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| Re: FREE? said by NightLinks  :I'm starting to think that I am paying aol just for their chatrooms since that is the only thing they haven't put out on the web everything else is almost FREE. Chatrooms online are in beta mode and should be available soon. A lot of members have expressed their disgust of the software and AOL is now trying to offer same features, but all via the browser and no need for the software.
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storm64007
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4 edits | Its coming in excellent here. Been watching since early this morning..its streaming at 350k and very clearly.
Click on the " Live Global Stream"..shows the concerts from all around the world.
Watched U2, REM, Dio, Stereophonics, and Green Day,Black Eyed Peas so far have played live | |
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King P
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| Re: FREE? Free streaming video, and AOL in the same sentence...what is the world coming to???
I'm glad to see something positive for them. They've been hit with some bad publicity lately.
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DiscardedVet
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| Re: FREE? said by King P :Free streaming video, and AOL in the same sentence...what is the world coming to??? lolol. Ya, good one eh.
And thanks alot to storm64007, now I can't say something smartass like "I wonder how far behind the music their lips are? heh.
DV (----- givin' storm the finger for slighting me of my fun!! lol | |
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| navalpatel
join:2003-07-28
Lubbock, TX
| come now... you are also paying for excellent customer service and access to dozens of educational tools not availible to non-aol suscribers, which actually are, but are produced by different companies and are superior * cough * i.e. wikipedia * cough * | |
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storm64007
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join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY
| Re: You can see it better on MTV and VH1 on TV said by TKJunkMail :You can see it better on MTV and VH1 on TV. Not if your working or dont have cable...which pertains to me and many others. Its streaming great here at work on our comps. | |
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lazarus_
join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU | It's not even broadcast in HD.. | |
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| | xirian
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join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY
| said by TKJunkMail :You can see it better on MTV and VH1 on TV. No you cant, this lets you chose which concert you want since there are different concerts going on at once. | |
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA | For the most part MTV and VH1 is only showing clips like the brad pitt speech in london that was done over 45 mins ago
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Orange, CA | Re: You can see it better on MTV and VH1 on TV and cut off "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd to go to a Taco Bell commercial. Thank god for the AOL feed | |
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join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA
| The mtv/vhq coverage is the worst piece of crap I've yet to see on TV. More commercial interruptions than ever, constant crap backstage interviews, almost NO music, and worst of all WHY IN GODS NAME ARE VH1 and MTV SHOWING EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
God I wish we had the BBC. I'd pay the license fee to be able to have it all on my cable system.
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UK | Re: You can see it better on MTV and VH1 on TV The BBC coverage was fantastic. No complaints. | |
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Rochester, NY | nice yeah too bad their live8 webcast page either doesnt work or crashes my browser depending on when accessed | |
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3SGTE
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| Re: nice Crashed FF on the first try, a bit byggy, but working ok.
Hint: after the blank screen loads, you will need to click one of the choices at the left.
if you get a blank window for the player, resize it, and choose full screen.
Exit the full screen, and watch.
Or try the link storm provided :P
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| said by storm64007 :put the feed URL directly into windows media player..you dont have to go to site (it dont crash here in FF or IE)...or click this in IE browser..should pop up WMP » pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmus···mcache=0 I get "AOL Music" in IE6.0 SP2. 
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3SGTE
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| Re: nice said by antdude :said by storm64007 :put the feed URL directly into windows media player..you dont have to go to site (it dont crash here in FF or IE)...or click this in IE browser..should pop up WMP » pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmus···mcache=0 I get "AOL Music" in IE6.0 SP2. Windows Media Player --> File --> Open URL --> paste link provided. Works great for me.
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|  Re: nice
said by 3SGTE :said by antdude :said by storm64007 :put the feed URL directly into windows media player..you dont have to go to site (it dont crash here in FF or IE)...or click this in IE browser..should pop up WMP » pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmus···mcache=0 I get "AOL Music" in IE6.0 SP2. Windows Media Player --> File --> Open URL --> paste link provided. Works great for me. Thanks. Got it to work in Media Player v6.4.
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kywirelessgu
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| Odd Anybody besides me find it odd they are showing the same footage on MTV and VH1?
There are how many of these concerts going on? And two channels are showing the same exact stuff, seems kinda retarded to me.
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join:2002-07-14
Sherman Oaks, CA | Re: Odd Can't see it...maybe it's jammed? | |
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| robscullion
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Philadelphia, PA
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| Yeah, it is pretty lame. I thought they might split the load betweem MTV & VH1 so we could see the live world-wide picture better. At least show London on one channel and Philly on the other. This coverage is really nothing like Live Aid in '85. Tons of commercials and...isn't this supposed to be "Live"?
I can't believe I'm complimenting AOL but they're doing a great thing today. Not sure why MTV and VH1 missed the boat so badly on this. | |
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join:2005-04-14
Philadelphia, PA | Re: Odd i think mtv and vh1 didnt do it because maybe there bandwith cant handle it because aol does have a 10gbs backbone so that might be why... | |
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ss4vegito7
join:2004-07-24
Cranbury, NJ
| Re: Odd quote:
i think mtv and vh1 didnt do it because maybe there bandwith cant handle it because aol does have a 10gbs backbone so that might be why...
