Would somebody explain what the "Woodworking Channel" is all about. I've
seen recent references to it and AAW woodturning, but with WebTv, I get
what the little boy shot at. TIA


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Arch wrote:
Would somebody explain what the "Woodworking Channel" is all about. I've
seen recent references to it and AAW woodturning, but with WebTv, I get
what the little boy shot at. TIA


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter



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Its' a web site that broadcasts various woodworking related videos over
the internet.

Here a partial schedule for today:

TIME PROGRAM EPISODE
12:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 1
12:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #9 - In The News
12:30 AM The American Woodshop Sam Maloof Visit
12:56 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #5 - Bragging Rights
1:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 2
1:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #10 - How to Access Project
Drawings
1:30 AM The Router Woodshop The Swiss Chair
1:57 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #7 - Tool Demos
2:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 3
2:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #9 - In The News
2:30 AM Still Rockin' Sam Maloof's 90th Birthday
3:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 1
3:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #8 - Information Regarding
Issue 7
3:30 AM The American Woodshop Bombay Jewelry
3:56 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #5 - Bragging Rights
4:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 2
4:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #10 - How to Access Project
Drawings
4:30 AM The Router Woodshop Angled Bookcase
4:56 AM The American Woodshop Fitzgerald Advertising
5:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 3
5:30 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #10 - Chatter Techniques on
the Lathe
5:52 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #1 - Tour a Sawmill
6:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 1
6:28 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #9 - In The News
6:29 AM
6:30 AM The Router Woodshop Sofa Table
6:56 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #8 - Industry News - New Products
6:58 AM Woodworking At Home Issue #9 - In The News
7:00 AM A Woodworking Experience Sam Maloof, Part 2

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Tom Nie said:

What's the website?
TomNie

http://www.thewoodworkingchannel.com/

The audio is extremely poor, and you better have a fast connection.
But even with no audio, it's still more appealing than watching
Microsoft MSDN Webcasts.


Greg G.

Greg G. said:

Tom Nie said:

What's the website?
TomNie

http://www.thewoodworkingchannel.com/

The audio is extremely poor, and you better have a fast connection.
But even with no audio, it's still more appealing than watching
Microsoft MSDN Webcasts.

Tom,

Well, this was news to me, so I dropped in and watched a Maloof
episode. I think this is a great idea, as television generally sucks
beyond words, and we don't get DIY network or David Marks or anything
else here in fuel-screw land except the occasional Norm episode.

I believe they have a few technical issues to work out, so I'd say at
this point to "give it some time". It's ironic that I get decent
video, but the audio on the actual content is almost inaudible - even
with all settings maximized - but when the advertising content comes
up, it'll blast you out of your seat.

Hopefully, these issues will be addressed soon, because I almost
drooled on the keyboard when I saw the list of programs that were
lined up for broadcast - 24/7.

FWIW,

Greg G.

Lobby Dosser said:

Greg wrote:

Hopefully, these issues will be addressed soon, because I almost
drooled on the keyboard when I saw the list of programs that were
lined up for broadcast - 24/7.


I get nothing but 'lost connection - reconnect now' and can't even see
their menus. Seems they do have a ways to go.

Subsequent broadcasts have improved, and a repeat broadcast
of a Sam Maloof segment was actually audible.

I would suspect that your particular problems are more related to your
connection or computer setup than on their end. I would suggest that
connection speed is also a critical component in getting a usable
stream. I serve video from out servers occasionally, and you really
need about three times the bandwidth of what is claimed for it to
actually work. And it is pretty much a Microsoft Windows product
oriented production. I am using Win2k and Media Player 9. Absolutely
will not go any further on either as far as versions.

The site makes uses a combination of Flash, Javascript, and Microsoft
Media Player for the streaming video. Check your firewall for blocked
ports, etc. Getting some of this stuff to work is all a black art...

FWIW,

Greg G.

Greg wrote:

The site makes uses a combination of Flash, Javascript, and Microsoft
Media Player for the streaming video. Check your firewall for blocked
ports, etc. Getting some of this stuff to work is all a black art...


Or Blue ...

Lobby Dosser said:

Greg wrote:

The site makes uses a combination of Flash, Javascript, and Microsoft
Media Player for the streaming video. Check your firewall for blocked
ports, etc. Getting some of this stuff to work is all a black art...


Or Blue ...

Would that be the old Big Blue (IBM) or the new Big Blue (MS)? ;-)


Greg G.

Greg G. said:

Lobby Dosser said:

Greg wrote:

The site makes uses a combination of Flash, Javascript, and Microsoft
Media Player for the streaming video. Check your firewall for blocked
ports, etc. Getting some of this stuff to work is all a black art...


Or Blue ...

Would that be the old Big Blue (IBM) or the new Big Blue (MS)? ;-)

A little snooping reveals that the servers are located at
1470 River Edge Parkway
http://webpages.charter.net/videodoc...wwc_server.jpg

Which, if I am not mistaken, used to be IBM territory.
The River Edge Complex area looks nothing like how I remember it when
contracting there many years ago. I don't even know if it still
exists, however, as I've not been by there in 18 years, and time has
not been kind to IBM. The Domain is registered by proxy, but with a
little help from my friends, reveals a few interesting names, and I
was surprised to see that it is a local enterprise.
As I've mentioned before, The Cabal lives...

FWIW,


Greg G.

Lobby Dosser said:

Greg wrote:

Lobby Dosser said:

Greg wrote:

The site makes uses a combination of Flash, Javascript, and Microsoft
Media Player for the streaming video. Check your firewall for blocked
ports, etc. Getting some of this stuff to work is all a black art...


Or Blue ...

