Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without using Mosaic).

by FranklinScott on Apr 26, 2007 9:05 PM EDT

I wanted to be able to watch mlb.tv games in full screen without using Mosaic. Mosaic seems to hog a lot of memory and makes it difficult to do other things while I keep the Indians in the background.

From Lifehacker I discovered you can zoom in at pretty good resolution using the Control button and the trackpad (or mouse-wheel, I believe).

Zooming-in on the regular mlb.tv feed yields a pretty good fullscreen that is easy to get out of.

Watch out, though, if you zoom in too far you might get Pronked.

If there are better ways of achieving fullscreen, please let me know.

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Re: Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without

I don't have a click wheel on my mac mouse...is there any other way to get the same result?

by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Apr 27, 2007 7:49 AM EDT reply actions

Re: Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without

Not in front of my mac now, but I believe it is apple option + for zoom, apple option - for zoom out.

by haymister on Apr 27, 2007 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

Re: Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without

If you install Flip4Mac and in the system prefs and click "launch quicktime player" you can then watch the games in a quicktime window, which you can expand to full screen. That's another option.

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by osoc13 on Apr 27, 2007 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without

My guess is that this method would be the better option, visually.

by JulioBernazard on Apr 27, 2007 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

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It is.

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by osoc13 on Apr 27, 2007 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

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Got it work and it finally solved the problem...been struggling with it for a long time!

Cheers for the suggestion...now I just wish I'd bought MLB.tv Premium so it doesn't look as blocky full screen!

by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Apr 28, 2007 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Re: Watch mlb.tv in full screen on a Mac (without

I bet if you contact them that they would let you upgrade.

by dgcambridge on Apr 28, 2007 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

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You're probably right, although the few posts on here recently about getting in touch with being difficult doesn't fill me with much hope! Particularly as I don't want to be onhold for a long time on an international call.

And they've taken months to answer an email before...worth a try though

by Luis (Tribe Fan in London) on Apr 30, 2007 4:02 AM EDT up reply actions