Watchespn issues

[jfred59]

Anyone else having problems recently on Desktop versions?

[TeufelHog]

A couple of "freeze-ups," but overall working fine on iPhone app.

[bulldog04]

Anyone else having problems recently on Desktop versions?

I have. The mobile versions are a lot better and that's all I use

[hoglady]

I had some problems with the Desktop version using Microsoft Edge.
I signed out and then signed in using Google Chrome - no problems since then.

[JONAS]

Mine freezes up every time.

[Cracker Jack]

Yes!  Lots of freeze ups every time I watch.

[Sooiepride]

Go with the app. I have watched on both and the app seldom messes up. On good WiFi or LTE it is really good.  I bought a cheap adapter and hook up to the TV - works great.

[porkchopsdontfloat]

I have issues every game on multiple laptops. I can have 3 TV's streaming different shows on Netflix in HD at the same time with no issues, but even when I kick everyone else off the Wifi, WatchEspn freezes and buffers sometimes multiple times during the same at bat. I usually run an HDMI cable from a laptop to my TV, but I've had the same problems just watching from a laptop in the same room as the router.

[EconHawg]

Go to Wal-Mart and buy a $35 Google Chromecast.  Setting it up is idiot proof, you use your phone as a remote, and when you Chromecast watchespn it never freezes.

[arthurhawgerelli]

Last night was the worst it ever was at freezing up for me.  Since I saw several complaints about it, I would think it was on the broadcast side not the receiving side.  Hopefully somebody on the Hill or with ESPN will fix it before this weekend. 

[The Kid]

Audio played fine on the desktop without video streaming, but trying to watch video was a buffering nightmare last night.

[PintailKiller]

I had no issues with it last night

[bjl]

I had no issues with it last night

same here.  I use the mobile app on a FireTV though.  On a pc, the web browsers always buffer for me... never have a problem on my phone or the FireTV.

[TPM]

No problem watching on iPad, but no longer available on Roku apparently without subscribing.

[Hawgey-Davidson]

No problem watching on iPad, but no longer available on Roku apparently without subscribing.

I watched on Roku with no problems to speak of and with no script.

[Kevin]

no problem on my phone or ipad, but it freezes up on my computer

[cram224]

Go to Wal-Mart and buy a $35 Google Chromecast.  Setting it up is idiot proof, you use your phone as a remote, and when you Chromecast watchespn it never freezes.

How does that compare with Apple TV?

[elksnort]

I have to reauthenticate almost every time I use apple tv to watch espn 3.

[kodiakisland]

Mobile app on my tablet is flawless.  Desktop is almost always a problem.  I run them both side by side on the same wifi to see if it's a data issue, and the tablet always does great when the desktop is freezing up.  IE is terrible.  Chrome is better, but still has problems.

[Razorback de Nosferatu]

I use the WatchESPN app on my iPhone and it works very well every time. I bought a lightning-HDMI adaptor and watch the games on the TV.

Of course, if we were LSU, we'd be televised literally at least once every weekend. But I digress. 

[EconHawg]

How does that compare with Apple TV?

There's no user interface on your tv, so no remote. You just use your smartphone or tablet (or a laptop with google chrome browser) and download the app that has what you want to watch (netflix, watchespn, youtube, pretty much any thing you could watch on your phone). Once you find what you want to stream, click the cast to tv button on your phone screen and it streams it through the chromecast dongle. Doesn't tie up your phone at all, doesn't drain battery or use data. Plus its very cheap and I've never had issues with buffering or anything like that.

I bought it to use on my back patio for when I have cook-outs for football and baseball games and want to bring the TV outside. Now I use it daily and when my cable contract is up I'll get rid of the cable boxes in all of my bedrooms and buy a couple more chromecasts.

[fishes2000]

Apple tv has the espn app to download. Once you've done that and log in with you service provider its really easy to use. That is all I use when I'm home. Espn, amazon prime, netflix. Beside the movies I have those are pretty much the three apps in use.

[USChog]

The desktop version is in a perpetual state of buffering. The app through device or smart tv is flawless. I have no idea why it is, but it is a fact of life.   

[JONAS]

I used Google Chrome and had no problems tonight.

[porkchopsdontfloat]

I followed EconHawg's advice and got a Chromecast. It worked perfectly.

[LRHawg]

Go to Wal-Mart and buy a $35 Google Chromecast.  Setting it up is idiot proof, you use your phone as a remote, and when you Chromecast watchespn it never freezes.

Mine does, unfortunately. It's not too bad, though. Just have to reopen the game in watchESPN. I have the espn3 app on my RaspberryPi running Kodi with and its freezes on it too (it's cat5 to my router).

[kodiakisland]

Went to WalMart today after church and got the chromecast.  Absolute best watchespn game I've ever had on my TV.  Wish I'd have got it a long time ago.