Listening to the Game

[lambertsrightleg]

For the first time in a long time today I will neither be attending the game or be within radio solent catchment area. Is there anyway of listening to the game via commentary online.

 

Cheers

[Asaint4ever]

bbc solent?

[Matthew Le God]

Get a "Saints Player" subscription.

[NickG]

don't think you can on line from solent

[silversaint]

There used to be a radio console where you could follow the game. Search free football league commentary in google?

[norwaysaint]

saintsplayer (on the os)

 

It's better than the threads on here make it sound. Remember, you only really hear about it when it goes wrong. It's how I always listen and I've missed very little commentary over the years. It started a couple of minutes late last week, but then you can just switch to the opposition commentary in seconds.

[John Cool]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2007/07/12/southampton_audio_archive_0708_feature.shtml - listen live button in the bottom right.

 

Currently broadcastig Bouremouth v Brighton. Should be Saints at 3...

[marc_saint]

On the saintsplayer im currently listening to Radio London previewing the Hayes and Yeading game!!! This the same for everyone else?

[WindsorSaint]

Yes - that's what I've got as well!

[dubai_phil]

For the first time in a long time today I will neither be attending the game or be within radio solent catchment area. Is there anyway of listening to the game via commentary online.

 

Cheers

 

Simples - you won't

 

1) You will not listen to Solent on line once we kick off UNLESS you pay for Saintsplayer subscription.

2) OCCASSIONALLY an away team will not have restricted commentary and you can find their live stream site. Becomes less likely every week

3) Install Skype (or similar free VOIP) and find a friend who either i) lives in the 96.1 FM coverage area and get them to call you and place transistor radio close to their PC microphone so you can listen OR ii) Find a friend with Skype/VOIP with Saintsplayer who can run the commentary - much poorer quality

4) Search the likes of Iraqgoals.net (very unlikely)

5) Become a Hacker

 

 

That last one works quite well I'm told

[RobM]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2007/07/12/southampton_audio_archive_0708_feature.shtml - listen live button in the bottom right.

 

Currently broadcastig Bouremouth v Brighton. Should be Saints at 3...

 

That will stop broadcasting the football when the game kicks off. Saints Player carries on from where it leaves off.

[CanadaSaint]

1) Saints player has started up early this week.

 

2) It's broadcasting utter sh*te from Brentford

[Asaint4ever]

1) Saints player has started up early this week.

 

2) It's broadcasting utter sh*te from Brentford

yeah wats going on?

[Torres]

yeah wats going on?

 

SaintsPlayer in "being ****" shocker!

[marc_saint]

1) Saints player has started up early this week.

 

2) It's broadcasting utter sh*te from Brentford

 

If you switch to the Tranmere feed they are playing the sound from St Marys. No commentry, just the ground noise!

[SaintNeil90]

Mines playing charlton v plymouth update!

 

saintsplayer or the company that owns it are a shambles. If they had a rival site that also played the game I would use that instead.

[WindsorSaint]

Interesting stuff about engineering works on Chiltern Rail...

[marc_saint]

Tranmere side of the commentry now working on the saintsplayer

[andysstuff]

yep bbc london with the Charlton match for mee too at the mo. 5 mins till ko - let's hope it's sorted pdq

[Um Bongo]

Why the **** is it playing London news? Why do I waste my money on this ****?

[O_RLY]

FFS i dont want to listen to charlton game

[Saint_Jonny]

Sent them a ****ty email so hopefully they bother to read it and sort it out. Dont hold your breath though.

[marc_saint]

change it from Southampton to Tranmere under the live match commentry heading for tranmere commentry. Be warned.... its all very "calm down, calm down!!"

[marc_saint]

Sent them a ****ty email so hopefully they bother to read it and sort it out. Dont hold your breath though.

 

I've told them on the official saints twitter aswell

[andysstuff]

Looks like it's going to have to be partisan scouse commentary then. bummer.

[CanadaSaint]

'kin hell.

 

I sent them an e-mail three weeks ago asking them to start up earlier.

 

Now I need to send one telling them I'd prefer silence.

[SaintNeil90]

last season it was constantly breaking up, the yeovil game it wasnt even playing until 10 minutes it, now its playing the brentford game, in fact my commentary has changed to three different games in the last 2 minutes but neither is southampton

[Draino76]

I'm listening to the Tranmere side of things. And I've cancelled my direct debit. Radio Merseyside FFS.

[SaintNeil90]

now its f*cking barnet! and dont tell me to listen to tranmere i want biast saints commentary thats what i pay for

[Surman4no7shirt]

I only paid for it because I wanted to listen today. Think I will be sending a complaint email.

