Introducing the DNN Second Screen Experience
With this weekend's WFTDA East Region Playoffs, we're proud to introduce a brand new feature: DNN's Second Screen Experience, or SecSE.
Designed as a perfect companion for WFTDA's live video broadcast, SecSE centers on a near-real-time data feed from Rinxter, the electronic bout management system developed by Ronnie Mako of the Gotham Girls and New York Shock Exchange.
As its name suggests, SecSE works best when used on a second screen -- either a separate monitor (with the computer's other monitor displaying the video broadcast), or a separate computer. In either case, you'll want to full-screen your SecSE browser window. In most browsers, the F11 key will full-screen the window; on some laptops, you may need to hold down the "Function" or "Fn" key when you hit F11.
For now, SecSE is intended for a fairly large screen, at least 1280x1024. If your screen is not that large, you'll still be able to scroll around the various features. We'll explore other layouts based on your feedback.
We hope SecSE helps you enjoy Tournament Season like never before!
Comments
BAM!
Thanks for kicking it up a notch, DNN! For stats nerds like me, SecSE sounds sexy!
I'm more of a 1280 x 768
I'm more of a 1280 x 768 person myself. And this would be a third screen app, my second screen is for chat and textcast.
I've always hoped for something like this!
I hope this catches on as a standard secondary projected scoreboard at bouts to show skaters currently on track and their major and minor penalties. A lot of casual fans are confused by fourth minors sending players to the box. With no stoppage for penalties in derby, having penalty info on a scoreboard would clear up a lot of that confusion!
Oh you fancy.
Oh you fancy.
Login?
Is there a way to login to the Fan Chat or is everyone just a guest as the video feeds (free and pay) have no chat.
There's no login. Just type
There's no login. Just type your name in the chatbox and go for it!
That's cool, but...
... did you have to put it on a non-standard port? I like 1337 as much as everyone else, but apparently our firewall here doesn't.
Indeed
I'm having the same problem here.
Sorry fellas, but yeah, it
Sorry fellas, but yeah, it has to be on a separate port because it's a separate web server on the same system. For the nerds in the crowd, DNN-proper runs on Apache, but SecSE is a custom NodeJS app.
NodeJS?
That means you can run it on a WebOS phone. :)
(or you can set up a passthrough proxy module for Apache that'll take traffic sent to an absolute path to repoint to the NodeJS server)
(At one point I knew exactly how to do it, but that feels like a lifetime ago)
I did discuss that option
I did discuss that option with a correspondent, but that would mean running an apache thread for each request to proxy SecSE. We don't want to do that because apache is way less efficient at concurrent socket connections than Node is. The current configuration can easily handle many thousands of live viewers, but if we brought apache into the mix, that number would drop significantly. In a nutshell, apache multithreading is excellent for "normal" request cycles, but not so hot for the new world of web sockets.
I think the best solution is going to be to simply provision a second IP address on that machine and run SecSE on port 80 like most firewalls expect. I'll aim to have that in place for Westerns. -G
Is there a reason you
Is there a reason you couldn't stream the download data via RTSP or HLS?
So it's on the same box?
Damn. Otherwise, you could just put it under a subdomain. Food for thought, though you could claim that I should be... I dunno... working at work.
very nice!
SecSE is awesome! I love it.
It makes me want a second monitor...
This may be too small, but it would rock:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/
WANT
This may be too small, but it would rock:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/
Too small for SecSE, the perfect size for the free SD feed. :)
I have a 10.1" Asus
I have a 10.1" Asus Transformer tablet and it was perfect display for the SD feed. Coulda used it for SecSE chat and I could keep the stats on another tab in the browser if I didn't have two 20" monitors on my desk as well :)
SecSE Yes!
Thanks for making it Sexy!
What am I doing wrong?
All I see in the bout summary area is "live stats are not yet available. Stay tuned". And it's been this way the whole weekend.
Sorry, Mama
It's not you, it's the feed. We tried to have the folks in Baltimore work on it all weekend, but Rinxter had internet availability issues at the venue, so we weren't actually getting a feed for most of Friday and Saturday. Then once we got a feed this afternoon, it kept spitting random data instead of the real live stats. It should just work when you open the page, if the stats feed is working.
Yup
There were a lot of new things being pioneered at this tourney. Some of the worked very well, some of them had mixed results, some didn't work at all. The important part is, it will improve. Sorry we couldn't make that happen, but rest assured other good stuff was happening and more will continue to be attempted until it can be made to work.
Majors and Minors
When I used the second screen while watching the bouts live I don't recall seeing the Major's and Minors during the game. That way you know who is going to foul out or how close it might be. That makes it exciting when you can see that information during a live bout.
Rinxter
Currently because of how Rinxter is attempting to track those stats and because of how the official stats are set up, the Rinxter output for that data is never good. But, one of the reasons for having Rinxter at these tournaments is to attempt to fine tune it to get it better. Currently, what you have, is the Rinxter user in the middle attempting to listen in on the penalties being relayed to the official penalty trackers. I'm sure you can imagine a lot gets missed.