peteyvegas51 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I've noticed that some of you fellow NJ Devs fans mention "streaming" the games on your computer. Well, I've finally had it with Cablevision and will be dropping the phone and reducing my TV to broadcast basic (the lowest of the low). Since I'm one of the old codgers in this group, do any of you know how I can get the games? I've signed up for Netflix and Hulu but I see there's no sports. I only watch hockey and a little golf, so it wont be missed. How can I get the games in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Your best shot is probably signing up for GameCenter, but it's pricey and sometimes a minute or five behind the actual play. There's free, not-entirely-legal type streams available at places like Justin.tv, but with all of the pop-ups and clickbait links that seems legit but aren't, it's almost not worth it unless you're desperate to see it, and the streams usually aren't great quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Sites like http://www.atdhe.cc/hockey and http://www.stream2watch.me/sports/hockey make streaming for free totally worth it imo. Sure you click out of some ads when you first load a stream, but once you X them off, they stay away for the whole game. Plus if you run Adblock/Adblock Plus (make sure to deactivate on NJDevs) you won't have to worry much about pop-up ads anywhere on the web. Gamecenter is great for HD viewing but if you live in-market, you will NOT be able to watch Devils games on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I personally like http://livetv.sx (use http://livetv.sx/en for the English version) -- there are usually 3 or 4 fairly good quality streams for each game. As Neb00rs said, you just have to be careful not to click on some of the ads because they can potentially bring some unwanted spyware, but it's generally safe and more of a nuisance than anything else, but well worth dealing with the small inconvenience, especially when they do stay away after you close them out the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 For more tech-savvy individuals, its possible to stream full HD (better than HD really since there is no compression) games using VLC. See more at reddit.com/r/nhlstreams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghdi Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 For more tech-savvy individuals, its possible to stream full HD (better than HD really since there is no compression) games using VLC. See more at reddit.com/r/nhlstreams Seconding this. Its really the best option there is. It takes a little "work" to set up, but its not hard at all and once its set, its set. You can literally watch any game imaginable in great quality, it basically turns your computer into high quality Center Ice. If you're just wanting to watch quickly, there are a ton of sites like NJDFan1711 and neboors mentioned (FirstRowSports etc), but if quality matters, the Reddit way is the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Seconding this. Its really the best option there is. It takes a little "work" to set up, but its not hard at all and once its set, its set. You can literally watch any game imaginable in great quality, it basically turns your computer into high quality Center Ice. If you're just wanting to watch quickly, there are a ton of sites like NJDFan1711 and neboors mentioned (FirstRowSports etc), but if quality matters, the Reddit way is the way to do it. For more tech-savvy individuals, its possible to stream full HD (better than HD really since there is no compression) games using VLC. See more at reddit.com/r/nhlstreams I am tech-savvy, or so I thought (I have worked in IT as a Sys/Network admin for the last 10 years), and I did not know about this....but I am definitely doing it now lol. If it's as good as you say it is, which it seems to be, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Sites like http://www.atdhe.cc/hockey and http://www.stream2watch.me/sports/hockey make streaming for free totally worth it imo. Sure you click out of some ads when you first load a stream, but once you X them off, they stay away for the whole game. Plus if you run Adblock/Adblock Plus (make sure to deactivate on NJDevs) you won't have to worry much about pop-up ads anywhere on the web. Gamecenter is great for HD viewing but if you live in-market, you will NOT be able to watch Devils games on it. Installing Adblock makes these sites much more user friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cachorro Louco Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Since we are talking about grey area already, i'm gonna share my experience with a "pirate IPTV" First of the cons, well since is pirate thing you can't complain about the service, some channels will go up an down, the image quality is not gonna be HD it wil be btw SD and HD, there is ocassional freezing. The good thing, is you get access to channels outside the USA, like TSN, Eurosports,sky sports etc.. and that for a price that will be $108 a year, Will be since the service i benn using is doing a free trial.. Heres is the link for more info: http://ftazeta.com/iptv-only-general-discussions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hystyk28 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Gamecenter is great for HD viewing but if you live in-market, you will NOT be able to watch Devils games on it. This is not true if you get a $3 per month proxy service. I use Roku to watch the Devils with GCL and yes I live in the viewing area. Best thing I ever did was drop CI. Edited March 22, 2015 by hystyk28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Drakulastreams is what I've been using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 So far I haven't been able to get any of the "HD" methods of streaming games to work. On my Android phone the GC app just says "Upgrade" despite being able to log in to it without any username and password. It seems some others are having this issue lately too. With VLC streams I have the 64-bit version which fixed the app crashing problem I initially ran into, but now VLC doesn't even open -- the LazyMan app just says "opening in 3 seconds" and then freezes without VLC opening. With the Python script, initially it would also open VLC but nothing would happen in it, no videos