Viacom istn't streaming this content over the internet so bandwidth doesn't really have anything to with it. | |
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storm64007
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join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY
| Agreed..AOL is doing a surprisingly excellent coverage of this..5 different feeds and no commercials at all.
The quality of the stream is also nice considering the thousands tuning this in on their comps.
I like the global stream the best..it shows basically all the concerts around the world. | |
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cob_
1310nm Of Goodness
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Tulsa, OK | This is great Thanks AOL, this is what I expect from the Internet now. Very cool of them to get a sponsor and offer this for free. | |
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| zengei
join:2002-11-26
Bronx, NY
1 edit | Re: This is great yup, been watching a lot of it
Edit: Richard Gere just announced that this is apparently the single most watched internet broadcast ever. | |
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3SGTE
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| Agreed.
Absolutely spectacular.
I am sitting here in Japan, watching a concert from (Molson Park - Toronto) a venue that i must have gone to about 6 times when I was younger.
AOL is doing a great job here!
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| digital k
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| Re: Pukey said by entropy1 :Does anyone but me find it even a bit pukey that really rich people are whining about poverty in Africa? I think it's disgusting. Why not give a dollar to help people in their own countries. Ugh. I, for one, do not want any tax dollars I paid that were LOANED to Africa to just be "forgiven". Why don't banks forgive loans of working families who can't feed or get medical care for their kids? I'd rather give my money to people like this in my OWN country. Sing about THAT, why don't you?!  And well did you donate to anything local? If not, I really think your yammering on is silly. The whole idea of Live 8 is to end poverty everywhere. I don't think it's pukey because usually the rich and famous have the most chances at being heard, and they are doing something positive with it on this day. | |
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entropy1
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3 edits | Re: Pukey I donate as well as volunteer locally as a matter of fact. 
Edit: Actually the whole idea of this is to push the "eight great men" into voting to forgive Africa's debt to all their countries...notice the African continent shaped guitar logo...
"Every single day, 30,000 children die, needlessly, of extreme poverty.
On July 6th, we finally have the opportunity to stop that shameful statistic.
8 world leaders, gathered in Scotland for the G8 summit, will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then we will become the generation that made poverty history.
But they'll only do it if enough people tell them to.
That's why we're staging LIVE 8. 10 concerts, 100 artists, a million spectators, 2 billion viewers, and 1 message... To get those 8 men, in that 1 room, to stop 30,000 children dying every single day of extreme poverty."
That is to help Africa specifically. What about the poor in countries that are supposed to give all the extra and forgive the debt? Hmmm? Just ridiculous. | |
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1 edit | said by entropy1 :Does anyone but me find it even a bit pukey that really rich people are whining about poverty in Africa? I think it's disgusting. Why not give a dollar to help people in their own countries. Ugh. Most of them do give to organizations to help locally... A lot of aid is focused locally, however, and not much is focused in places with absolute, as opposed to relative, poverty.
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Yucaipa, CA
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| Re: Pukey said by bmn :said by entropy1 :Does anyone but me find it even a bit pukey that really rich people are whining about poverty in Africa? I think it's disgusting. Why not give a dollar to help people in their own countries. Ugh. Most of them do give to organizations to help locally... A lot of aid is focused locally, however, and not much is focused in places with absolute, as opposed to relative, poverty. I have given a gallon of blood to the International Red Cross(over the course/time of my donating career/tenure-almost ten years)... does that count? I'm not rich; I don't have money to give... I gave my BLOOD!!! That is ALL I have to give! But I DO give food to hungry beggars who come to my door! I buy medicine for stragglers/beggars who come to my door! But, I am not a sucker!
I DO give "Gift Certificates"(for food) to people who approach me in any parking lot if I have the means to do so... otherwise, I say, politely, "Sorry, I can't help you..."
That is the Blessed/Godly thing to do... "Feed My sheep... Clothe My sheep... Shelter My sheep..."
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HappyBunny
Hi. Cram It.
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Long Beach, CA
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| London concert was best! The web feed was far better than what VH1 served up. Four McCartney songs on the web feed; just one on VH1. Thanks to AOL for doing such a great job--allowing us to pick which concert we wanted to see--or to hop back and forth--was awesome. I spent my time on the London concert--loved U2, Macca, Travis, Coldplay and Stereophonics. Even though the picture was small, I loved being able to see ALL of my favorite bands, not just the snippets VH1 doled out.
I have to say though, the concert lacked the magic of the first one--or maybe I'm just old. I remember the whole freaking *world* took that day to watch and my eyeballs practically fell out from it. I'm trying to think who was at the firsat one AND the second one besides McCartney, Bob Geldof, U2 and the Who. Sting, I think was...oh and Mick Jagger. Lots of new faces there with the uh.. old.
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storm64007
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join:2001-05-21
Freeport, NY
2 edits | Re: London concert was best! I saw the Police reunion on one of the countries feeds.
