Is there any interest in making a MLB.TV plugin for Sage?

[fortythreevideo]

I wish I could program but does anyone have the skills to make a plugin for MLB.TV? Specifically the premium package that uses Microsoft Sliverlight because of the higher video resolutions. It would be great to be able to watch the games right in Sage instead of having to exit and bring it up on the net.

Any thoughts on this? I'd be glad to help in anyway I just don't have a clue as to where to begin.

Thanks

[Brent]

Welcome to the forums.

I'm interested in the concept, but not skilled at the programming thing so I can't help you there. You never know though someone might pick it up to work on at some point.

[pjpjpjpj]

I have no programming knowledge whatsoever, but I would love to have this feature. Perhaps have a pop-up window where you could enter your username and password?

And if this was added, why not include any other online sports options (even if they were pay deals) as well? Consider this a vote for someone to "have at it".

While we are on the topic, are there any customizations available for SageTV (not MC) that would allow me to watch streams from this website?
www.channelsurfing.net
The video streams are all javascript pop-up window viewers, I don't even know what feed they use, but apparently they are somehow all legal (as they have been around a while - I can't imagine these are illegal if they are not shut down by now). My alma mater's games are frequently on this site, so I would love to be able to stream them.

[fortythreevideo]

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the Welcome. I'm glad to see that there's some interest in the idea. Hopefully we can find someone who loves to watch baseball (or any other sport) that has some programming skills.

[jasongrimme]

now that my team (brewers) has had a sniff of success again, I'd be very interesting a such a plug-in, too, more than willing to subsidize/donate

[mr_lore]

I was just thinking about this the other day and considering Macgyver-style rigging up MLB.tv with the svideo loop back hack, or using my laptop to output s-video.

Anyways, don't hold your breath for something integrated, though mlb.tv is based on flash but its barley even a distant cousin especially now since they have integrated the nextdef plugin. It would have to be a completely custom job, assuming their code stays the same for at least one season. MLBAM (MLB advanced media) just recently had a personnel shakeup but its still like pulling teeth to get them to move on things even when its the team thats asking for something.


Go Brewers!

[michaeldjcox]

Hi,

I have the personal desire, motivation and about 8hrs a week available to try and bring these feeds into my web tv plugin.

I'm happy to cooperate with anyone to make it happen.

Michael

[pjpjpjpj]

Just in case some who read this thread are not aware, MLB.com only lets you watch out of market games. So if you were sitting in your house in Milwaukee, you could not watch a Brewers game. And they have developed the technology that it does know "where you are at" (to the point where they were just issued a patent this past week: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releas...=.jsp&c_id=mlb)

Example of proof: A friend who lives in New Orleans (Astros territory), and is an Astros fan, had his dad (in Braves territory) sign up for MLB.com so that he could use the password and try to watch Astros games... no dice. The system knew where he was (New Orleans) and wouldn't let him watch.

Maybe those of you interested in this plug-in idea already knew that, but I just thought I would throw it out, just in case you didn't.

[david1234]

Originally Posted by pjpjpjpj

Just in case some who read this thread are not aware, MLB.com only lets you watch out of market games. So if you were sitting in your house in Milwaukee, you could not watch a Brewers game.

But, it's awesome for those of us who grew up at County Stadium watching Yount, Thomas, Cooper, Oglive,........ and now live on the Left Coast

Now if only Fox would show a Brewers game out here in Portland! We get the Giants a lot, and the Mariners every other weekend.

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by david1234

But, it's awesome for those of us who grew up at County Stadium watching Yount, Thomas, Cooper, Oglive,........ and now live on the Left Coast

That was a great team... but I grew up watching Bench, Morgan, Rose, Perez, Concepcion, Griffey, Foster, and Geronimo. I win.
http://pages.prodigy.net/macknife13/75reds.jpg

Seriously though, I hate the "out of market" deal. I suppose it must be a contract with the channels that broadcast each team - so that you are forced to watch Fox Sports or whatever regional channel carries the team (and therefore subscribe to cable or satellite in order to get it). I only have OTA and the only thing I really miss is being able to watch Reds games... MLB.tv would have been a way for me to get around that, but alas, no luck...

[mr_lore]

Damn, how many Brewers fans are sagetv users?

Regarding the out of market situation, if you can use a vpn or a proxy that has good bandwidth (hardpart) you can fool mlb.tv into thinking your just about anywhere. Our MLB provided comp accounts are susceptable to this so I would think it would work for anyone.

If you guys are serious about this, I can atleast kick an email to MLBAM or ask our onsite rep, what would be the best deliverable format that sage could use and integrate with the extenders? Regardless I know thier first question is going to be DRM related, how is thier content secured, but I would think as long as the stream is still login protected they would be ok with it, maybe not the extenders...

You would think that potentially expanding the market for streaming media would be on thier shortlist...

[lotusvball]

Any movement on this yet?

[evilpenguin]

This plug-in would be impossible for Sage, but is something that PlayOn could concievably do be made to do which would make Sage integration possible. You should try posting on their forum.

[davenlr]

Originally Posted by mr_lore

Damn, how many Brewers fans are sagetv users?

Add me. Im in Arkansas. Grew up in Milwaukee and Waukesha County.
Id also love this for SageTV. Im currently paying $200 for MLBEI on DirecTv, and would love to save the money and get it from MLB.TV, but its to much of a kludge trying to get it on my computer.