Would that be the old Big Blue (IBM) or the new Big Blue (MS)? ;-)


Or perhaps bluebloods... ;-)


Was thinking more along the lines of the Blue Screen of Death. )

Considering the Players involved, you are probably right about the
blue scream of Death.


Greg G.

I enjoy the Woodworking Channel site very much. I watch it quite a bit.
Thank you to whom ever posted the site on this Newsgroup. I never knew
there was such a website available.

Same here. It works okay for me and the sound is not that bad.

John


"Dave" wrote in message
news:1zTVf.887905$xm3.560463@attbi_s21...
I enjoy the Woodworking Channel site very much. I watch it quite a bit.
Thank you to whom ever posted the site on this Newsgroup. I never knew
there was such a website available.

In article ,
"John \(NC\)" wrote:

Same here. It works okay for me and the sound is not that bad.

Works fine on the XP box, but nada on the Mac, even with
WindowsMediaPlayer -and- Flip4Mac

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On comcast I get good Sound. The picture on the small screen is good.
When put on full screen it gets grainy so I left it on the small
screen. The buttons on left dont work IE schedule,programs,feedback
etc.

Guess I'm lucky - works great and but grainy full page. No problem until you
need to see a detail. I'm using CATV high speed modem.

American Woodshop - all of us, well most of us, I'm sure have that much
space to work in. Well, maybe I don't, but I'm sure you guys do! Right?

TomNie

"Greg G." wrote in message
...
Tom Nie said:

What's the website?
TomNie

http://www.thewoodworkingchannel.com/

The audio is extremely poor, and you better have a fast connection.
But even with no audio, it's still more appealing than watching
Microsoft MSDN Webcasts.


Greg G.

Tom Nie said:

Guess I'm lucky - works great and but grainy full page. No problem until you
need to see a detail. I'm using CATV high speed modem.

American Woodshop - all of us, well most of us, I'm sure have that much
space to work in. Well, maybe I don't, but I'm sure you guys do! Right?

About half of a garage. ;-)
And an upcoming move is probably going to reduce it to none.
Probably should sell all the bigger power tools instead of storing
them for some indeterminate period of time. Oh, well...


Greg G.

I've even had it working with Firefox and mplayerplug-in under Linux - it
was a pleasant surprise how easy it was to set up. As others have said, it
can be fuzzy when full screen, as for the audio, it's generally good for me
though I sometimes hear a slight dull thumping/ticking in the background.

Thanks to Arch and Greg for bringing up the subject and providing the URL.

Neil

Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
Works fine on the XP box, but nada on the Mac, even with
WindowsMediaPlayer -and- Flip4Mac

"Neil" wrote in message
...
I've even had it working with Firefox and mplayerplug-in under Linux - it
was a pleasant surprise how easy it was to set up. As others have said,
it
can be fuzzy when full screen, as for the audio, it's generally good for
me
though I sometimes hear a slight dull thumping/ticking in the background.

Thanks to Arch and Greg for bringing up the subject and providing the URL.

Neil

Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
Works fine on the XP box, but nada on the Mac, even with
WindowsMediaPlayer -and- Flip4Mac



I emailed WWC about the video size as the original is too small for my sad
eyes and the full 21" screen was grainy. I suggested varying screen sizes.
I got a response in short time as follows:

Thank you for taking the time to send us your thoughts. We are starting
with the screen size you see so we can get a decent feed out to the most
people. As the channel matures we will incorporate more features that
will add to the functionality of the channel. Also as people's computer
systems evolve we will be able to start sending a more dense feed out
that will look better in a full screen atmosphere.

If you will bear with us we will upgrade features in a timely fashion
and not rush anything out that does not function properly.

Thanks again and stay in touch with any suggestions to make the channel
better.

Best Regards,


Reed Smith
The Woodworking Channel
www.thewoodworkingchannel.com
404.347.1020

If enough people make the suggestion it may lead to a quicker response from
WWC. All in all I really like the site. Problem is I catch myself sitting
watching the video instead of working......

Gary

To get a larger picture with decent resolution I change my screen resolution
in Windows to 800X600 and that make it a like bigger and not as bad as going
full screen

John


"GeeDubb" wrote in message
...

"Neil" wrote in message
...
I've even had it working with Firefox and mplayerplug-in under Linux - it
was a pleasant surprise how easy it was to set up. As others have said,
it
can be fuzzy when full screen, as for the audio, it's generally good for
me
though I sometimes hear a slight dull thumping/ticking in the background.

Thanks to Arch and Greg for bringing up the subject and providing the
URL.

Neil

Ralph E Lindberg wrote:
Works fine on the XP box, but nada on the Mac, even with
WindowsMediaPlayer -and- Flip4Mac



I emailed WWC about the video size as the original is too small for my sad
eyes and the full 21" screen was grainy. I suggested varying screen
sizes. I got a response in short time as follows:

Thank you for taking the time to send us your thoughts. We are starting
with the screen size you see so we can get a decent feed out to the most
people. As the channel matures we will incorporate more features that
will add to the functionality of the channel. Also as people's computer
systems evolve we will be able to start sending a more dense feed out
that will look better in a full screen atmosphere.

If you will bear with us we will upgrade features in a timely fashion
and not rush anything out that does not function properly.

Thanks again and stay in touch with any suggestions to make the channel
better.

Best Regards,


Reed Smith
The Woodworking Channel
www.thewoodworkingchannel.com
404.347.1020

If enough people make the suggestion it may lead to a quicker response
from WWC. All in all I really like the site. Problem is I catch myself
sitting watching the video instead of working......

Gary

In article ,
Neil wrote:

I've even had it working with Firefox and mplayerplug-in under Linux -

Em... while I am using Firefox and MS's own player (or MS's designated
replacement for)

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