Possibly not; coming back after a few years out and it seems everyone is on Zwift.
I pulled out my Computrainer for the first time in 2-3 years ready to dust off the old Ergvideos and get some fitness back. As a legacy user (the DVDs) I had about 20 videos to choose from. Unfortunately I was getting some strange error message loading the program and had to run the CT in plain (and manual) erg mode.
I figured perhaps a Windows update over the last 2-3 years may have made it incompatible so went to the website to see if there was a newer version. To my dismay I saw a message indicating the streaming service the company piggy backs off did an update the broke the playing of videos in the software. Now I don’t know if this was my particular issue but the developers message inferred that nothing would work and that come May, the entire website will disappear for good.
I can’t remember how the program ran originally, before v6, but thought that I could run it in standalone rather than connect to the server. Unfortunately I can’t roll it back to the original either as the developer needed to unlock codes and they were pretty clear last time that they were all in on the subscription service and would not support legacy users beyond the current authorisation.
I will miss my Ergvideos. Lots of memories riding those videos and enjoying the automation that allowed limitless customisation of rides, chopping bits out of the full video etc.
Thank you Paul for being one of the first to build on Racermate’s original offerings. There was a lot of vision there. It’s unfortunate the business model did not see sufficient growth to keep it going.