I might use that. Once or twice, at least. :)
- powrtoch 16y agoAnyone care to take bets on this "Ping" feature? I just can't see it taking off, but it could just be that I hang out in the wrong crowds.
- Perceval 16y agoSeems like they can give Last.fm a run for their money.
- AlexMuir 16y agoA potential big threat for Twitter as it's a much richer way of following musicians - and if video content on iTunes starts to take off then also actors etc.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI've never known anybody that actually likes iTunes. They use it begrudgingly. I don't see why anyone would want to spend more time in it.
- ptomato 16y agoThere's quite a few people who use iPhones/iPod Touches, though.
- rimantas 16y agoI do like iTunes. I even used it as my music player on Windows when I was still using that OS.
- powrtoch 16y agoPersonally I love iTunes, but I have heard it's less impressive on Windows systems. The only other legitimate complaint I know is that it's become bloated with features that not every user needs (if you don't have an iSomething, for example).
- tjr 16y agoI use iTunes for playing music when I'm using my Apple computers. I suppose, I neither like it nor dislike it. It sits there playing music. It's not something I consciouslly "use" all that much.
- thought_alarm 16y agoI'm really surprised with how well that worked. I sat on my couch and watched it on my TV with a coffee. Great fun. Way better than having to endure that idiotic Engadget commentary.
- batasrki 16y agoThe thing is that they had a hard upper limit on how many clients connected and they wouldn't allow any more past that limit. That kinda makes it less impressive, IMO.
- mike-cardwell 16y ago99USD for an Apple TV. I bet the people launching the Boxee Box in November are currently very nervous.
- mikeknoop 16y agoMaybe not for this specific iteration of the product but definitely the next iteration. This "first" offering by Apple certainly falls in line with their tradition product release of introducing a new product with less-than-stellar specifications (No HDMI?). Only to update it a year from now. That means Boxee might be in the lead this December but will get leapfrogged a year from now, and to boot Apple gets 6 months to improve upon any shortcomings with Boxee's product.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoNot sure I understand. The one they launched today is not their first. It's an updated version that is a quarter of the size, has HDMI and is less than half the price of the old one at 99USD...
- sp332 16y agoThis is another open/closed debate. Boxee is pretty easy to make new channels for. AppleTV will always be more exclusive. And Boxee has a full QWERTY keyboard on the back of the remote :-)
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI do like Boxee. I use it myself. But the new Boxee Box is going to cost twice as much as a new Apple TV, and I'd bet my right nut the hardware wont look as nice. So it better have some good advantages.
- sp332 16y agoThe Boxee hardware looks AWESOME! Box: http://vimeo.com/13398124 http://vimeo.com/13398124 Remote: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcm95c_ces-2010-handson-with-the-boxee-box_tech http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcm95c_ces-2010-handson-wit...
- Tycho 16y agoIf the new Apple TV is a big success they can integrate it with Ping and we may finally have the Facebook killer we've been waiting for. Monetization would not be an issue since the whole social network is essentially an advert for the iTunes store. I've always found music and screen related discussion much more compelling than personal updates or messages, and I don't think I'm alone, or even in the minority (it's just I have the savvy to find good online communities for such discussion, unlike say my parents).
- peterb 16y agoFacebook is about baby pictures, girls/boys night out, kids soccer results, and "how the hell are you". This is no facebook killer, but it may bleed off X% of discussions that deals with media.
- Tycho 16y agoIt's just that like others have said, Ping is so highly monetized. I can imagine Facebook shedding users as they get desperate for cash and introduce annoying adverts or disable useful features, meanwhile Ping will pay for itself and possibly expand to be a complete FB rival. Just wild speculation of course.
- hockeybias 16y agoyawn...
- exit 16y agois it confirmed that the new ipod touch has a cellphone like microphone?