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Remote viewing of games using Google Chrome through Geo locating with CBS All Access and Fox.com


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@Cinga posted this a while ago, and I went through and tested it, hopefully this will help those that find themselves unable to get the games on their local CBS station.

 

For this, I am running Windows 10, and using Google Chrome as my browser. Microsoft Edge should also work, it’s similar in design. I have not tested FireFox or Internet Explorer.

 

One downside, if you want to switch to a different game, you’ll need to close and reopen your web browser.

 

SETUP

 

First, as noted, I’m using Google Chrome for this only, because I’ve set it up to clear my cache and cookies on exit. To do that, open Chrome, and bring up the menu by clicking the three dots in the upper right corner…

 

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Then click on Settings…

 

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Scroll down to Privacy and security and click on Cookies and other site data

 

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Scroll down to Clear cookies and site data, and turn that option On

 

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You can then close the settings tab.

 

Next, we need to add locations to spoof where you are located. I’ve gone through and located the Latitude and Longitude for all the stadiums in the NFL…

 

Team

Latitude

Longitude

Arizona

33.5272647

-112.2627672

Atlanta

33.7549467

-84.4022879

Baltimore

39.2779876

-76.6248931

Buffalo

42.7737546

-78.789161

Carolina

35.2247859

-80.8561675

Chicago

41.8623132

-87.6188771

Cincinnati

39.0954576

-84.5182464

Cleveland

41.5060535

-81.7017368

Dallas

32.7472844

-97.0966826

Denver

39.7438895

-105.0222981

Detroit

42.3400064

-83.0477917

Green Bay

44.5013406

-88.064397

Houston

29.6847219

-95.4128961

Indianapolis

39.7601007

-86.1660764

Jacksonville

30.3239536

-81.6394415

Kansas City

39.0489391

-94.4861044

Las Vegas

36.0907018

-115.1859186

Los Angeles

33.9537991

-118.339902

Miami

25.9579665

-80.2410491

Minnesota

44.9736461

-93.2596832

New England

42.0909458

-71.2665352

New Jersey

40.813175

-74.0765189

New Orleans

29.951061

-90.0834329

Philadelphia

39.9019269

-75.1692795

Pittsburgh

40.446771

-80.0179393

San Francisco

37.4033851

-121.9716174

Seattle

47.5951518

-122.3338281

Tampa Bay

27.9758691

-82.5055231

Tennessee

36.166479

-86.7734785

Washington

38.9076433

-76.8667341

 

Again, click on the menu in the upper right of Chrome, then More Tools, then Developer Tools…

 

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You will see another box open on the right side of the page, with another three dot Menu, click on that, then More Tools, then Sensors

 

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You’ll now see another box pop up in the bottom right of your screen, click on manage

 

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Here’s the fun part. You’ll see I’ve already added all the locations from the list above in my sensor list. Note you can delete the ones they already have if you want to. What you’re going to need to do is cut/paste whatever locations you want to have from the list above into the browser. Click on Add Locations

 

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Enter the Location Name, Latitude and Longitude, then click add. You probably want at least Buffalo and whomever their opponent is.

 

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VIEWING

 

Now close Chrome and re-open it. Reopen the menu, More Tools, developer tools. Now the submenu and Sensors if it is not open already. From the Location drop box choose the location/city you want. In this case I’m choosing Buffalo

 

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Leaving the side box with Developer Tools open, go to CBS.com, if you already have CBS All Access, sign in. If not, register for a trial.

 

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Once you’re logged in, select CBS (Local Station) under the Live TV menu

 

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VIEWING CONTINUED 

 

If you get the pop up asking to know your location, choose Allow

 

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You should see the call letters for the local station you selected in the bottom left corner. If not, close out chrome and try again choosing your location.

 

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Once your station comes up, you can close the developer tools by clicking on the X in the right side of the box.

 

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NOTES

 

This sometimes works for games on Fox. I have not been able to get it to work all the time with those games though, so your mileage may vary. 

 

EDIT: Fox.com does work, you don't need to have an account, they give you a 1 hour preview. So after the hour is up, close your browser and restart to get another hour. 

 

With CBS, you can use this anytime, not just for games. Say you want to watch the local news for Seattle, or you miss a show on the east coast, you could catch it on the west coast showing. 

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3 hours ago, whatdrought said:

This feels like a good way to get my computer possessed... 