They are rebroadcasting each country on the site now so if you missed one countries bands you can see it.
Im watching berlin and toronto now. | |
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Redlight
Rarr
join:2001-12-01
Bridgeport, OH | Re: London concert was best! Yeah London totally rocked!! This is one thing AOL has done right in the many years. Transmission was flawless at 350k | |
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wdoa
join:2001-10-16
Spencer, MA
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| ABC anyone notice how the ABC feed in the evening let the line in Who Are you "who the f*** are you" slip through. Look for FCC hearings later in the week. Later on they did do a clumsy edit during Pink Floyd's "money" of the line "...do goody good bulls***" | |
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join:2002-10-15
Philadelphia, PA
1 edit | Re: ABC said by wdoa :anyone notice how the ABC feed in the evening let the line in Who Are you "who the f*** are you" slip through. I saw that and it was beautiful! Reminded me of the good old days... like 6 years ago. | |
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Maxxxt
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| Good Stuff AOL has done a good job, Shocked to all Hell they didn't pepper it with advertisements. I have enjoyed watching all day. My name is on the list and I hope things get better in these poverty stricken countries. I signed my name at »www.live8live.com shortly after I watched the Mom sending the kids to sleep with no food while stirring Rocks in a pot, the "leather strap soup" and the "clay,salt butter cakes" meals. I'm glad I have also got to see all the aging stars..lol, Pink Floyd, The Who, Def leopard, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Duran Duran, and many others.
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join:2001-10-30
West Haverstraw, NY
| Re: Good Stuff
I to ended up going net after getting totally pissed off at the pathetic MTV and VH1 no coverage. | |
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Tzale
Proud Libertarian Conservative
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Sweden
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| Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd! Hell Yeah! Pink Floyd rocked London!
The first time in 24 years that the group played together! I hope they stick together now and put out some more good music!
They still rock even at their old ages, true rockers! None of that BS you see from Britney Spears!
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Dark06
join:2005-06-06
Austin, TX
| Impresive For online broadcast I GOT TO SAY I AM VERY IMPRESED AT HOW THIS WAS ALL HANDLE (AT LEAST ONLINE). MTV AND VH1 SUCK AT BROADCASTING A BIG EVENT LIKE THIS. TV MADE NO EFFORT TO EVEN TRY AND BROADCAST ANY OF IT I SAW MORE ADS AND POINTLESS STUFF ON TV THAN ACTUALLE MUSIC. THIS WILL ONE DAY GO IN HISTORY THAT MARK THE BEGANING OF THE END FOR TV IN A BATLE AGAINTS THE INTERNET. I LIKE HOW YOU WHERE ABLE TO "FLY" AROUND FROM CITY TO CITY ONLINE. I HAVE TO SAY I BEEN AN AOL CUSTUMER FOR A LONG TIME 3 YEARS BUT CUT IT OFF IN MARCH WHEN I MOVED UP TO SBC YAHOOL DSL. WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS EVENT I CALL AOL IF I COULD HAVE THAT WEEK FREE SO I COULD SEE LIVE 8 TO MY SURPRISE THEY ACTUALLY SAID YEAH THEY ASK ME FOR AN SCREEN NAME I WOULD LIKE AND THEY GAVE ME A PASSWORD FOR IT ALL WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ANY PERSONAL INFO AT ALL NOT EVEN MY NAME OR PHONE NUNBER! AOL MEMBER SAW IT AT 460KBS WHILE NON AOL MEMBER SAW IT AT 320 FOR I TRIED TO C IT ON THE YAHOO BROWSER still perfect even at 320kbs even when full screening it . AOL ALSO PROMISED TO BREAK IT UP SONG BY SONG BY THE END OF THE WEEK SO YOU CAN SEE ONLY WHAT YOU WANT ON DEMEND IF THIS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR NONAOL MEMBER I DONT KNOW STILL GREAT JOB DONE BY EVERYONE | |
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LiquidFriend
The Mooninites
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join:2001-12-08
Raymore, MO
clubs: | I like it. I think AOL could get some customers again if they did more events like this.
I'd beeen more than willing to pay to see all of Live 8. | |
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Bitchkin
@range81-153.btcentra | AOL Crap I was at the concert in London. Now I try for 2 days to see it on AOL in replay and the bloody idiots are only showing the first half of the show and that not from the beginning.
F**** monkeys! | |
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Dark06
join:2005-06-06
Austin, TX
| Yahoo Getting in the live broadcasting action????? As i have post up there before I'm an SBC yahoo member i found out today that they will be transmitting lollapalooza live and the acl (Austin City Limits festival one of the biggest music festivals in the nation) i live in Austin and been dyng to get a hold of tickets to go see the bravery and coldplay live today when i went to buy tickets i found out that SBC will be broadcasting it for free. My question is will they broadcast from all the stages or at least most of them like AOL did in order to compete head to head for music fans and will they do it for all 3 days that the festival is on? if any one knows if they will plz post it or email me at Huanes@sbcglobal.net or should i just go head and buy the damn tickets | |
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