Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/on10/2/0/2/3/2/NBCOlympics_small_on10.jpg Channel 9 - Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com Who needs DVR when you can watch the 2008 Summer Olympics Live at NBCOlympics.com.  With over 2200 hours of live Olympic footage and more feature and profile pieces than you know what to do with...it's the place to be this summer.  Using Silverlight 2.0 you can watch up to four live events at one time.  I recruited Ex-BMX racer Eric Schmidt to give us a walk-thru of this superb user experience.  en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:41:37 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:41:37 GMT Rev9 Re: Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com great use of Silverlight!
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posted by Charles Torre

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633536442570000000 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:30:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633536442570000000 Charles Torre Re: Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com
Larry

posted by LarryLarsen

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633536479450000000 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:32:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633536479450000000 LarryLarsen Re: Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com
I really LOVE the Olympics. It's really great to know that NBC is going to provide a lot of video content, including live ones. Is it HD? It would work great on WMC.

It would be really cool if there could be a live chatroom running as a translucent overlay (similar to the new MLB on Silverlight) while the video plays (especially the live video feed). People can sign in with a username and argue and boast with other users as the video goes on. Maybe the Vancouver Olympics...

Cool to know they're Silverlighting it.

posted by quikboy

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633537450520000000 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:30:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633537450520000000 quikboy Re: Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com Though I'm sure many marketing folks will be quick to call it HD (it's incredible how lax the definition of "High Definition" is for online streaming), the highest quality streams available from NBCOlympics.com are 480p widescreen (848x480). A large portion of the content, particularly highlights and specials, will be available in 480p quality. This content will be delivered using an adaptive streaming technology developed by Microsoft for NBC Olympics. Adaptive streaming ensures reliable delivery of video streams to end users without buffering, stutter or glitches - by adapting the video data rate and quality to each user's bandwidth.  To experience the full 480p quality video, make sure you use the Enhanced player interface (click that "Enhanced" button in the lower-right bottom of the player when it pops up) and have at least a 1.5 Mbps Internet connection.

The rest of the content (i.e. live broadcasts and their rewinds) will be streamed using traditonal single-bitrate methods and resolutions.

posted by zambelli

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633537741630000000 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:36:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633537741630000000 zambelli Re: Watch the Olympics Live now at NBCOlympics.com posted by quikboy

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633538069810000000 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:43:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Tina/Watch-the-Olympics-Live-now-at-NBCOlympicscom#c633538069810000000 quikboy