Swimming - really sick of nonfunctional video feeds

[Anonymous]

Folks, it's 2022. There is no excuse for having a trash video feed where you can't tell what's going on because it's so glitchy, or worse, one that is completely non-functional. If you're going to keep spectators out (which I don't necessarily disagree with), you at least need to have your tech up and running.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it’s going to get any better. The facilities are just not set up for good video feeds, and don’t have adequate bandwidth for streaming. Volunteer

[Anonymous]

Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

[Anonymous]

Really sick of complaining parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really sick of complaining parents.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

A lot of that has to do with the facility. It’s a lot easier to have a good quiet feed at gmu with a big scoreboard, a place for the video away from swimmers etc, then say at all providence with no scoreboard and a camera in the stands with the swimmers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

Some have the multi-thousand dollar program that provides event/swimmer info, some do not. Plus the video equipment. Plus the man-power.

We need to remember video access is about SafeSport, not quality spectating experience.

Some clubs are just going to hold out for this to end and don’t have it in the resources (money or people), to do more than they currently are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

A lot of that has to do with the facility. It’s a lot easier to have a good quiet feed at gmu with a big scoreboard, a place for the video away from swimmers etc, then say at all providence with no scoreboard and a camera in the stands with the swimmers

To a point, I guess. But my kids had two different meets hosted by two different teams at GMU in December. First meet had a parent volunteer reading the heat sheet to let spectators know what was happening and where we were in the meet. Second meet was just ambient sound and you tried to hear what was coming next. That second meet had a concurrent feed showing the scoreboard, but it went on the fritz and got out of synch with the swim feed-- trying to stream two feeds from the car without wifi isn't going to work well. And the volunteer signup was full before our team even saw it, so don't bother just telling me to volunteer.

It doesn't take much to ask for a parent volunteer to read the meet sheet and try to relay some times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

A lot of that has to do with the facility. It’s a lot easier to have a good quiet feed at gmu with a big scoreboard, a place for the video away from swimmers etc, then say at all providence with no scoreboard and a camera in the stands with the swimmers

To a point, I guess. But my kids had two different meets hosted by two different teams at GMU in December. First meet had a parent volunteer reading the heat sheet to let spectators know what was happening and where we were in the meet. Second meet was just ambient sound and you tried to hear what was coming next. That second meet had a concurrent feed showing the scoreboard, but it went on the fritz and got out of synch with the swim feed-- trying to stream two feeds from the car without wifi isn't going to work well. And the volunteer signup was full before our team even saw it, so don't bother just telling me to volunteer.

It doesn't take much to ask for a parent volunteer to read the meet sheet and try to relay some times.

Why do you care about other kids times? Your kids can tell you the times or look it up later.

[Anonymous]

My kids were at a meet like this this weekend. If you don’t like it, email the team asap and offer to narrate the meet all weekend. I don’t want to do that, so I don’t complain.

[Anonymous]

NP here. No one truly cares about other kids' times. They want to know if the swimmer they're watching in lane 7 who just went 1.02.2 in the 100 breast is actually their swimmer!

The meets with different cameras on the pool and scoreboard are the WORST. If you can't tell what heat you're on and which lane your kid is in, you're SOL.

All of that said, the one awesome thing about these video feeds is that my parents have been able to watch their grandsons swim. Mom thinks this is fabulous! (She's also offered to buy him a pink suit so she can really find him on deck!) When the video feed it good, it is really fun. We had one meet at PWCS in November and their setup was amazing. It is so frustrating when it is bad, tho.

If I never sit in a crowded set of pool bleachers again to watch a swim meet, that would be amazing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids were at a meet like this this weekend. If you don’t like it, email the team asap and offer to narrate the meet all weekend. I don’t want to do that, so I don’t complain.

I have! No response.

[Anonymous]

I agree the feeds suck. Can’t tell when my kid is swimming. I was a timer today at UMD and my cell phone barely worked. I could text but that was it. So the service at each place varies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

A lot of that has to do with the facility. It’s a lot easier to have a good quiet feed at gmu with a big scoreboard, a place for the video away from swimmers etc, then say at all providence with no scoreboard and a camera in the stands with the swimmers

To a point, I guess. But my kids had two different meets hosted by two different teams at GMU in December. First meet had a parent volunteer reading the heat sheet to let spectators know what was happening and where we were in the meet. Second meet was just ambient sound and you tried to hear what was coming next. That second meet had a concurrent feed showing the scoreboard, but it went on the fritz and got out of synch with the swim feed-- trying to stream two feeds from the car without wifi isn't going to work well. And the volunteer signup was full before our team even saw it, so don't bother just telling me to volunteer.

It doesn't take much to ask for a parent volunteer to read the meet sheet and try to relay some times.

Become a certified official. The official sign up is never ‘full’. (:

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some have much better feeds than others, with inset results, clear video, and and a dedicated, audible commentator. Others are total crap and it’s hard to tell which team swimmers are on, much less which swimmer might be yours or who touched the wall first. Any audio detectable over ambient noise may as well be Charlie Brown’s teacher. “Whomp a whomp whomp whomp.”

A lot of that has to do with the facility. It’s a lot easier to have a good quiet feed at gmu with a big scoreboard, a place for the video away from swimmers etc, then say at all providence with no scoreboard and a camera in the stands with the swimmers

To a point, I guess. But my kids had two different meets hosted by two different teams at GMU in December. First meet had a parent volunteer reading the heat sheet to let spectators know what was happening and where we were in the meet. Second meet was just ambient sound and you tried to hear what was coming next. That second meet had a concurrent feed showing the scoreboard, but it went on the fritz and got out of synch with the swim feed-- trying to stream two feeds from the car without wifi isn't going to work well. And the volunteer signup was full before our team even saw it, so don't bother just telling me to volunteer.

It doesn't take much to ask for a parent volunteer to read the meet sheet and try to relay some times.

Become a certified official. The official sign up is never ‘full’. (:

Lol so true