It's not anything abnormal, in fact it is almost exactly what a paid for VPN does for you but you do it yourself for free..... 

4 hours ago, Just Jack said:

@Cinga posted this a while ago, and I went through and tested it, hopefully this will help those that find themselves unable to get the games on their local CBS station.

 

Well done! I apologize for not taking the time for the screenshots but so glad you did for other Bills fans!

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4 hours ago, Just Jack said:

With CBS, you can use this anytime, not just for games. Say you want to watch the local news for Seattle, or you miss a show on the east coast, you could catch it on the west coast showing. 

 

And if it doesn't work and somehow shows your current location instead, as @Just Jack says, close out, but then click off the location (just pick another one) you want, then back on again to reset. Then open CBSAA again and it should give you WIVB or whatever other city your trying to  re-locate to

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18 minutes ago, Cinga said:

Well done! I apologize for not taking the time for the screenshots but so glad you did for other Bills fans!

 

Thank you. You gave enough info that I was able to muddle through and figure it out. I've been playing around with it to make sure I could give an easy, detailed account, that even a @Gugny or @mead107 could figure it out. 

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6 hours ago, Just Jack said:

@Cinga posted this a while ago, and I went through and tested it, hopefully this will help those that find themselves unable to get the games on their local CBS station.

 

For this, I am running Windows 10, and using Google Chrome as my browser. Microsoft Edge should also work, it’s similar in design. I have not tested FireFox or Internet Explorer.

 

One downside, if you want to switch to a different game, you’ll need to close and reopen your web browser.

 

First, as noted, I’m using Google Chrome for this only, because I’ve set it up to clear my cache and cookies on exit. To do that, open Chrome, and bring up the menu by clicking the three dots in the upper right corner…

 

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Then click on Settings…

 

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Scroll down to Privacy and security and click on Cookies and other site data

 

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Scroll down to Clear cookies and site data, and turn that option On

 

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You can then close the settings tab.

 

Next, we need to add locations to spoof where you are located. I’ve gone through and located the Latitude and Longitude for all the stadiums in the NFL…

 

Team

Latitude

Longitude

Arizona

33.5272647

-112.2627672

Atlanta

33.7549467

-84.4022879

Baltimore

39.2779876

-76.6248931

Buffalo

42.7737546

-78.789161

Carolina

35.2247859

-80.8561675

Chicago

41.8623132

-87.6188771

Cincinnati

39.0954576

-84.5182464

Cleveland

41.5060535

-81.7017368

Dallas

32.7472844

-97.0966826

Denver

39.7438895

-105.0222981

Detroit

42.3400064

-83.0477917

Green Bay

44.5013406

-88.064397

Houston

29.6847219

-95.4128961

Indianapolis

39.7601007

-86.1660764

Jacksonville

30.3239536

-81.6394415

Kansas City

39.0489391

-94.4861044

Las Vegas

36.0907018

-115.1859186

Los Angeles

33.9537991

-118.339902

Miami

25.9579665

-80.2410491

Minnesota

44.9736461

-93.2596832

New England

42.0909458

-71.2665352

New Jersey

40.813175

-74.0765189

New Orleans

29.951061

-90.0834329

Philadelphia

39.9019269

-75.1692795

Pittsburgh

40.446771

-80.0179393

San Francisco

37.4033851

-121.9716174

Seattle

47.5951518

-122.3338281

Tampa Bay

27.9758691

-82.5055231

Tennessee

36.166479

-86.7734785

Washington

38.9076433

-76.8667341

 

Again, click on the menu in the upper right of Chrome, then More Tools, then Developer Tools…

 

646682933_Pic5.thumb.jpg.6ed62face49080c8ff1bdb6db9ef57c3.jpg

 

You will see another box open on the right side of the page, with another three dot Menu, click on that, then More Tools, then Sensors

 

1017627147_Pic6.thumb.jpg.50e6928466070ba0e34ee1f38e15f978.jpg

 

You’ll now see another box pop up in the bottom right of your screen, click on manage

 

476903477_Pic7.thumb.jpg.e97e23a1718a8fceb35aa98d364550d9.jpg

 

Here’s the fun part. You’ll see I’ve already added all the locations from the list above in my sensor list. Note you can delete the ones they already have if you want to. What you’re going to need to do is cut/paste whatever locations you want to have from the list above into the browser. Click on Add Locations

 

1896136158_Pic8.thumb.jpg.a45151b882b33d69a4ff34206ad08412.jpg

 

Enter the Location Name, Latitude and Longitude, then click add. You probably want at least Buffalo and whomever their opponent is.

