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Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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That's why Apple is succeeding. People are moaning about how they cannot view the live stream of an Apple event on their Windows/Linux platform, like we're landing on the moon or something. Amazing.

I would be equally excited for google IO or microsoft build. this is not unique with apple at least for me.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Start time: 07:00 — Honolulu, Hawaii 10:00 — San Francisco, California 13:00 — New York, New York 14:00 — São Paulo, Brazil 18:00 — London, England 19:00 — Rome, Italy 20:00 — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 21:00 — Moscow, Russia 22:30 — New Delhi, India 01:00 — Shanghai, China (October 23) 02:00 — Tokyo, Japan (October 23) 03:00 — Sydney, Australia (October 23)

15:00 São Paulo (Summer Time). Here's an updated TZ list http://everytimezone.com/#2013-10-22,300,6bj

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I view the page in FF24, it says "Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later." I'm just as surprised that it "requires Safari" which is just ... silly.

The iPod didn't take off until the release of the Windows version. I wonder if that lesson has been lost.

I don't know that this lesson applies now. Apple occupied a tiny niche at the time the iPod gained Windows compatibility. Now there are the better part of a billion Apple devices out in the world that can view this stream.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

#35

That's why Apple is succeeding. People are moaning about how they cannot view the live stream of an Apple event on their Windows/Linux platform, like we're landing on the moon or something. Amazing.

Yea it's a great idea to exclude most of the world from your marketing.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

#36
Hands down there is nothing more exciting about this OS X update than being able to use multiple monitors again. They can keep their fancy power management and their new apps, because nothing will compare to that feeling when I boot into my shiny new surf-speckled desktop, fullscreen a video on my second monitor, and my main screen isn't covered in useless grey cloth. For the first time in I don't know how many years, I won't have to repress the urge to knock my monitor off my desk and install Ubuntu. I will just gaze at the waves off Half Moon Bay, a satisfied smile on my lips, and feel nothing but pure calm.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Sorry if this is always brought up (i haven't seen an Apple stream since the iPhone 4 event), but we /still/ need Quicktime to stream this? What the hell?

Google wants their own protocol to succeed, Mozilla wants a different video codec to succeed[1], Microsoft probably wants to own both. It's very easy to cache HLS, which makes distributing high definition to a large number of people much cheaper. Is Apple supposed to spend more money on lower quality steaming just because their competitors don't want to play nicely? VLC is capable of playing HLS if you can get it the…

No, Mozilla is working on implementing Media Source Extensions API [1] which is the same as Google Chrome and Chromebooks [2].

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778617 [2] http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/15/netflix-html5-chromebooks/

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Ok so it's that time of the year again. I am on windows and have chrome, firefox, ie 11, VLC, flash. Is there any way for me to watch this stream? Heck will this work even if I get quicktime? Edit: * So they updated the page to say it will work for quicktime if you are on windows. * But I am on win 8 and they use js to hide that part. So for now I am assuming it's because quicktime on it's download page only says it…

From the page: > Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 5.0.2 or later. So, no, unless someone posts a link to a live stream you can watch with VLC, this won't work on any non-Apple device (even with QuickTime).

Just a heads up, they modified it to include "or QuickTime 7 on Windows"

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Start time: 07:00 — Honolulu, Hawaii 10:00 — San Francisco, California 13:00 — New York, New York 14:00 — São Paulo, Brazil 18:00 — London, England 19:00 — Rome, Italy 20:00 — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 21:00 — Moscow, Russia 22:30 — New Delhi, India 01:00 — Shanghai, China (October 23) 02:00 — Tokyo, Japan (October 23) 03:00 — Sydney, Australia (October 23)

15:00 São Paulo (Summer Time). Here's an updated TZ list http://everytimezone.com/#2013-10-22,300,6bj

Today is the first time in months that I've searched for an international timetracker. Was really impressed with this:

http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/est-to-cet-converter

Finally, a website with a very clear visualization of various timezones.

Then you post evertimezone.com, which does a very similar thing, but with battery-friendly css :)

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