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  • 28-10-2013 12:33am
    #1
    mackeire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭


    Im trying to watch love/hate on the RTE player.
    an ad comes on for 4 seconds and then it freezes. is it working for anyone else?

    sorry for making a new thread but didn't want to click into the love hate thread incase i ruined it for myself :pac:


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    #2
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Working fine for me!
    try www.rte.ie/playerxl or open it in another browser like IE or Firefox.


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    #3
    D1976
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭D1976


    mackeire wrote: »
    Im trying to watch love/hate on the RTE player.
    an ad comes on for 4 seconds and then it freezes. is it working for anyone else?

    sorry for making a new thread but didn't want to click into the love hate thread incase i ruined it for myself :pac:


    Know how you feel I'm trying to watch it now, that poxy super valu ad keeps playing on a loop. Stick your pork belly up your hoop


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    #4
    gerogerigegege
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭gerogerigegege


    anyone else notice the increase in ads on this player?

    initially it was 2 then 3 now up to 4....when will it end !


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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    gerogerigegege wrote: »
    anyone else notice the increase in ads on this player?

    initially it was 2 then 3 now up to 4....when will it end !

    I got sick of them and switched it off the other night. There is too much. Two would be enough.


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    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    gerogerigegege wrote: »
    anyone else notice the increase in ads on this player? initially it was 2 then 3 now up to 4....when will it end !

    Yeah I posted about this a while back... If you want to push ahead to the end of the program, they force you to watch all of the adverts that would have been played throughout the whole show....

    I also found that a lot of the time the player would crash during the hand off from the adverts to the show, which meant you had to watch all the ads again....

    In my opinion the player is a waste of time..


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    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    I disagree, I think the player is great and I watch it alot more than I watch RTE on TV.

    The ads are annoying all right.


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    #8
    horse7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭horse7


    I don't watch it any more due to the adds.


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    #9
    Doodoo
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Doodoo


    I don't watch rte at all but when I hear about some show that was on I try to watch it on the rte player. Not sure if it's just me but most of the time I get sound and no picture after watching all the ads. Then when I restart the programme, watch all the ads again, the picture is out of sync with the sound. Even when I get a picture it's not great even though it says HD in the corner.


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    #10
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Works great for me.


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    #11
    Minderbinder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Minderbinder


    illegal streams work a lot better than rte player for sports. free tv sites work better for drama. don't see the need for such an unreliable ad riddled player.


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    #12
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,728 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Rte player doesn't work great with cheap android devices or smart TV's.

    And afaik RTE haven't developed an app for the latest smart Tv's.

    If I want something from the player, I have to use the laptop or a Samsung tablet, it doesn't work on my android tv box or smart tv.


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    #13
    satguy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭satguy


    Playing in HD,,,, LOL

    It's not that great,,and where is all the money gone, €4 per week from every home in the land, What are those wasters doing with it.


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    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    satguy wrote: »
    Playing in HD,,,, LOL

    It's not that great,,and where is all the money gone, €4 per week from every home in the land, What are those wasters doing with it.

    It's hard to fault. it's a pretty good and reliable service.

    Some people like to complain though.


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    #15
    Dubwat
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Dubwat


    'The Guards' programme seemed to get good reviews so I thought I'd watch it after the event.

    Slightly frustrated as I was going to record the inevitable repeat of 'The Guards' but I can't find it in my newspaper's 7-day TV guide.

    So I thought I'd give the RTE player a try but, apparently, you need flash installed to watch programmes. I thought general advice was to avoid flash on your computer?


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    #16
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Dubwat wrote: »
    'The Guards' programme seemed to get good reviews so I thought I'd watch it after the event.

    Slightly frustrated as I was going to record the inevitable repeat of 'The Guards' but I can't find it in my newspaper's 7-day TV guide.

    So I thought I'd give the RTE player a try but, apparently, you need flash installed to watch programmes. I thought general advice was to avoid flash on your computer?

    Flash is on the way out, but it's still widely used. Install it, as it won't do anything to deter your experience on the web.


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    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,297 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Dubwat wrote: »
    'The Guards' programme seemed to get good reviews so I thought I'd watch it after the event.

    Slightly frustrated as I was going to record the inevitable repeat of 'The Guards' but I can't find it in my newspaper's 7-day TV guide.

    So I thought I'd give the RTE player a try but, apparently, you need flash installed to watch programmes. I thought general advice was to avoid flash on your computer?

    It's repeated on Saturday night at 11.20 on RTÉ2.


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