“Unfortunately, I believe you can only view these videos from the U.S. NBC and their distribution rights…”
I was afraid this might be true. Rats. Does anyone know of a way those of us outside the US can watch?
As an American in Australia, I have been following all the teams from the US and Australia. And am feeling really grumping about not being able to watch ANY of them! LOL
For those technically challenged like myself who have been stumbling around the site trying to find any schedule or anything on the online streaming, I think I finally have found it. Hope this works (probably will be in Central Time).
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=CT/sport=EQ/online.html
Still can’t find an answer yet to the question on whether you can download these complete broadcasts later. If I watched all of it as written, work would object, and my ISP would hit the daily limit almost daily.
I’ve signed up for alerts
try and get the word out - perhaps with many requests for alerts NBC will understand the popularity of Equestrian sports
in fact - I think I’ll sign up for alerts on all Equestrian
thanks so much dressagetraks!!
Olympics: NBC Offers Streaming Video of Equestrian Events
Equestrian enthusiasts will get to watch the 2008 Olympic competition in dressage, eventing, and show jumping from start-to-finish, thanks to NBC’s decision to stream 2,200 hours of live coverage of 25 sports at NBCOlympics.com.
Fans will have the option of accessing a live internet stream of the global feed coming out of Hong Kong or viewing at their convenience by visiting NBCOlympics.com, where the material will be made available on an on-demand basis, along with hundreds of additional hours of background on the athletes, schedules, and related material.
The NBCOlympics.com programming is offered free to viewers, who need only an up-to-date computer and Microsoft’s new dowloadable Silverlight media player to enjoy the many hours of equestrian programming. Silverlight is currently available for free download at Microsoft.com, and will soon be available at NBCOlympics.com, which expects to also be offering the next-generation Silverlight 2 in time for the Olympics.
The live streams will be offered in three formats designed to accommodate viewers’ computer specs and media preferences.
Sorry if this was already posted…
[QUOTE=SGray;3418043]
hey ridgeback - see thread by caffeinated
http://chronicleforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=160170[/QUOTE]
Like I said sorry if it’s been posted…I don’t follow other threads other than what is on the dressage board… I didn’t know this was even here until they moved it to this forum!!
Sorry for the confusion–we’re moving and merging the Olympic traffic to this forum, so everything’s centralized and there’s less duplication.
Thanks!
Mod 1
what’s the time difference? isn’t Hong Kong ~12 hours ahead of us?
If you are using a PC, go to the bottom right hand corner of your screen and double click on the time. A window will pop up, click on the tab that says “Time Zones”. You can tell the difference between where you are and time zone in the world using that.
ditto that;)
Now with the live feed does that mean you can only watch it live? or do you know if you can go back and rewatch it later? The eventing-showjumping starts at 6am-11am on the 12th and I will be at work so i want to watch it later, does anyone know if that will be possible?
Thanks
They are 12 hours ahead of NY time. Depends on where you are located.
Silverlight
I am trundling thru the install at the mo, [15 minutes left to go…] but I have a very ssslllloooowwwww pc. High speed not available so I have constant buffering. Will this help or am I still doomed?
And I noticed two days of cross country. I am guessing they want to go in the cool of the day so they are going on two days. Does anyone know anything about this?
woah woah woah… I thought this player was only available to PC and Microsoft peeps (i.e. no Mac people), yet I was able to download the player (MBP, Leopard, Safari) in no time flat and watch some videos already posted. Does this mean I am in?! Or are they going to cut me off right when the good stuff starts?
Like natb said, will we be able to go back and watch it later?
Also, NBC said on 8/8 dressage will be streaming online in my area from 6:30pm-9:55pm. Does that mean that for those 3+ hours it will be all the dressage, or will there be other sports shown too?
I have Win XP and IE 7 and it downloaded in about 10 seconds, no problem.
When you bring up a video, click on the “Enhanced” option to the bottom right of the video square and it will play it full screen. Much easier to watch.
[QUOTE=SGray;3418043]
hey ridgeback - see thread by caffeinated
http://chronicleforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=160170[/QUOTE]
Ok the “Nothing says I love you like a tractor…” Total side ripper!!! ( the term my brother and i used if your side hurt really bad from laughing) LOVE IT!!!
Hey kids,
Here’s a link to the schedule of all the live streaming videos available in YOUR timezone. 
If the time zone is wrong for you, change it near the top.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=PT/day=-1/time=1020/online.html
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Either click on one of the hyperlinks to the right of the WATCH NOW rectangle to the lower right of NBC/Beijing logo at the top left of the screen (note-these do take a few seconds to appear; when the page first loads, it isn’t there) or try the “Video” link in the blue rectangle that is in the bar of blue rectangles. I tried to add helpful directional arrows to the attached screen shot, which may or may not be all that helpful.
I found the “Silverlight” download by Googling.[/QUOTE]
Rats. I can’t download it on my work computer because it has to be approved by “administrator.” :mad: Anyone know how I can get around that? 
(Not a problem on the laptop at home, but since most of the horsie events will be going on while I’m at work…)
I suppose I could just bring the laptop into work, but then how would I get any work done?? 
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