Sky Player

exiot · 16-01-2010 11:50pm

nitromaster wrote: »

So...what exactly do you get with no proper subscription, just an xbox and one of those 3 month codes you buy in shops?

and Sky News

FutureGuy · 18-01-2010 12:56pm

Anyone give me a quick rundown of Skyplayer. My parents have a Sky subscriptiion and from what I have read, I can register for skyplayer using his details? True?

If so, what channels can I get. More importantly, can I download the programs for viewing instead of streaming?

Thanks!

Basq · 18-01-2010 1:02pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

Anyone give me a quick rundown of Skyplayer. My parents have a Sky subscriptiion and from what I have read, I can register for skyplayer using his details? True?

If so, what channels can I get. More importantly, can I download the programs for viewing instead of streaming?

Thanks!

As below:

Got Sky TV with Multiroom?
Then you can watch everything the service has to offerfor free! (Including live TV such as Sky news). But you`ll have to create a sky player login on Sky`s Own website first. Sky unlimited broadband users can also watch live TV, but some on-demand content won`t be available for you.

Got Sky TV but you don't have Multiroom or Sky unlimited broadband?
Then you`ll need to pay an subscription to access the live TV content, and then create a Sky player login on Sky`s own website.

Don`t already have Sky TV or Sky unlimited broadband?
Then you need to subscibe to at least there most basic package which will cost you £15 per month. You can of course add extra channels to this (sports, movies etc), and the price will change accoringly. you will now be able to access both live TV channels and any channels for which you`ve subscibed via on-demand. This can be done via your xbox 360

robinph · 18-01-2010 1:06pm

What channels you get depends on what channels they have. The only stuff I can get on the xbox is the on demand movies and movies 1 & 2 I think it is on the Sky login I was given by a friend. You are supposed to be able to download the programs to the PC for offline playing as well, but I have never been able to get the thing to work. On the xbox it is only by streaming.

chrislad · 18-01-2010 9:20pm

Using my parents login, as they have everything. Great service and a great selection of movies. Shame no HD content but I can live with that.

How does this work over WiFi? I've an 8meg Smart Telecom connection and I hate having to drag the ethernet cable across the room, so I may invest in the WiFi dongle.

jimbob_jones · 23-01-2010 1:12am

Just a quick question for the Sky Player users on the 360, has anyone Sky 1 on demand updated, I still only have the two catergories Reality and Gameshows, as fun as they are when the service launched first it had full seasons for renting, is this by design or are we just getting a watered down version ?

Can anyone else see shows like lost and house for on demand viewing through the 360 ?

I checked the skyplayer blog but its not very helpful

ShaneU · 23-01-2010 1:47am

greenman09 wrote: »

its free for the month but if you forget to cancel then they'll keep billing you.

Not true, they cancelled mine with me doing anything.

jimbob_jones wrote: »

Can anyone else see shows like lost and house for on demand viewing through the 360

They can only show episodes of lost for a month or two after they were first shown on tv. So you can't watch any of the previous seasons on it, probably the same with house.

jimbob_jones · 23-01-2010 2:03am

Cheers for that Shane, its gas when it was launched and they had all the problems.

I managed to get in and they had episodes of the Simpsons and Futurama, but the only two categories in the Sky 1 on demand that I see are Gameshows and Reality and very little content worth watching in either.

mgsrocks · 23-01-2010 9:26am

jimbob_jones wrote: »

I managed to get in and they had episodes of the Simpsons and Futurama, but the only two categories in the Sky 1 on demand that I see are Gameshows and Reality and very little content worth watching in either.

For some reason when I set up sky player on my pc it gives much more on demand content for sky 1 then on the xbox. Anyone know why?

Reganovski · 30-01-2010 7:53pm

This might be a cheeky question but how do sky know that this xbox belongs to this subscription if you know what I mean?

01-02-2010 9:20pm

You have to register on sky.com using your Sky card number to use the .
Sky Player on the xbox/PC/Mac.
You also meant to have your Sky box connected top your phone line. They could just compare IPs.

But your only allowed to use an account on 1 console at a time and that console becomes the sole account user.

jimbob_jones · 06-02-2010 12:57am

Hey Folks,

Just noticed that new content has shown up under the Sky 1 on demand.

