2012 NHK Videos

dorispulaski · Nov 26, 2012

Thank you golden411!

CaroLiza_fan · Nov 26, 2012

Seeing as there are some routines that my fellow members have not been able to find on YouTube, I have decided to reveal where I normally watch videos of performances.

I was reluctant to post this on the forum in case the person that uploads the videos gets banned from YouTube. But given that this is now the second GP that has had a video thread, and none of the uploaders have been banned yet, I think I'll take the chance. But, just to be on the safe side, I will not post any direct links.

Whenever Eurosport were not showing the entire competitions live, I always used to use La Riserva's videos to fill in the gaps. However, I found the big "La Riserva Forum" logo a bit too overbearing. Also, they do not include the warm-up sessions, which I like to see (and, as we saw at the Cup of China, the warm-up can have an influence on the competition…)

But, this season, I have found another source for filling in the gaps in Eurosport's coverage. One that I find a lot more viewer-friendly.

There is somebody in Lithuania who uploads the entire Спорт-2 broadcasts to YouTube in one block (as opposed to having a playlist of individual routines). What I like about this is that, as well as the routines, you get the lead-in and the warm-up sessions.

But, what I really like is that our friend in Lithuania also uploads the gala exhibitions!!! :biggrin:

(Although, admittedly, the Cup of China gala has had a copyright claim against it, so it is not viewable. Well, not viewable in the UK, anyway).

Now, the complicating factor is that this person seems to create a new account at the end of every month. Well, they have for the past couple of months, anyway!

So, for October's competitions, the user-name is: bestintheworld1990

And, for November's competitions, the user-name is: 1990bestintheworld

I don't know yet what their next user-name is going to be.

The only complaint that I have is that our Lithuanian friend is a bit slow in uploading the videos. For example, they only uploaded the NHK Short Programmes in the wee small hours last night and the Free Programmes this morning. And the Gala has yet to be uploaded. But, that is only a minor thing. Hey, it's better getting them a couple of days late than not getting them at all!

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

dorispulaski · Nov 26, 2012

Thank yuou CaroLiza_fan!!!

dorispulaski · Nov 28, 2012

From the youtube channel CaroLiza_fan gave, here are the three missing FD's:

Yu & Wang FD (House of Dancing Water by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=350s

Huang & Zheng FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=856s

Coomes & Buckland FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=1333s

demarinis5 · Nov 28, 2012

Gala Finale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmQrXXNvtcE

CaroLiza_fan · Nov 28, 2012

dorispulaski said:
Thank yuou CaroLiza_fan!!!

Your welcome Doris. And thank you for posting your other comment and taking the weight of guilt off my shoulders a bit if the videos do get removed...

Since my previous comment, I have done some more hunting and have found our Lithuanian friend's new user-name, as well as 2 more user-names that they have used in the past.

So, for December (just the NHK Trophy Pairs FS and Gala so far), the user-name is: Bablados

For September (Skate America Men's SP and Pairs SP on here; otherwise mostly Tennis), the user-name is: Riker752

And, for July/August (no Figure Skating, but all manner of other sports), the user-name is: Centravoj

Also, I'm not sure if it's the same person or not, but somebody in Lithuania has a YouTube channel of archive Olympic footage, which includes the Ladies SP and FS from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMWvqmoHVdE ). I haven't watched it myself yet, but I'm sure it will be very interesting to see how the sport has changed (or not!) between then and now.

Meanwhile, I have also found somebody in Spain that has also put up the entire Спорт-2 broadcasts from some of the competitions at Skate America, Skate Canada, and the Cup of Russia. Their user name is MachineFSkating

What I like is that they have put all their videos from each GP into a single playlist, so that they are easy to find, rather than scrolling through lots of other videos trying to find the skating videos.

On the other hand, the videos in the playlists are a mixture of full competitions and individual routines, and there is a lot of duplication (not just between the individual routines and the full competitions, but there are also multiple copies of individual routines!)

But, what I really don't like is that all the videos have been uploaded BACK-TO-FRONT!!! I suppose this is to try to prevent the original broadcaster from spotting their logo (as it will be in the wrong position, as well as looking weird) and making a claim. So, unless you can be bothered to watch it on a mirror, it is very hard to decipher what is written on the graphics!

