I thought this would be interesting to sift. This is the actual live feed so every time you see this video, it will be different. :)
Sometimes you can hear them talking to mission control .. it's pretty cool.
written by burdturgler
*promote
written by burdturgler
I see nothing. :(
written by eric3579
:( I don't know why .. I tried in Firefox and Ie.
right now it's showing people at their stations in mission control ..
edit .. and lot of chatter with the ISS .. It's awesome listening to them go through each step of whatever procedure they are doing.
They have an announcer that pipes in once in awhile to tell you what will happen next.
If you can't get it to work .. a direct link to the stream is here.
Or if that still doesn't work you can go here and click "External Camera Video" where it says "Live From the ISS" on the left hand side .. that's the feed I'm streaming here.
written by burdturgler
I tried both links, and neither works for me :(. Is it just me or are others having the same problem?
written by eric3579
What's with the windows media embed? I thought we were supposed to be flash only.
*discuss
written by jonny
My first question is .. does it work for you?
Not arguing .. Just curious.
This isn't something that is embedable from NASA and I just wanted to bring it here because I thought it was awesome.
Didn't realize it was a windows media embed .. there was no pre-defined embed code to post .. I just stripped it out and posted it. The sift accepted it and it plays fine on my end.
written by burdturgler
No, it doesn't work for me because there is no browser on the Mac that can embed windows media. It's a known bug created because Microsoft programmed their hooks for the plugin in a non-standard way. (This info might be out of date.)
written by jonny
I can see it. I'm using Firefox for Windows XP on a Thinkpad.
We're officially Flash only, but I know some videos use Quicktime embeds. I'm not sure about Windows Media Player, though, since it doesn't work on Macs.
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>> ^jonny:
No, it doesn't work for me because there is no browser on the Mac that can embed windows media. It's a known bug created because Microsoft programmed their hooks for the plugin in a non-standard way. (This info might be out of date.)
That sucks. So you can't see the video even by going to NASA's site then? Shitty. Well, since I doubt NASA is going to change their live streaming platform anytime soon .. I can make this a sift talk post instead and promote it every week or so .. so the small fraction of viewers with windows based machines can enjoy it .. or you could return it and let it die it's miserable death in my p-queue .. whichever. People should definitely contact NASA and complain, this material should be as cross platform friendly as possible. I do think the concept of live feed Sifts is very interesting in any event and this one especially. Sorry you can't enjoy it! And just a side of awesome .. I got to listen to a wrong "phone call" placed between NASA Mission Control and .. someone (Russian staff aboard the ISS? .. not sure .. these guys never shut up really) while I typed this :)
No, it doesn't work for me because there is no browser on the Mac that can embed windows media. It's a known bug created because Microsoft programmed their hooks for the plugin in a non-standard way. (This info might be out of date.)
That sucks. So you can't see the video even by going to NASA's site then? Shitty. Well, since I doubt NASA is going to change their live streaming platform anytime soon .. I can make this a sift talk post instead and promote it every week or so .. so the small fraction of viewers with windows based machines can enjoy it .. or you could return it and let it die it's miserable death in my p-queue .. whichever. People should definitely contact NASA and complain, this material should be as cross platform friendly as possible. I do think the concept of live feed Sifts is very interesting in any event and this one especially. Sorry you can't enjoy it! And just a side of awesome .. I got to listen to a wrong "phone call" placed between NASA Mission Control and .. someone (Russian staff aboard the ISS? .. not sure .. these guys never shut up really) while I typed this :)
written by burdturgler
I can see it. It just doesn't always pop up.
Even though the FAQ forbids it, I still think it's cool. Too bad NASA can't just do a flash streaming video.
written by Edeot
Sigh... I can't fast forward.
written by Edeot
>> ^burdturgler:
That sucks. So you can't see the video even by going to NASA's site then?
It's just the browser plugin that doesn't work. I can still use windows media player if I'm feeling particularly perverted. I'm pretty sure VLC could probably handle it too.
Well, since I doubt NASA is going to change their live streaming platform anytime soon .. I can make this a sift talk post instead and promote it every week or so .. so
How about on your blog? Blog posts can be promoted too, you know.
People should definitely contact NASA and complain, this material should be as cross platform friendly as possible.
I'm kind of surprised - NASA used to be very QuickTime oriented.
written by jonny
Oh, as for the post here - I think you should probably kill it.
written by jonny
Why don't you just use VLC then? That's what I use and I am on a Windows based machine. It's like bitching about blocked videos when solutions to get around them exist. Should the blocks exist? Yes .. No .. Whatever .. at the end of the day .. they do exist, and you just want to get to the material. So get it. It's a shame to me that something this awesome gets killed. I'll let others weigh in. When this hangs out in your background for a little while and you start hearing all the communication between the ISS and NASA it becomes addictive and hard to turn off.
This is essentially the same thing as submitting a blocked video. It's available to some people but apparently not others. Blocked videos are allowed so why not this? People get around regional blocks by using VPN's and other means. In the same way, people get around this block by using VLC or the other tools available.
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Hmm...Cred ca nu mai e functionala.am incercat dar nu se vede nimic :(
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