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First no video, then constant mixing between the TV Truck schedule, a video of the crowd, a video of the presentation screen showing the apple logo, a message s

First no video, then constant mixing between the TV Truck schedule, a video of the crowd, a video of the presentation screen showing the apple logo, a message showing apple copyright. Refreshed a few times, got 'access denied to server' page a few times. Then got video with Chinese translations talking over the presenter. Then it suddenly stopped, I pressed 'resume' to get the TV truck schedule again. On an iPad.

bla2 12y ago
Magical, with a touch of whimsy.
matthijs_ 12y ago
Same here, really annoying.
tcfunk 12y ago
It has been a very special event, indeed...
Killswitch 12y ago
Yup, I got sick of it and just closed out Safari. Back to work I guess.
- ewoodrich 12y ago
  It seems to have improved by this point. No more ultra-loud dubbing or TV truck schedules.
  - Killswitch 12y ago
    But it freezes randomly, only thing I can do to fix it is reload the page, and 9 out of 10 times the page loads half-assed or there's no video at all.
    - ewoodrich 12y ago
      Yeah, I spoke too soon. My stream has completely dropped out now, I'm not sure what's going on.
      - Killswitch 12y ago
        ".. and we want to get rid of this .. " cut to apple logo " .so weve decided .. " apple logo * snippet of apple ad * ".. so there you have it!.. " -access denied-
nether 12y ago
MacRumors.com is intermittently going out. Jesus. You'd think after umpteenth Apple keynotes they'd have this sorted out. It's not like it's their first rodeo.
antr 12y ago
It's not only the live stream which doesn't work, it's Apple's website too with a constant "Access Denied".
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mrtimo 12y ago
Chinese finally went away at 10:30
- fla 12y ago
  Don't worry, it's back now :-)
palakchokshi 12y ago
Tim Cook's leadership right there. Jobs would never have tolerated this crap. Come on Apple live up to your hype.
- calinet6 12y ago
  Jobs led them to do it right in the first place. Quality does not happen after the fact.
  - palakchokshi 12y ago
    That's exactly what I meant... Jobs would have made them stress test that system before the event so this does not happen. The most popular company in the world that creates the incredible hype for its events should have made sure the system worked unless they wanted some to feel left out thus igniting jealous resentment.
    - lukifer 12y ago
      The majority of past Apple live-streams have had problems, though this one was perhaps one of the worst. It's less an issue of Jobs-era vs. post-Jobs-era, and more to do with Apple's culture of control being at odds with the complexities of network scalability. (They should really just outsource it to YouTube.) The HTML summaries on apple.com were a nice touch, though, which softened the blow.
    - wavefunction 12y ago
      Yeah, it's not like Jobs would have ever held an iPhone incorrectly totally screwing up his own presentation. Dude is buried: let the dead lay dead.
mousetree 12y ago
Same here
highace 12y ago
A whole bunch of people don't have a job in the morning.
- ldng 12y ago
  Or maybe a whole bunch of people don't live in the same time zone as you.
  - dkokelley 12y ago
    ??? I think the parent's implication is that people will lose their jobs tomorrow morning, because of today's poor production.
    - ldng 12y ago
      Okay, I might have misread. From where I come from, when people watch something, say en Apple show, instead of working we say "some don't have work". That's what I misunderstood. I also assumed (wrongly ? I haven't checked) it was in California which meant it was morning already. The parents say "don't" not "will not". Even though there are trouble I very much doubt people are fired on the spot, they're too busy fixing it. But sure, some might. Later, in the future. Anyway, the comment was out of line an the downvotes deserves.
  - catshirt 12y ago
    dude, what?
    - catshirt 12y ago
      oh come on, 5 downvotes? like I'm the only one who didn't contemplate the complete lack of contextual or critical thought in the parent response
- MoOmer 12y ago
  Or, we had lunch
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adam12 12y ago
They need to swallow their pride and just use something like youtube for this.
- soperj 12y ago
  Yeah, youtube just works.
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nodata 12y ago
And who says Apple can't do web services?
visionscaper 12y ago
What I'm missing in this sub-thread is guesses as to what went wrong. The video quality of all past Apple events I've watched where border line perfect, and I've seen quite a lot of them! Any ideas?

bla2 12y ago

Magical, with a touch of whimsy.

matthijs_ 12y ago

Same here, really annoying.

tcfunk 12y ago

It has been a very special event, indeed...

