{"id":1964,"date":"2007-08-06T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T17:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2007-08-11T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2007-08-11T19:06:59","slug":"isc-tv-world-tournament-streaming-video-schedule-aug-11-18-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1964","title":{"rendered":"ISC-TV World Tournament Streaming Video Schedule &#8211; Aug 11-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/isc_WT_2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, there will be live streaming video webcasts of 20 ball games from The Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener, Ontario Canada, site of the 61st Annual ISC Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Fastball Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Last year we debuted ISC-TV to fastball fans worldwide, amassing nearly 50,000 viewers during the course of the ISC World Tournament\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said Dave Blackburn, ISC Commissioner of Streaming and Broadcasting.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This year, we again plan to give people who love this sport, an opportunity to see these world-class athletes, compete on biggest stage for men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fastpitch softball. A broadband Internet connection, and the free Windows Media Player, are the only things required by the viewing audience.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d     <\/p>\n<p>To view the games live, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsjuice.com\"><strong>www.sportsjuice.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nor click the link on the ISC Home Page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iscfastpitch.com\"><strong>www.iscfastpitch.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong>  <strong>* NOTE:<br \/>\nALL GAME TIMES ARE EASTERN STANDARD TIME ZONE (EST) *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sat 8\/11  5:00 PM    Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s of NYC Vs Plangger&#8217;s Furniture<br \/>\nSat 8\/11  8:00 PM    Kitchener Hallman Twins Vs Ashland, OH<br \/>\nSat 8\/11  10:00 PM  Broken Bow Gremlins Vs Horse Lake Thunder<\/p>\n<p>Sun 8\/12  4:00 PM   Orillia Riversharks Vs Midland Explorers<br \/>\nSun 8\/12  6:00 PM   Winner&#8217;s Bracket Game # 21<br \/>\nSun 8\/12  8:00 PM   Winner&#8217;s Bracket Game # 22<\/p>\n<p>Mon 8\/13  5:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Game # 31<br \/>\nMon 8\/13  7:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Game # 33<\/p>\n<p>Tue  8\/14  5:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 45<br \/>\nTue  8\/14  7:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 47<\/p>\n<p>Wed 8\/15  5:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 57<br \/>\nWed 8\/15  7:00 PM  Winner&#8217;s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 59<\/p>\n<p>Thu  8\/16  5:00 PM   Winner&#8217;s Bracket Semi-Finals Game # 68<br \/>\nThu  8\/16  7:00 PM   Winner&#8217;s Bracket Semi-Finals Game # 69<\/p>\n<p>Fri    8\/17  5:00 PM   Loser&#8217;s Bracket 6th Place Game # 73<br \/>\nFri    8\/17  7:00 PM   Winner&#8217;s Bracket Final Game # 74<br \/>\nFri    8\/17  9:00 PM   Loser&#8217;s Bracket 5th Place Game # 75<\/p>\n<p>* Sat 8\/18 11:00 AM  ISC II Championship Game * (tentative)<\/p>\n<p>Sat   8\/18  2:30 PM   Loser&#8217;s Bracket 4th Place Game #76<br \/>\nSat   8\/18  5:00 PM   Loser&#8217;s Bracket Final 3rd Place Game #77<br \/>\nSat   8\/18  7:30 PM   ISC World Championship Game #78<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Tech Advice to Enhance Your Viewing Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below are two hugely Important tips for improving the live streaming video performance in the Windows Media Player.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Expanding your Virtual Memory (Takes about 30 seconds to do)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on your computer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s &#8220;Start Button&#8221; and select \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Control Panel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.  <\/p>\n<p>Double click the &#8220;System\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Icon within the &#8220;Control Panel&#8221; Window.<\/p>\n<p>Single Click on the &#8220;Advanced Tab&#8221; at the top of the &#8220;System Properties&#8221; Window.<\/p>\n<p>In the &#8220;Performance&#8221; area of the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; Tab, single click on the &#8220;Settings&#8221; button. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Performance Options&#8221; Window will pop up.<\/p>\n<p>Select the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; Tab in the &#8220;Performance Oprions&#8221; Windows.<\/p>\n<p>In the &#8220;Virtual Memory&#8221; area of the &#8220;Performance Options&#8221; Window, click on the &#8220;Change&#8221; button,<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that the Circle for the &#8220;Custom Size&#8221; area is selected.<\/p>\n<p>Change the value of the number in the Initial Size Field to match the number in the Maximum Size Field.<\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8220;Set&#8221; Button, and then click &#8220;OK&#8221; on the 3 open menus.<\/p>\n<p>Adjusting this &#8220;Virtual Memory&#8221; setting should go a long way towards mitigating the problems of buffering and lock-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #2 &#8211;  Adjusting the settings of your Windows Media Player (this also takes only about 30 seconds)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you have Windows Media Player v9.0 or higher (Windowsmedia Player version 11.0 is the most recent).<\/p>\n<p>You can download it for free at this link)<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/windowsmedia\/download\/AllDownloads.aspx<\/p>\n<p>Select the correct version for your operating system<\/p>\n<p>Connect to the Video \/ Audio feed via the ISC Web site (www.iscfastpitch.com).<\/p>\n<p>Select the link &#8220;View Live Streaming Video of ISC World Tournament&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When the Windows Media Player opens make the following changes<\/p>\n<p>while waiting for the video and audio stream to begin:<\/p>\n<p>    1. Open Windows Media Player and right click on the top Menu Bar Select the &#8220;Tools&#8221; Menu<\/p>\n<p>    2. From the &#8220;Tools&#8221; Menu select &#8220;Options&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    3. From the &#8220;Options&#8221; Page, select the &#8220;Performance&#8221; Tab<\/p>\n<p>    4. On the &#8220;Performance&#8221; Tab make the following setting changes:<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nConnection Speed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Change from &#8220;Detect Connection&#8221; Settings (recommended) to &#8220;Choose Connection Speed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>From the Drop Down Menu, select your connection speed.<\/p>\n<p>It should be the menu choice &#8220;DSL \/ Cable (768Kbps)&#8221; for high speed ADSL, or Cable Internet connections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Buffering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Change the Network Buffering Setting from &#8220;Use Default Buffering (default)&#8221; to &#8220;Buffer 20 seconds of content&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You may have to select a higher value depending on speed of your computer. Maximum setting is 60 seconds<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Acceleration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video Acceleration should be left at &#8220;Full&#8221;. Click on Apply, then click OK.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Blackburn<br \/>\nISC Commissioner<br \/>\nStreaming &#038; Broadcasting<br \/>\n310-266-7803<br \/>\nisctcv@yahoo.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, there will be live streaming video webcasts of 20 ball games from The Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener, Ontario Canada, site of the 61st Annual ISC Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World Fastball Tournament. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Last year we debuted ISC-TV to fastball fans worldwide, amassing nearly 50,000 viewers during the course of the ISC World Tournament\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,3,4,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}