would play -- now no matter what stream or game I choose, it says there's an access error and that the port is in use, despite nothing listening on port 80 and even rebooting. Unfortunately these methods seem unreliable, and even when I looked at some of the links, one or two were HD, but most of the others were SD, and most of them were the ones I've been using/seeing from other sites anyway. It was nice in theory, but I'll probably just stick with the webstreams -- they load in mere seconds and with some safe browsing habits or AdBlock it's almost hassle free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 This is not true if you get a $3 per month proxy service. I use Roku to watch the Devils with GCL and yes I live in the viewing area. Best thing I ever did was drop CI. Would you mind elaborating on the proxy service? How do you go about acquiring one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSC Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 So a Penguins fan buddy of mine just turned me on to something called Ragecenter. It's somewhere in between sites like First Row Sports and the actual Gamecenter product in terms of stream quality, but it has both home and away feeds. I haven't had a chance to use it for a Devils game yet, but it looks promising. It's invite only, and I have three invites to it; if anybody is interested in giving it a shot as an alternative to everything else mentioned here, let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 RSC I'd love an invite if that's cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSC Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 RSC I'd love an invite if that's cool Yup, I'll send you the link through a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 So a Penguins fan buddy of mine just turned me on to something called Ragecenter. It's somewhere in between sites like First Row Sports and the actual Gamecenter product in terms of stream quality, but it has both home and away feeds. I haven't had a chance to use it for a Devils game yet, but it looks promising. It's invite only, and I have three invites to it; if anybody is interested in giving it a shot as an alternative to everything else mentioned here, let me know its a site or an app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yup, I'll send you the link through a PM I'd like to try it out too if you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 ..I'll hop on the bandwagon as your third invite RSC, if you still have one available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSC Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Sounds good, I'l PM you guys now! And pass along the three invites you get with it to others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devs4LordStanley Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 So far I haven't been able to get any of the "HD" methods of streaming games to work. On my Android phone the GC app just says "Upgrade" despite being able to log in to it without any username and password. It seems some others are having this issue lately too. With VLC streams I have the 64-bit version which fixed the app crashing problem I initially ran into, but now VLC doesn't even open -- the LazyMan app just says "opening in 3 seconds" and then freezes without VLC opening. With the Python script, initially it would also open VLC but nothing would happen in it, no videos would play -- now no matter what stream or game I choose, it says there's an access error and that the port is in use, despite nothing listening on port 80 and even rebooting. Unfortunately these methods seem unreliable, and even when I looked at some of the links, one or two were HD, but most of the others were SD, and most of them were the ones I've been using/seeing from other sites anyway. It was nice in theory, but I'll probably just stick with the webstreams -- they load in mere seconds and with some safe browsing habits or AdBlock it's almost hassle free. stevensnjd4, creator of lazyman here. sounds like you didn't set your vlc path correctly. shoot me a pm if you need add'l help, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormJosh Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 stevensnjd4, creator of lazyman here. sounds like you didn't set your vlc path correctly. shoot me a pm if you need add'l help, I use your lazyman script all the time! Thanks a lot for all your work on it and for sharing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 RSC, The feeds worked great tonight. My only question - and maybe someone can help me out with this - is getting them streaming over AirPlay/MIrroring to an appletv from an iPhone or iPad. Had a tough time getting it to 1. consistently work at all or stream. I was using Safari and VLC apps. Any clues? Worked great on my laptop by the way, and if I mirrored my laptop - that worked fine. But using iOS from iPhone/iPad was where I ran into airplay issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSC Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Glad it worked, HOI! I actually didn't have to use it yesterday because the game was on NHL Network I don't know about streaming, but see if there's anything on the subreddit, reddit.com/r/ragecenter I'm at work so I can't get to reddit, otherwise I'd look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 stevensnjd4, creator of lazyman here. sounds like you didn't set your vlc path correctly. shoot me a pm if you need add'l help, Hmm, possibly. I know I changed it in the Python method because originally it was set to x86 and after I removed it and installed the 64-bit version Python bombs and tells you the path is incorrect. I'll try it out tonight and let you know. Thanks for replying, really appreciated. Also, thanks to RSC for the PM. I also tried it and ti worked great, however I am wondering if the feed was great quality only becasue the game was on NHL Network. Curious to see if it holds up other nights when the game is found on local broadcasts only. Either way, it was great, and even though I actually couldn't get it to work on VLC on my phone (Galaxy Note 4), it worked just fine right inside the Chrome browser. I actually prefer it that way, very simple and easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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