“Bye bye cable TV – bye bye Magenta TV” is how Telekom is promoting the streaming of the 2024 European Football Championship on the virtual advertising boards. I also Magenta TV for the start of the European Championship mainly because I wanted to be able to watch all the games. After the Preliminary round However, I'll be glad to be rid of Telekom's streaming service again.
Germany vs Denmark: Problems with the stream
After Germany has confidently qualified for the round of 16 of the European Championship as group winners, I am eagerly anticipating the match against friendly Danes But the game between Italy and Switzerland and the pre-match coverage are already becoming a real nuisance.
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At irregular intervals, it seems like every 20 minutes, I have to restart the stream on Magenta TV because the sound and picture are no longer synchronized. The picture is often up to three minutes ahead. This happens when the stream freezes for a moment and then “fast forwards” within a second.
This looks quite funny, but it gets annoying over time and results in Picture and sound no longer match and are drifting further and further apart. It can't be my internet or the FritzBox that is causing the live broadcast of Germany against Denmark to sometimes stop or even break off. Normal streams from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Disney Plus work perfectly in 4K.
Germany vs Denmark: Stream disruptions, the solution is that simple
Since the disruptions to the live stream, which already occur during the pre-match coverage, will certainly not improve during the game, I have been feverishly searching for a solution. All plugs on the TV and the Apple TV Box checked. Plugged the HDMI cable in and out again. Nothing helped. But then I came up with a very simple and easy solution.
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It may sound totally ridiculous, but I have the problems with the Live stream on Magenta TV solved by simply going to ZDF media library It is important to watch the live broadcast of Germany against Denmark not on ZDF in the Magenta TV app, but actually in the ZDF app directly. And lo and behold, a miracle happens.
Since then the stream has been running smoothly and without any problems, touch wood. I have Magenta TV has long since been cancelledThe quality of the live streams during the European Football Championship was consistently too poor for me. I'm just sick of the constant stuttering, freezing, loading pauses, sound problems and crashes. Sorry, dear Telekom.