confused about supercast?

[trellaine]

Sorry newbie here BUT I would like to take advantage of the supercast feature for the NFL package which I have.

Do I need to download anything onto my Mac? And is this available? Thirdly, is supercast used via networking or strictly via internet only?

Thanks

 

[jtwex]

To my knowledge (last year at least) it was for your PC only & also required a superfan subscription. Once the software was downloaded to your PC, you could simply setup a shortcut on your desktop & watch away. I'm not sure if Media Center allowed you to stream those games across your networked receivers or if it had to be viewed on your PC only.

 

[Lsol]

You can use this on a Mac.

"Included with NFL SUNDAY TICKET™ SuperFan®, DIRECTV SUPERCAST delivers live streams of every NFL SUNDAY TICKET™ game to your computer desktop — whether you use a PC or Mac."

 

[trellaine]

Yes I do realize that BUT do I have to download anything? Or will I just log in on the web and voila the games will appear?

Thanks

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

When you connect the first time the correct plugins required to access it will be downloaded to your computer and installed.

 

[trellaine]

Game time?

Hmm so nothing will happen before game day/game time?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Probably not. The installation of the plugins only takes a few seconds and needs to be done once.