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

let`s talk · Nov 28, 2012

Gala in full, and good quality:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbINqkPsXj4

Akiko posted some closing banquet photos on her blogs:
http://ameblo.jp/suzuki-akko/entry-11414988123.html

dorispulaski · Nov 28, 2012

let's talk, and CaroLiza_fan, thank you again!

CaroLiza_fan · Nov 28, 2012

let`s talk said:
Gala in full, and good quality:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbINqkPsXj4

WOW!!! I didn't know YouTube could do videos in 1080p quality!!! Right, I'm gonna have to keep an eye on this user from now on!

But, just be aware that this is not the full coverage. This is the same coverage as I watched on the TV on Sunday. But yesterday (before our Lithuanian friend uploaded the full Спорт-2 Gala broadcast), I found some videos of the last hour of NHK's own broadcast of the gala, and there were bits that were not shown on Eurosport.

For example, there was a very impressive group routine at the start of the 2nd half that Eurosport did not show. This can be seen at the start of "2012 NHK Trophy Gala 4-1". This video is the first of a series of 4 uploaded by tashidale, but they have not been put together as a playlist. But, this series is not the full coverage either as the Shibutanis are not shown (they should have been between the 1st and 2nd videos).

So, for now, I'm sticking with the Lithuanian.

let`s talk said:
Akiko posted some closing banquet photos on her blogs:
http://ameblo.jp/suzuki-akko/entry-11414988123.html

Great photos! Particularly loved the photo of Haruka, Akiko and Mao sitting together. It's great to see that there's no bad feeling between them after the controversy of the result.

You gotta love Akiko!

demarinis5 · Nov 28, 2012

Thanks for the videos!!!!!!

dorispulaski · Nov 29, 2012

Davis & Ladwig LP (from the total performance thread CaroLiza_fan pointed to)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hijkHJToLS8#t=903s

dorispulaski · Nov 29, 2012

The whole Gala in high quality from Bablados
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxfCQD72ztI&feature=plcp

dorispulaski · Nov 29, 2012

Art&Sport · Nov 30, 2012

dorispulaski said:
From the youtube channel CaroLiza_fan gave, here are the three missing FD's:

Yu & Wang FD (House of Dancing Water by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=350s

Huang & Zheng FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=856s

Coomes & Buckland FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6CtZdjpxohA#t=1333s

Apparently, the youtube account of the poster as well as the videos the user posted have been removed/ deleted due to "copyright infringement."

It was nice being able to see the full broadcasts, but the Russian broadcasters (at least on CNOPT) talk in such an OTT annoying non-stop way, it's unbelievable. I guess it doesn't help that I don't understand everything they are saying.

dorispulaski · Dec 1, 2012

This would be why the poster starts a new account every month.

CaroLiza_fan · Dec 6, 2012

CaroLiza_fan said:
I was reluctant to post this on the forum in case the person that uploads the videos gets banned from YouTube. But given that this is now the second GP that has had a video thread, and none of the uploaders have been banned yet, I think I'll take the chance. But, just to be on the safe side, I will not post any direct links.

Art&Sport said:
Apparently, the youtube account of the poster as well as the videos the user posted have been removed/ deleted due to "copyright infringement."

Ach! I knew I shouldn't have revealed my source! But, I just wanted to help my fellow skating fans.

Oh well, at least I got to see everything I wanted to on that channel before it was removed.

Art&Sport said:
It was nice being able to see the full broadcasts, but the Russian broadcasters (at least on CNOPT) talk in such an OTT annoying non-stop way, it's unbelievable. I guess it doesn't help that I don't understand everything they are saying.

Oh, I know the feeling! Do they not know to shut up when the music starts?!

The worst of it is, although I don't understand what they're talking about, I can tell from the names I hear that they are often not even talking about the competition we are watching!

But, from watching the RAI videos that "La Riserva" put up, the Italians are the same. The only difference is that they stop talking a bit sooner than the Russians do!

Thank goodness that British Eurosport's commentators are not like that!

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