RTE Player is Live!

MACHEAD · 13-06-2009 5:02pm

cora_cainte wrote: »

The problem with accessing RTÉ Player in Northern Ireland is that residential BT Broadband customers have a variable IP address that changes every time you turn on and off the modem. This variable IP address incorrectly states that users in Northern Ireland are from England or Scotland. If you go to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ this will tell you what region it is incorrectly claiming you are from. Due to this fact the RTÉ servers are being told you are not in Northern Ireland and you are not granted access.

The only way to get this changed is for customers to make official complaints to BT to get this changed. If you contact them they will originally tell you that it is not their problem despite the fact that it quite obviously is, however you can then ask to register a complaint. If enough people do this they will have to take action and make an arrangement with RTÉ to allow NI residents to access the RTÉ content.

Been having the same kind if problem with Virgin Media, (also up north) who initially said they didn't support this service. When I complained, they changed their response to, "The problem is with RTE, it's not an ISP issue".
I contacted RTE again, still awaiting a reply.

culabula · 13-06-2009 5:31pm

MACHEAD wrote: »

Been having the same kind if problem with Virgin Media, (also up north) who initially said they didn't support this service. When I complained, they changed their response to, "The problem is with RTE, it's not an ISP issue".
I contacted RTE again, still awaiting a reply.

Well, I badgered TalkTalk until they sorted it out. Now I have access to the player, even on my PS3, but it does seem to be a tailored version.

mwrf · 15-06-2009 5:06pm

ukproxyserver.co.uk sent this mail out earlier,
I use them for the bbc iplayer and it works great.
Might be an option for ex-pats etc.

IRISH PROXY : FREE TRIAL OFFER

We also recently launched our Irish Proxy Server, technically compatible with RTE Player and TV3 Catchup .*

The current IRISH trial runs until Friday 19th June 2009 at 16:00 BST (UK Time) and you can use the following access details:

IP Address: 217.115.112.231
Port: 80

Username: irishproxyserver.com
Password: freetrial

http://www.ukproxyserver.co.uk/irish-proxy-server/

gavobrien · 04-07-2009 8:34pm

Does anyone know if it streams flv files or the video in h.264 like YouTube does?

motd2k · 28-09-2009 7:51am

It's streaming h.264 over RTMP from a quick check

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podge018 · 13-01-2010 7:55pm

I got a PS3 recently and the RTE player worked fine, yesterday I connected a HDMI cable between the PS3 and the tv and the RTE player isn't working this evening, would this have anything to do with it?

Cabaal · 14-01-2010 9:39am

RTE are now running RTE International Player which plays only RTE produced content to users outside of Rep Of Ireland. Handy for people in the UK etc

r3nu4l · 14-01-2010 1:01pm

Cabaal wrote: »

RTE are now running RTE International Player which plays only RTE produced content to users outside of Rep Of Ireland. Handy for people in the UK etc

Cheers Cabaal, I can confirm it's working in England

Oh and thanks to the person or people at RTE who made this decision, next best thing to a dedicated TV channel

Good job!!

nava · 14-01-2010 11:48pm

r3nu4l wrote: »

Cheers Cabaal, I can confirm it's working in England
Oh and thanks to the person or people at RTE who made this decision, next best thing to a dedicated TV channel Good job!!

Do you know if you can watch all content or only news? the company I work for uses UK proxies and the other day I could only see news, did anyone test in any other countries?

Ranicand · 14-01-2010 11:56pm

r3nu4l wrote: »

Cheers Cabaal, I can confirm it's working in England
Oh and thanks to the person or people at RTE who made this decision, next best thing to a dedicated TV channel Good job!!

Anyone got a link for it?

nava · 14-01-2010 11:59pm

Ranicand wrote: »

Anyone got a link for it?

Not sure if International playes is the same but should be here

r3nu4l · 15-01-2010 1:11pm

nava wrote: »

Do you know if you can watch all content or only news? the company I work for uses UK proxies and the other day I could only see news, did anyone test in any other countries?

Well it seems to be most but not all home-grown content. Yesterday I watched the Late Late Show (I know

) and Operation Transformation.

If you are on UK proxies then you'll probably only see that sort of material. However, if you are on UK proxies you may be able to watch BBC iPlayer where you are

Every cloud has a silver lining...

Spiritoftheseventies · 15-01-2010 1:13pm

Noticed they are now showing Desperate Housewives on their live player. Will it be the same for Lost?

Cabaal · 15-01-2010 2:40pm

r3nu4l wrote: »

Well it seems to be most but not all home-grown content. Yesterday I watched the Late Late Show (I know ) and Operation Transformation.

