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Anyone here have experience watching HNIC overseas? ...I'm currently in Australia and was all psyched to tune it HNIC streaming from the CBC....and what a nice surprise but I get this message "video not available in your area."
WTF!?! Are they blacking out the streaming??? Is this how the NHL wants to "grow the game"?
No wonder I can't find a hockey magazine here for the life of me.
Seriously, how can they think blocking international hockey fans who can't access the TV broadcast is a good thing.
If anyone has any ideas or experience I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks
One Desperate Frustrated Clam
You can also download a program that changes your IP address to match that of another country. I can't recommend any off the top of my head, but if you look around there should a few free or trial ones available as a plugin for your browser. I used one a couple of years ago to watch some Yahoo feeds...
I've got the same problems Clam... plus West Coast games start at 4-4:30 am... East coast at 1-1:30 am... plus no computer for the next month = one distressed Vancouver Canucks fan! That IP changing program sounds interesting!
I was able to watch some games last year off myp2p or something like that... if you google it, it should pop up... it's a great site for all sports in general (watched Feder's US Open on it). I used sopcast and vlc player as my software. Not going to lie though, the quality isn't always so hot and if CBC's HNIC was somehow available to me, I would be all over it.
Looking forward to hearing other foreign based Canucks' fans advice!
Welcome to OZ, Clam!
Where are you in the great BROWN land ?
Hockey is not big here but there is some dedicated fans in the larger cities and elsewhere.
Tough to get good coverage. Last year I was using Yahoo Live to stream games but was very ordinary quality.
I have also used Comcast but you need to download there software.
Can find some previously played games on Yahoo as well but most are a few weeks old and may not have all Nucks games.
Haven't found anything better recently.
I can view some live games on FOX pay tv.
Or else listen to 1040.
Thanks Roo, I'm on the Central Coast about an hour from Sydney. Where are you at?
I still don't understand *why* I can't stream it from CBC's site....grrrr
Blob, I'm not sure they exist anymore...definitely rare for anyone over 25...the deals out there now...not sure any sane self-respecting musician would want them. The times are a changin.' I'm down here for the hockey season put it that way. Have you ordered our new CD btw?
I get that problem all the time with youtube and streaming vids...use firefox, and it should work fine. If not, it could also be what George said, I'm not familiar with how to do that but it makes sense to me.
Are you on some kind of grant/tour there Clam?
westvandal wrote:I get that problem all the time with youtube and streaming vids...use firefox, and it should work fine. If not, it could also be what George said, I'm not familiar with how to do that but it makes sense to me.
Are you on some kind of grant/tour there Clam?
I was on FireFox... I dunno, I'll try changing my IP and that should do the trick.
Unnecessary though...damn RED tape.
I'm doing some traveling over here...also getting away from the distractions of life back home to focus on some much needed writing. I *wish* I had a grant.
Cornuck wrote:I seem to remember that last year CBC didn't allow people outside of Canada to view the games.
Typical. Thats bogus. What about Canadian citizens living abroad? ...what about the soldiers at war? There's lots of Canadians all over the world, we should be able to tune in. Whats it to them who watches anyways? Its up there as a service and doesn't cost a penny more if ONE person or a MILLION people watch it. As Mrs. Brian Burke would say, they're full of crock.
To change your IP you need a couple things
*Firefox
*FoxyProxy http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/
*The IP address of a proxy server in Canada
One and two are easy, but the last bit can be a pain, because they're hard to find (and often slow).
Essentially all traffic will go through the proxy server before it comes to you. It's probably the only way you can spoof your location. You could try web proxies which are websites that handle this for you, but I doubt they'd be able to handle video (try http://www.freeproxy.ca/). Make sure the proxy you use isn't a secure link. It adds encryption which will slow down the video).
I dunno, I'll try changing my IP and that should do the trick.