The new series of 24, the new series of Lost and some of the first series of Modern Family have been added for free.

Royale with Cheese · 23-04-2010 2:19pm

Just a question about this.

I will be moving out soon enough and would love to get this so I can watch sky tv in my room. I'm gonna guess the people I end up living with won't be big football fans and I would watch a fierce amount. So I would like to get this to not only get sky sports on the cheap, but also so I can watch sky sports in my room so I'm not bothering my housemates by hogging the tv.

I don't have a sky subscription, my parents don't either. I have a couple of relatives who do and I really don't think they use their sky player account. Would I be able to get their details and use that to sign up on my xbox? In order to get sky sports on the xbox, do they have to have a sky sports subscription? I think I have one relative who does.

They don't have multiroom so I'm guessing this would cost €15/month. Does that just show up on my relative's sky bill? So I'd have to give them money for it every month?

L'prof · 23-04-2010 2:51pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Just a question about this.

I will be moving out soon enough and would love to get this so I can watch sky tv in my room. I'm gonna guess the people I end up living with won't be big football fans and I would watch a fierce amount. So I would like to get this to not only get sky sports on the cheap, but also so I can watch sky sports in my room so I'm not bothering my housemates by hogging the tv.

I don't have a sky subscription, my parents don't either. I have a couple of relatives who do and I really don't think they use their sky player account. Would I be able to get their details and use that to sign up on my xbox? In order to get sky sports on the xbox, do they have to have a sky sports subscription? I think I have one relative who does.

They don't have multiroom so I'm guessing this would cost €15/month. Does that just show up on my relative's sky bill? So I'd have to give them money for it every month?

That's pretty much how it works. You have to already have sky sports & multiroom to get skyplayer for free so, you'd have to make up the difference!

23-04-2010 4:14pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Just a question about this.

I will be moving out soon enough and would love to get this so I can watch sky tv in my room. I'm gonna guess the people I end up living with won't be big football fans and I would watch a fierce amount. So I would like to get this to not only get sky sports on the cheap, but also so I can watch sky sports in my room so I'm not bothering my housemates by hogging the tv.

I don't have a sky subscription, my parents don't either. I have a couple of relatives who do and I really don't think they use their sky player account. Would I be able to get their details and use that to sign up on my xbox? In order to get sky sports on the xbox, do they have to have a sky sports subscription? I think I have one relative who does.

They don't have multiroom so I'm guessing this would cost €15/month. Does that just show up on my relative's sky bill? So I'd have to give them money for it every month?

Just watch the games on http://justin.tv or http://ustream.tv

Royale with Cheese · 23-04-2010 4:20pm

Streams suck. Would rather just pay the extra bit and watch them properly in half decent quality without having to worry about the stream going down after a few minutes.

23-04-2010 7:21pm

The Sky HQ stream isnt too good either. Also on my 7Mb connection I cant watch HQ shows...

L'prof · 23-04-2010 7:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The Sky HQ stream isnt too good either. Also on my 7Mb connection I cant watch HQ shows...

It's pretty much a constant stream though which, is more than you can say for online streams. They can be flawless in that respect but, not consistently so!

23-04-2010 7:36pm

Yeah I know.

Scruff · 30-04-2010 4:50pm

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Initially get Sky Player = Free

Expanding the channels to include Live TV based on your subscription = Free if you already have Sky Multiroom, otherwise you get 1 month free and are charged £5/month thereafter until March and then £10/month.

So Sky Player is still basically free

ahhhh i was wondering why i was charged €15 last month instead of €7.50. probably will cancel it after the current free offer, only use it for the heineken cup with the sports sub at home.

Grumpypants · 04-05-2010 6:58pm

Anyone know if the pacific is on this?

Battleflag · 04-05-2010 7:02pm

Yup, if you have Sky Movies

Grumpypants · 05-05-2010 11:54am

I got a 1 month subscription code for the Sky sports pack. I dont have the movies but can you just buy the episodes. I may wait untill the show is finished then. Watch them.

joe123 · 06-05-2010 2:17pm

Is the sky player back being free? I watched the football on it last night only by chance and I dont have multi room??

mgsrocks · 06-05-2010 5:35pm

joe123 wrote: »

Is the sky player back being free? I watched the football on it last night only by chance and I dont have multi room??