If you are on UK proxies then you'll probably only see that sort of material. However, if you are on UK proxies you may be able to watch BBC iPlayer where you are Every cloud has a silver lining...

Agreed,
To be honest on a IP you actually get the best deal as you get all the BBC stuff and news and stuff from Ireland which to be honest is all you really want

bayviewclose wrote: »

Noticed they are now showing Desperate Housewives on their live player. Will it be the same for Lost?

Only RTE will know this as it depends on the License agreements RTE have with the makers of the show

threein99 · 10-02-2010 1:12am

Does anyone have a problem with the Rte player hanging at certain times , mostly at night time around 9pm onwards ?

matt-dublin · 10-02-2010 3:21pm

Cabaal wrote: »

RTE are now running RTE International Player which plays only RTE produced content to users outside of Rep Of Ireland. Handy for people in the UK etc

used it in california last week, bit sluggish though!

donnyd · 21-03-2010 1:11am

Am going to be over in England for next two months or so.

Does anyone know how to improve the quality of the download speed?

Thanks

Cabaal · 21-03-2010 11:58am

donnyd wrote: »

Am going to be over in England for next two months or so.

Does anyone know how to improve the quality of the download speed?

Thanks

Download speed will depend on the speed of Broadband you'#ll be using in the UK,

donnyd · 21-03-2010 4:44pm

Ok thanks.

So there is no real way to quicken things up then if broadband is slower.

Did update Firefox and seems to be working bit better now.

donnyd · 21-03-2010 5:10pm

Also,
This is a stupid question but is there any way to access the Ireland only content on the RTE player when in UK?

donnyd · 21-03-2010 6:44pm

The GAA sports and interviews playback on realplayer perfectly. Does anyone know why then the playback of programmes like Late Late Show etc are intermittent when broadcasting from England? Is the former not reliant on download speed the same as the latter?

irishguy · 21-03-2010 9:16pm

donnyd wrote: »

Also,
This is a stupid question but is there any way to access the Ireland only content on the RTE player when in UK?

Yes. You need an Irish proxy to go through (It will cost you a few euro per month). have a google for some.

r3nu4l · 23-03-2010 10:43pm

donnyd wrote: »

The GAA sports and interviews playback on realplayer perfectly. Does anyone know why then the playback of programmes like Late Late Show etc are intermittent when broadcasting from England? Is the former not reliant on download speed the same as the latter?

I haven't had a problem with the playback speed of the Late Late but it's been a few weeks since I watched it. Same with Operation Transformation. It plays like a dream for me

I'm on an 'up to' 8Mbps line averaging about 6Mbps, with Talk Talk broadband, in East Anglia.

Dummy · 22-12-2010 5:27pm

Does anyone know if it is possible to add the TG4 player onto the PS3?

http://live.tg4.ie/main.aspx?level=Faisneis

Rgds,

D.

r3nu4l · 22-12-2010 5:44pm

Dummy wrote: »

Does anyone know if it is possible to add the TG4 player onto the PS3?

http://live.tg4.ie/main.aspx?level=Faisneis

Rgds,

D.

Not sure you can add a direct link that will show up under 'TV' but you should be able to put the URL into the browser and visit from there. That is basically how the RTE Player and BBC iPlayer 'apps' on PS3 work, they just open the internet browser.

CorkMan · 23-12-2010 1:49pm

Can you use the BBC iPlayer in Ireland via the PS3?

akamossie · 23-12-2010 1:52pm

if you have a PSN UK account you will see it then, otherwise you won't

vibe666 · 23-12-2010 1:53pm

r3nu4l wrote: »

I haven't had a problem with the playback speed of the Late Late but it's been a few weeks since I watched it. Same with Operation Transformation. It plays like a dream for me I'm on an 'up to' 8Mbps line averaging about 6Mbps, with Talk Talk broadband, in East Anglia.

where abouts in east anglia are you r3nu4l? i grew up in Ely.

r3nu4l · 23-12-2010 2:08pm

CorkMan wrote: »

Can you use the BBC iPlayer in Ireland via the PS3?

akamossie wrote: »

if you have a PSN UK account you will see it then, otherwise you won't

Although BBC are hoping to launch a global player next year (I think). They are talking about it being subscription based though...

vibe666 wrote: »

where abouts in east anglia are you r3nu4l? i grew up in Ely.

Ha ha, I work in Cambridge

Lovely part of the world this

vibe666 · 23-12-2010 2:41pm

yeah, it's really lovely especially with a bit of snow.

i got some great pics of the cathedral in the snow last xmas when i was over visiting my mum.

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