[RobM]

now its f*cking barnet! and dont tell me to listen to tranmere i want biast saints commentary thats what i pay for

 

I've just emailed them with that very sentiment! ****ing amateurs.

[offix]

what a c%$^ up!

[Plumstead_Saint]

Every week they find a new and different way to **** up what should be a simple-to-operate service.

It's just streaming a radio feed after all.

I hope everybody is emailing to complain, because we are paying money for a terrible service.

When they were this bad last season they had to offer everyone a free month extra.

That now looks like a mixed blessing

[RobM]

Reponse from SaintsPlayer... according to them, it's the clubs fault:

 

Hi Rob,

 

 

 

Thank you for your email.

 

 

 

The Perform Group are contracted to host the website by the FLi (Football League Interactive). Part of that contract is to provide streaming facilities for audio commentary. The club itself is responsible for selecting a broadcaster to provide that commentary. The broadcaster (usually a local radio station) is responsible for providing that commentary via a landline to the Perform Group so that it can be encoded and streamed.

 

 

 

In this case the radio station connected the incorrect match to the ISDN line, we will speak to the club to ensure that this does not occur again. We are working hard to have the problem corrected

 

 

 

Although we do our best to ensure that the commentaries are correct, we are totally in the hands of the radio station, over whom we have no sanction.

 

 

 

We do however apologise and hope that it is not too inconvenient.

 

 

 

Best regards

 

Customer Services

[CanadaSaint]

Jeez, it's like George Harrison has been reincarnated.

[norwaysaint]

saintsplayer (on the os)

 

It's better than the threads on here make it sound. Remember, you only really hear about it when it goes wrong. It's how I always listen and I've missed very little commentary over the years.

 

Don't listen to this idiot.

[Clash City Saint]

I got exactly the same e-mail back from the club, not good enough IMO.

[andysstuff]

Reponse from SaintsPlayer... according to them, it's the clubs fault:

 

Hi Rob,

 

 

 

Thank you for your email.

 

 

 

The Perform Group are contracted to host the website by the FLi (Football League Interactive). Part of that contract is to provide streaming facilities for audio commentary. The club itself is responsible for selecting a broadcaster to provide that commentary. The broadcaster (usually a local radio station) is responsible for providing that commentary via a landline to the Perform Group so that it can be encoded and streamed.

 

 

 

In this case the radio station connected the incorrect match to the ISDN line, we will speak to the club to ensure that this does not occur again. We are working hard to have the problem corrected

 

 

 

Although we do our best to ensure that the commentaries are correct, we are totally in the hands of the radio station, over whom we have no sanction.

 

 

 

We do however apologise and hope that it is not too inconvenient.

 

 

 

Best regards

 

Customer Services

 

Looks like a generic reply, same answer was in my inbox almost as soon as I hit the send button.

Edited 9 October, 2010 by andysstuff
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[RobM]

I've forwarded it to the Main SFC email address. ****es me off as not everybody can get to the games and this is the only way of following SFC... not freaking Barnet/Chartlon or whoever else they decide to play!

[St Luke Saint]

I switched to the Barnet commentry to see what they had - nothing - there's no feed. Perhaps we should tell them that they need to tune to Saints to hear their commentry.

[marc_saint]

I've forwarded it to the Main SFC email address. ****es me off as not everybody can get to the games and this is the only way of following SFC... not freaking Barnet/Chartlon or whoever else they decide to play!

 

 

I've also commented to officialsaints on twitter.

[RobM]

It's not like this is some new service and they are just learning the ropes... it's been running for a while now.

 

Bring back Radio Hampshire!

[Um Bongo]

Finally, it's on!

 

Brilliant, only took 20 minutes.

[andysstuff]

I've also commented to officialsaints on twitter.

 

you and about a dozen of us by the looks of things!

[marc_saint]

Finally!!!!!!!

[andysstuff]

That's better. Good old partisan saints commetary.

[RobM]

About time. Saints Twitter blame the hosts... the hosts blame the Saints. Pathetic really.

[marc_saint]

Officialsaints on twitter:

Sorry to those of you affected by Saints Player issues, needless to say we are absolutely livid with our hosts. Can only apologise

 

Saints Player should be back up and working now. Our website hosts plugged the wrong commentary feed into our site

[CanadaSaint]

About time. Saints Twitter blame the hosts... the hosts blame the Saints. Pathetic really.

 

I've had enough of this sh*t.

 

Anyone know Cortese's e-mail address?

[RobM]

I don't, but good call.