Live NASA TV/Camera Audio/Video Links

[Lee Jay]

I can't remember the specifics right now, but I vaguely remember that there's a broken component on station that handles this feed, and with all the activity of the recent past, they haven't had a chance to fix it yet.

EDIT:  Ah....

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34220.msg1180864#msg1180864

[rdale]

Would any one know what happened to the Live feed of the viewing of the Earth from the ISS?

Nothing is broken, it appears when they went home for the weekend it was left on that screen. Friday had plenty of video of activity on the ISS and you can hear mission control and the crews still as normal.

I'd expect that Monday you can see the Earth again

[DanWerts]

You know, I hate to do this, but am I the only one unable to find the mission audio links?
I appreciate the real time archive you are doing. However, I rather like listening in on them from one of my tablets that I leave set up to NASA mission audio sites.
However, of late, I haven't been able to get a single stream up and running. I've tried the ISS live ones and it appears as though the ISS page is also just giving the video only.
For example, for years now I would just set up this page http://www.nasa.gov/178952main_Mission_Audio_UP.asx  on various devices because of the low data rates and be good to go. However, for me, this has not been working.

I am also curious: What method are you utilizing to make the wonderful archives? Is there an additional source I have not attempted?

[rocketguy101]

I was trying to figure out folks were posting screen captures from NASA TV since they changed to the ustream format.  I used to use the feed through VLC and it was so easy...I was hoping to find out in this thread what the workaround was.  I started searching and found this post by Chris http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33534.msg1134894#msg1134894 that describes a free software called Greenshot.  I followed the suggestions in that other link and now I am a happy camper!  I am posting here to document the fix in case somebody else comes looking.

[Targeteer]

There has been no audio for several days on http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx.  Has NASA stopped broadcasting the audio on purpose or is there a technical issue?

[Space Fan]

Does anyone know of a decent ISS audio stream to listen to?  The audio quality at USTREAM http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream is very poor/unintelligible and the stream at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx that I usually listen to is not working.  Thanks.

[Nick]

Can anyone give advice as to what is the best way to stream NASATV in the UK?

I tried to watch the Orion launch this morning, and it was a hopeless task. In the run-up to launch there was load of buffering and the audio kept looping back and repeating. At T-15, it locked up completely. (I ended up watching on a BBC News stream, but missed the lift-off and the picture was plastered with pointless BBC caption bars...)

Now I realise that there would have been heavy demand this afternoon, but I'm also confused by the fact that there are three different channels (Public, Media & Educator) and two different sources (Flash and UStream?).There also seem to be different kbps speed settings available.

Can anyone cast any light on whether any particular option/ settings are systematically more reliable?

Thanks

[rdale]

Just keep trying all the alternate sources... There is no "best" one as even in the US we lost out (I saw it all until L-4 and then didn't get it back until L+30.) Thankfully NASA did acknowledge the failure during the interview with the social media guy, but I'm not sure they can find a way around that.

[Michael Z Freeman]

I'd like to know as well. Stream failiure ! I have not done some kind of benchmark, but I think ustream performance is worse than windows media or real media ever was (I thought RM is some ancient discontinued thing?). Is there a way in the UK to pick up the satellite feed with a bigger than standard, motorised dish plus booster ? Or is that never gonna happen ? I have thought of pusuading my government or the ESA to put a dedicated channel on our digital TV, but that could be a very long painful process.

[Mapperuo]

I'd like to know as well. Stream failiure ! I have not done some kind of benchmark, but I think ustream performance is worse than windows media or real media ever was (I thought RM is some ancient discontinued thing?). Is there a way in the UK to pick up the satellite feed with a bigger than standard, motorised dish plus booster ? Or is that never gonna happen ? I have thought of pusuading my government or the ESA to put a dedicated channel on our digital TV, but that could be a very long painful process.

Hi Barney,

You won't get the satellite NASA TV is broadcast on 24/7, its under the horizon. But you can tune into Reuters on 22W 11128H 14300 1080i50 . They'll show major launches most of the time, You'll only need a 1 meter dish to get that in the UK.

For me, Ustream showed a buffering wheel every 3-4 seconds for EFT-1, but the flash version of NTV 3 worked flawlessly in 720p mode.

[Alananuts]

Hello spacers,

I feel that ustream chat is not enough.

Is there anyone using tinychat, paltalk, or hangouts during events such as launches or space symposiums and co ?

I live in a remote place (paris, france), where no one gather in bars for such events, and i never heard of this kind of internet congregations besides written forums.

It would be great to even test this solution before such events happens.

I found tinychat a good solution (free, simple, up to 10 video users two way communication)

Does someone know of a better service ?

[Targeteer]

The audio portion of the ISS streaming feed http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream appears to have changed.  Russian audio is now in one channel and US audio is in another.  The translation of Russian audio in no longer being passed.  Can anyone in the know confirm this is a permanent change?

[rdale]

The translation of Russian audio in no longer being passed.  Can anyone in the know confirm this is a permanent change?

I'm hearing translation today so must not have been permanent

[Mapperuo]

NASA TV is a bit ill today. Guessing it isn't staffed on weekends.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[rdale]

All channels are running fine - maybe it was a test of some sorts.

[Michael Z Freeman]

Can this thread be updated seeing as its a sticky ? It lacks all the Ustream and Livestream (why not include ESA?) links. Plus for lower spec systems there is a problems with these sites still using Flash which is high CPU usage (until they move on to HTML5), it can be difficult to take screenshots and so forth. So "livestreamer" ( http://docs.livestreamer.io/ ) could be covered with command lines for the various links. The only thing is the utility bypasses how NASA and other agencies would like us using these streams (or maybe they don't really mind?). At least Livestreamer is respectful in its approach and does not use the dreaded "rip" word. There is a legitimate usage when some can't even watch the stream properly because of Flash.

[rdale]

Post the links and I'll make sure it gets done... Thanks!

[Michael Z Freeman]

Post the links and I'll make sure it gets done... Thanks!

Thanks, I'll look into it and gather some info. In the meantime I found an app in the Windows app store; NASA TV Live. It seems to work OK but I've only had it playing for a few minutes. It's a welcome departure from tying everything to Flash in the browser (nice as that is for free !).

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