 

356206097_Pic9.thumb.jpg.46bde5febb310f57d35ab14f81ab73b2.jpg

 

Now close Chrome and re-open it. Reopen the menu, More Tools, developer tools. Now the submenu and Sensors if it is not open already. From the Location drop box choose the location/city you want. In this case I’m choosing Buffalo

 

695655776_Pic10.thumb.jpg.8af42cde0aa59bbc6aad4e6a6a708199.jpg

 

Leaving the side box with Developer Tools open, go to CBS.com, if you already have CBS All Access, sign in. If not, register for a trial.

 

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Once you’re logged in, select CBS (Local Station) under the Live TV menu

 

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Part 2 next

 

 

 

I assume there's not a method to make this work if wanting to watch directly on a TV using CBS All Access app though as not able to spoof location directly on TV?

 

Can easily plug laptop into TV via HTMI, but would be nice if could do it directly.

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With the Bills not playing today, it would be a good time for those that want to try this, to give it a shot. I will be away for most of the afternoon, but if you have any questions, post them and I will try to answer as soon as I can. 

 

 

On 10/4/2020 at 10:51 PM, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

I assume there's not a method to make this work if wanting to watch directly on a TV using CBS All Access app though as not able to spoof location directly on TV?

 

I checked on my Roku CBSAA app, if you go into Settings, then Live TV,  you have to go through a couple menus basically telling it that the station shown is not your local station, before it asks you for a zip code. Orchard Park is 14127. But once you do that, you can't change it back without contacting CBS. 

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8 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

With the Bills not playing today, it would be a good time for those that want to try this, to give it a shot. I will be away for most of the afternoon, but if you have any questions, post them and I will try to answer as soon as I can. 

 

 

 

I checked on my Roku CBSAA app, if you go into Settings, then Live TV,  you have to go through a couple menus basically telling it that the station shown is not your local station, before it asks you for a zip code. Orchard Park is 14127. But once you do that, you can't change it back without contacting CBS. 

 

Lately my friend has told me the illegal streaming sites have been working pretty well other than that first Jets game  That may have resulted more from many Jet fans scattered all over. 

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40 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

Lately my friend has told me the illegal streaming sites have been working pretty well other than that first Jets game  That may have resulted more from many Jet fans scattered all over. 

 

But wouldn’t you rather have something reliable with no pop ups or malware? 

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for anyone wanting to do this i suggest you go here:

 

https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable

 

download and install a portable version of Chrome, then follow Just Jack's guide to configure the portable version of Chrome.  use it for NFL viewing only, that way you don't have to mess with the settings on your default Chrome installation.

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54 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

But wouldn’t you rather have something reliable with no pop ups or malware? 

 

So what would I potentially lose having the Buffalo station as my CBS All Access all the time.  Certainly daytime TV schedule differs, but prime time is the same 99% of the time I'd imagine.  Sports coverage would differ obviously  and the local news and weather.  I'd get to see blizzard warnings again!!  Access to any of their older streaming library would all be the same I'd imagine?

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33 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

So what would I potentially lose having the Buffalo station as my CBS All Access all the time.  Certainly daytime TV schedule differs, but prime time is the same 99% of the time I'd imagine.  Sports coverage would differ obviously  and the local news and weather.  I'd get to see blizzard warnings again!!  Access to any of their older streaming library would all be the same I'd imagine?

 

All that is okay if you rarely, if at all, use CBSAA for viewing your local station.  Streaming library yes would stay the same.  

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3 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

All that is okay if you rarely, if at all, use CBSAA for viewing your local station.  Streaming library yes would stay the same.  

 

So what do you think will  happen if I go to CBSAA on my other TV that doesn't have a ROKU attached so would be accessing directly through the app on my TV.  Once I set it in the ROKU will all my usage points use the Buffalo location?  Or will others default to real location of TV or will direct access  on TV still open Buffalo station?  It probably wouldn't matter as can just use the one TV with the ROKU for all Bills games as long as accessing on TV app doesn't reset all devices including ROKU to location of TV

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