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Are there any plans known out there for Bit Torrents to be made available of the weekly highlight shows? I have an evil cable system that doesn't offer FOX Sports World.

> Are there any plans known out there for Bit Torrents to be made available of the
> weekly highlight shows? I have an evil cable system that doesn't offer FOX Sports
> World.

I consider that to be highly unlikely. Given the general attitude of FOX Sports International, I think the chances that they would give permission for such a thing is zero, zilch. Anyone doing so without their permission risks prosecution.

Your best bet is to signup for the AFL's web site service plus a high speed internet connection and get the video clips that way. The guts of the shows can be viewed from the AFL web site... if you can tolerate the video on a computer monitor.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Who's the cable company serving your area?

-Rob de Santos
AFANA Chairman

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Aside from what Rob said -- anything you'd get via BitTorrent would probably not be of much better quality than the streaming video from the AFL website, and with the AFL site, you have the advantage of being able to see the games in their entirety. If you're lucky enough to have a video card in your computer with a TV video output (I have one) you can run a cable to your TV and watch the games in more comfort; you just have to be a little clever with Windows Media Player to get the stream playing in a window you can maximize.

Here's how you do it: once you've selected what you want to see, a new browser window opens with the AFL's multimedia interface. When the clip starts to load into the player window, RIGHT-click on the video area and select "Properties" from the menu. A panel will open and there will be a convoluted URL listed under "Location". Highlight that and copy it, then close the panel and the multimedia window. Now open a separate Windows Media Player window, and use the "Open URL" command under the File menu. Paste the URL you copied earlier in here and hit ENTER. The clip should load up and start playing, and *this* player you can maximize to full screen, which if everything else on your computer is set right will give you a decent view on your TV -- or heck, you can just sit a ways back from the monitor.

Nothing's going to make 320x240 video squeezed down as far as the AFL site does look beautiful, but there are tricks you can use to make it more enjoyable. Considering you get a full year of access, the price the AFL's charging is really quite reasonable.

I hope this helps!

George Madison

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Not true. You can download football torrents at
(Admin note: link deleted)
I created the page and someone has already uploaded a game.

> Not true. You can download football torrents at
> I created the page and someone has already uploaded a game.

I'll repeat what I said before and what was in a recent AFANA newsletter... posting of copyrighted material for download by others, regardless of the method, is a violation of laws in the US, Canada, and Australia. Whether we like or not, it is up to the AFL and it's licensees such as the Aussie TV networks to make games available. What you want to do for personal use is your business but if you distribute it to others or assist in same, then you can be prosecuted and / or sued for damages.

AFANA won't be a party to such activities, for no other reason than it's wrong and because as the only organization outside Australia with reporters at matches in Australia, we don't want to lose those privileges because they benefit all the fans here.

-Rob de Santos
AFANA Chairman

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It's too bad we can't get a bit-torrents thing going. I understand the reasons that Rob wants to keep everything legitimate here at AFANA and there are good reasons for that. Bittorrents would be an ideal way though for us to distribute the games to each other, since we can all share in the upload/download of the games.

While I see your point - if you can part with the cost of the subscription to the AFL's streaming video website (AU$59.95 per year, though those of us outside Australia don't have to pay the GST) and have a broadband internet connection, I've put up a tutorial on how to take best advantage of that subscription. (See the link below.)

Granted, the AFL doesn't seem terribly responsive to international fans - but the more of us who actually subscribe to get the video streams, the more they might realize there's a serious market. Trust me, even with the limited quality of the internet video - it's a LOT more fun to watch the games complete rather than the chopped-up versions on the highlights shows!

> It's too bad we can't get a bit-torrents thing going.

AFL Streaming Video Tutorial