LIVE video feeds | Timings update

[The Silk Run]

Dear Forum members

Does anybody have up too date information of time delays on so-called live video feeds for Horse Racing. I.e: SIS, Betfair, William Hill, etc ...

Thanx in advance.

Minnie LAI

[ANGELS15]

When I'm at home I tend to use Betfair mobile on my phone and notice once the UK/Irish horseracing market turns 'in-play' There's usually a delay of around 7 - 10 seconds before the betfair video pictures catch up. On US racing the delay's even worse more like 20 seconds.

I often sit in bookies mostly to watch my automated back to lays. With SIS the video seems to catch up about 3 seconds after the market turns in play. So a little better than Betfair mobile.

[northbound]

From my experience, Betfair video on the computer is a few seconds ahead of Betfair video on mobile.

[The Silk Run]

When I'm at home I tend to use Betfair mobile on my phone and notice once the UK/Irish horseracing market turns 'in-play' There's usually a delay of around 7 - 10 seconds before the betfair video pictures catch up. On US racing the delay's even worse more like 20 seconds.

I often sit in bookies mostly to watch my automated back to lays. With SIS the video seems to catch up about 3 seconds after the market turns in play. So a little better than Betfair mobile.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I assume Bookmakers set their own latency level within their SIS accounts. Which Bookmaker is the fastest, quality, and consistent.

[ANGELS15]

When I'm at home I tend to use Betfair mobile on my phone and notice once the UK/Irish horseracing market turns 'in-play' There's usually a delay of around 7 - 10 seconds before the betfair video pictures catch up. On US racing the delay's even worse more like 20 seconds.

I often sit in bookies mostly to watch my automated back to lays. With SIS the video seems to catch up about 3 seconds after the market turns in play. So a little better than Betfair mobile.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I assume Bookmakers set their own latency level within their SIS accounts. Which Bookmaker is the fastest, quality, and consistent.

That's interesting I assumed it was the same SIS service for them all. I've tended to use the same Hills shop for the last 12 years but on the odd occasion when I go to other shops I've not noticed any difference in the picture delay.

[ANGELS15]

From my experience, Betfair video on the computer is a few seconds ahead of Betfair video on mobile.

Thank's Northbound I did wonder about this. My 'pc' is really a tablet which is not that great but adequate for Bet Angel. I tend to set up automation then watch later on my phone if at home or the bookies as the one I tend to go to has only about about a 3 second delay. But I'll give the desktop Betfair video a go next time I stay in.

[northbound]

Thank's Northbound I did wonder about this. My 'pc' is really a tablet which is not that great but adequate for Bet Angel. I tend to set up automation then watch later on my phone if at home or the bookies as the one I tend to go to has only about about a 3 second delay. But I'll give the desktop Betfair video a go next time I stay in.

Not sure if you’ll see any difference on your tablet though, most probably the video is served through “HTML5” streaming like on mobile.

Whereas on a PC / Macbook, where you get the full Betfair website, video stream is powered by the Flash plugin. This plugin is not available on mobile devices as it’s more resource-intensive.

[ANGELS15]

Thank's Northbound I did wonder about this. My 'pc' is really a tablet which is not that great but adequate for Bet Angel. I tend to set up automation then watch later on my phone if at home or the bookies as the one I tend to go to has only about about a 3 second delay. But I'll give the desktop Betfair video a go next time I stay in.

Not sure if you’ll see any difference on your tablet though, most probably the video is served through “HTML5” streaming like on mobile.

Whereas on a PC / Macbook, where you get the full Betfair website, video stream is powered by the Flash plugin. This plugin is not available on mobile devices as it’s more resource-intensive.

Thanks again. Hopefully at some stage I'll upgrade to a 'proper' laptop/pc