Is there a good method of syncing radio and TV?

[jwikked]

I used to love watching the Footy back in the day, with the radio broadcast.
I've tried a few times in the past, but the radio always seems to be in front of the TV now, especially moreso with Fox Footy.
Any ideas?

 

[AtomicBlonde]

I used to love watching the Footy back in the day, with the radio broadcast.
I've tried a few times in the past, but the radio always seems to be in front of the TV now, especially moreso with Fox Footy.
Any ideas?

Apparently if you have digital radio the delay can be fixed by pausing the radio for three seconds and then pressing play. I have yet to try it out.

 

[Mangus Onfries]

I love listening to the Crows supporters/callers here on 5AA go into meltdown when they lose but havent been able to since having Fox Footy. The delay makes it impossible.
Anyone else have info on what Atomic Blonde suggested?

 

[Mangus Onfries]

This one says you can pause and rewind for up to 15 minutes so in theory you should be able to pause for 2-3 seconds to take up the delay.
http://www.pure.com/au/product/one-elite-series-ii-vl-61671/

 

[Lensen]

This one says you can pause and rewind for up to 15 minutes so in theory you should be able to pause for 2-3 seconds to take up the delay.
http://www.pure.com/au/product/one-elite-series-ii-vl-61671/

i've got a similar one, can definitely pause live radio

fwiw, i've done it once with MMM up here on a lions game and it synced up perfectly without any need to pause either. but that was just one game

 

[Registered User]

I haven't tried this yet, but I plan to: run the radio signal through all hi-fi units as you own, to increase the delay.
VCRs, cassette decks -- whatever has AV ins and outs

I sometimes record the Triple M pre-game on my Panasonic dvd/tv recorder (obviously out of a radio into one of the AV inputs), and there's a noticeable delay through the unit.

 

[kosifantutti]

I'm not sure if you can still get the Urls of the broadcast and put them into a radio app like tunedin. Then you can delay the broadcast to sync in with video.

 

[Registered User]

edit,,,,,ooooops

 

[Mangus Onfries]

or, better yet: with a digital recorder, like a Panasonic, hit record on ch7, then, while it's recording, play it back immediately (a second or 2 behind), which ya can do on those things.

From what Ive seen its usually the radio that is a few seconds ahead.

 

[Registered User]

edit...ooooops

 

[kosifantutti]

If you have an IQ box you should listen to the game via the AFL app. The video will now be ahead of the audio and you can just pause the TV until they sync.

 

[Lensen]

If you have an IQ box you should listen to the game via the AFL app. The video will now be ahead of the audio and you can just pause the TV until they sync.

Yep did this tonight. Have had issues in the past with the AFl app stream pausing here and there but didn't happen tonight

 

[reubski23]

I disconnect my speaker system/amp from the tv connect the iq box directly to the tv. Then connect my mac to the amp go on the afl website get Brayshaw and the boys call which is now running through the speakers then on the tv find channel 504 spend 10 seconds pausing the tv then bang call is now synced.

Perfecto - have been this for years during finals games, big Friday night or Saturday arvo matches also

 

[Mangus Onfries]

What a sad indictment on what FTA television has to offer up as game callers when people are actively seeking to avoid listening them.

 

[Registered User]

From what Ive seen its usually the radio that is a few seconds ahead.

yeah nah, oops, I wasn't thinking. My excuse is that i was rushing like an idiot, getting ready to leave the house.

What I meant was: record the RADIO on a digital recorder, then start playing it back straight away, while it's still recording

 

[Air_Chester]

Ever tried listening live through the AFL app when at the footy? I tried listening to MMM at the Essendon-Hawks games, and the app was legit almost 3 minutes behind, no matter how many times I tried to restart it.

Maybe when the AFL gets their shit together and releases a network we'll have the incredible luxury of choosing any audio stream to go with the video in sync.

 

[Mangus Onfries]

That would be awesome. Regardless of the delay I had the radio on in the last quarter yesterday for the Crows vs Swans on 5AA and Rowes meltdown was delicious.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

What a sad indictment on what FTA television has to offer up as game callers when people are actively seeking to avoid listening them.

Its because they are all intolerable and making watching footy on TV almost non-watchable

 

[nobbyiscool]

I've got this figured out now...

The iPhone app is deplorable this year - as mentioned above, it's on such a delay this season it's completely unusable.

However, the AFL website stream seems to be the same delay of 15 or so seconds that it always had.

So:
- stream radio commentary from afl.com.au
- connect it to speaker system from computer to speaker system via bluetooth.
- pause foxtel for the 10-15 seconds til you can get it to sync.

Technically, you're no longer watching live - but it's a far better option if you're watching a Saturday channel 7 game. Before I figured this out, I was just watching the lesser Saturday night game so I didn't have to listen to 7s shit.

(this is really the only option I can think of for those who are interstate. if you're in Melbourne, the aforementioned digital radio method might work better... although I always thought the technology of digital radio was such that it was on a 5-10 second delay as well)

 

[Registered User]

yeah nah, oops, I wasn't thinking. My excuse is that i was rushing like an idiot, getting ready to leave the house.

What I meant was: record the RADIO on a digital recorder, then start playing it back straight away, while it's still recording

Scrap this idea, at least on my Panasonic digital recorder, coz I can't get it to start playing any quicker than about 5 seconds after I start recording the radio

 

[hottieburger]

I do it each and every Friday night. AFL app on my iphone connected through home wifi, play it through a Bluetooth stereo which I have sitting near my TV. Watch footy on mute through foxtel and after about 10 seconds of pausing and syncing up it works like a treat!! Chanel 7 commentary was actually ruining watching the footy for me.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

Apparently if you have digital radio the delay can be fixed by pausing the radio for three seconds and then pressing play. I have yet to try it out.

Tried this on the weekend, didn't work as my TV was actually ahead of the radio to start with.