Thanks for this.  I'll give it a try.
On Apr 19, 2010, at 12:25 PM, John J Herzog wrote:

> Hi listers, 
> I have the at bat application, and it also keeps closing for me.  
> Interestingly, I have found a workaround. 
> If you click on the audio stream you want, and it starts playing, you can 
> then click the hide button. Next, click back, so that you get into the main 
> screen of the at bat app. You can then listen to the audio stream as long as 
> you want. 
> I think the reason this may be happening is that, as the audio plays, there 
> are updates to the game statistics. These are not accessible with voiceover 
> on the audio screen, but it is meant to allow people to see them while they 
> listen to the game. As these stats update, it seems to crash the app as 
> voiceover is being used. I am guessing this is the case, because on some 
> streams, the app crashes immediately upon the conclusion of every play. 
> . 
> On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi Esther,
>> 
>> I had caught that post .  I thought about it so I timed some of my usage.  
>> In the instances where the app closed, I was listening to the stream for 
>> less than 10 minutes each time except 1.  This time, the app closed after 42 
>> minutes.  I think I might try reinstalling the app.
>> 
>> Thank you for the suggestion.  This is a real head scratch for me.
>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Esther wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Ricardo,
>>> 
>>> Could this behavior of the app closing be related to the question Juan 
>>> asked a while ago about other radio streams closing?  Paul mentioned an 
>>> answer in the ooTunes FAQ (but this was in a period of very high list 
>>> traffic).  I'll excerpt what might be the relevant item from the ooTunes 
>>> app FAQ:
>>> <begin excerpt>
>>> http://ootunes.com/app/FAQ/#30
>>> Q: Why does the radio/music stop playing after 30 minutes of having the 
>>> screen locked (if your ipod/iphone is not plugged into a power source)?
>>> A: This is a limitation of all 3rd party applications on the iPhone. Apple 
>>> automatically turns off the network after 30 minutes of being locked, 
>>> regardless of if the current application is using it. For now you can turn 
>>> off the "automatic sleep" feature for ooTunes Radio in the ooTunes 
>>> preferences in apple's "Settings" app. Hopefully in the future, Apple will 
>>> change this, but they probably do it to conserve the battery. This only 
>>> occurs if it is not plugged into a power source. We may be able to buffer 
>>> more than the current song for playback without the network. However, 
>>> that's not possible for a live stream.
>>> <end excerpt>
>>> Note that although the answer refers to live streams, it's a general issue 
>>> for network access listening when the user is not doing anything but 
>>> listening to material through a network connection using a third party app 
>>> while not connected to a power source.  I don't believe this is an issue if 
>>> your device is connected to a power source (which could be the battery in 
>>> your case, an external battery pack, or a USB charger) while you're 
>>> listening for more than 30 minutes.
>>> 
>>> HTH
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Esther
>>> 
>>> On 19 Apr 2010, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Hello list,  I hope everyone had a nice weekend.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have been having some trouble with the MLB at bat 2010 app.  It will 
>>>>> just close similar to the facebook app.  I thought it might be a 
>>>>> voiceover thing so I turned it off while listening to a live broadcast of 
>>>>> my Yankees.  The app still closed even with vo turned off.  I don't even 
>>>>> have to be listening to a live broadcast.  It has occurred while viewing 
>>>>> video highlights too.  I was wondering if anyone else has experienced 
>>>>> this behavior?  I'm using an iPod touch.  This hick up doesn't happen all 
>>>>> the time, but enough to get on my nerves.
>>>>> 
>>>>> tia
>>>> 
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