Killswitch 12y ago

Yup, I got sick of it and just closed out Safari. Back to work I guess.

ewoodrich 12y ago
It seems to have improved by this point. No more ultra-loud dubbing or TV truck schedules.
- Killswitch 12y ago
  But it freezes randomly, only thing I can do to fix it is reload the page, and 9 out of 10 times the page loads half-assed or there's no video at all.
  - ewoodrich 12y ago
    Yeah, I spoke too soon. My stream has completely dropped out now, I'm not sure what's going on.
    - Killswitch 12y ago
      ".. and we want to get rid of this .. " cut to apple logo " .so weve decided .. " apple logo * snippet of apple ad * ".. so there you have it!.. " -access denied-

nether 12y ago

MacRumors.com is intermittently going out. Jesus. You'd think after umpteenth Apple keynotes they'd have this sorted out. It's not like it's their first rodeo.

antr 12y ago

It's not only the live stream which doesn't work, it's Apple's website too with a constant "Access Denied".

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mrtimo 12y ago

Chinese finally went away at 10:30

fla 12y ago
Don't worry, it's back now :-)

palakchokshi 12y ago

Tim Cook's leadership right there. Jobs would never have tolerated this crap. Come on Apple live up to your hype.

calinet6 12y ago
Jobs led them to do it right in the first place. Quality does not happen after the fact.
- palakchokshi 12y ago
  That's exactly what I meant... Jobs would have made them stress test that system before the event so this does not happen. The most popular company in the world that creates the incredible hype for its events should have made sure the system worked unless they wanted some to feel left out thus igniting jealous resentment.
  - lukifer 12y ago
    The majority of past Apple live-streams have had problems, though this one was perhaps one of the worst. It's less an issue of Jobs-era vs. post-Jobs-era, and more to do with Apple's culture of control being at odds with the complexities of network scalability. (They should really just outsource it to YouTube.) The HTML summaries on apple.com were a nice touch, though, which softened the blow.
  - wavefunction 12y ago
    Yeah, it's not like Jobs would have ever held an iPhone incorrectly totally screwing up his own presentation. Dude is buried: let the dead lay dead.

mousetree 12y ago

Same here

highace 12y ago

A whole bunch of people don't have a job in the morning.

ldng 12y ago
Or maybe a whole bunch of people don't live in the same time zone as you.
- dkokelley 12y ago
  ??? I think the parent's implication is that people will lose their jobs tomorrow morning, because of today's poor production.
  - ldng 12y ago
    Okay, I might have misread. From where I come from, when people watch something, say en Apple show, instead of working we say "some don't have work". That's what I misunderstood. I also assumed (wrongly ? I haven't checked) it was in California which meant it was morning already. The parents say "don't" not "will not". Even though there are trouble I very much doubt people are fired on the spot, they're too busy fixing it. But sure, some might. Later, in the future. Anyway, the comment was out of line an the downvotes deserves.
- catshirt 12y ago
  dude, what?
  - catshirt 12y ago
    oh come on, 5 downvotes? like I'm the only one who didn't contemplate the complete lack of contextual or critical thought in the parent response
MoOmer 12y ago
Or, we had lunch
12y ago

adam12 12y ago

They need to swallow their pride and just use something like youtube for this.

soperj 12y ago
Yeah, youtube just works.

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nodata 12y ago

And who says Apple can't do web services?

visionscaper 12y ago

What I'm missing in this sub-thread is guesses as to what went wrong. The video quality of all past Apple events I've watched where border line perfect, and I've seen quite a lot of them! Any ideas?