I think there is a promotion on atm where its free for a month until June. What you can watch depends on what Sky package your currently on:

http://skyplayer.sky.com/watch/free-live-tv-channels-online/?DCMP=EMC-acqOFFR_DTH

Grumpypants · 22-05-2010 4:21pm

Anyone able to tell me how many letters and numbers are on a sky player code ?

I have my sky sports pack its one of the rub of to reveal code ones. It got a bit wet and when i rubbed off the silver it took what looks like the last number with it :mad:

I have SKY then 8 letters/numbers looks like it should be 9 or 10.

22-05-2010 10:47pm

10 I'm afraid.

Grumpypants · 23-05-2010 2:44am

Balls

Kiith · 09-06-2010 1:09pm

Can anyone tell me if Sky Player will vbe showing the World Cup? I cant seem to find out if Sky actually have the rights to show the matches, and i'm looking for a way to watch them in work (i'm actually being asked my management to see if this is possible). Was thinking of signing up to Sky Player for a while, and watching the matches through the 360.

djfattony2000 · 09-06-2010 1:20pm

http://www.rte.ie/sport/webcastschedule.html

Rte seem to be doing it.

Adamcp898 · 09-06-2010 4:14pm

AFAIK they will not, world cup games are not put up for auction to premium TV companies as it's meant to be accessible to the people etc. Now they could maybe have separate web viewing access packages for this but I assume the FIFA website has that but as mentioned above RTE player will have all the games and I assume, but only if you're in the UK, BBC and ITV will have similar services.

JimmyAlfonso · 12-09-2010 10:14pm

Just signed up using parents account (They have multiroom and sports) wish I'd known earlier and hadn't watched the tour de france on TG4 and eurosport internet audio - out of sync by 45seconds! Have a upc basic and couldn't afford the extra for the sports. VGA cable now and can watch on my tv.:D

mgsrocks · 26-09-2010 12:06pm

New promotion running now. Enter this code:

xboxskysports20

when signing up to get the 3 month sports pack for €30 (€10 euro per month).

The code is valid until 31 October 2010. Remember, this can be used to watch Sky Player trough your computer, you don't need an xbox.

johnn · 26-09-2010 2:45pm

mgsrocks wrote: »

New promotion running now. Enter this code:
xboxskysports20

when signing up to get the 3 month sports pack for €30 (€10 euro per month).

The code is valid until 31 October 2010. Remember, this can be used to watch Sky Player trough your computer, you don't need an xbox.

have you a link to where you sign up for this? do u only need to cancel by the end of the 3rd month not to be charged again at the full price?

mgsrocks · 26-09-2010 2:57pm

johnn wrote: »

have you a link to where you sign up for this? do u only need to cancel by the end of the 3rd month not to be charged again at the full price?

Sign up on the sky player website:

http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/home.do

When you go to subscriptions it gives the option for promo/prepaid codes. Stick in 'xboxskysports20'. You pay the full €30 for 3 months up front.

Once your signed up though you can cancel straight away so you wont be charged more after the promotion period.

dubrov · 26-09-2010 3:32pm

When I stick in the code xboxskysports20 it is accepted but the offer is €30.16 (reduced from €52) per month for the first 3 months.

Do you need to already have the basic sky player package to only pay €10 per month?

mgsrocks · 26-09-2010 4:16pm

dubrov wrote: »

When I stick in the code xboxskysports20 it is accepted but the offer is €30.16 (reduced from €52) per month for the first 3 months.

Do you need to already have the basic sky player package to only pay €10 per month?

Think i jumped the gun on this promo. I had gotten it off xbox.com:
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/skyplayer/
where it said '£20 for 3 months' but the sky player site says £20 per month. Can a mod delete my posts?

NunianVonFuch · 04-10-2010 4:03pm

Sky Player is a bit pants if you're watching it on a computer. The whole service crashed under the strain of the Ryder Cup and the Arsenal v Chelsea match. Tried to watch both streams at the same time and it rejected the 2nd login. They have an apology up on their blog: http://blogs.skyplayer.sky.com/announcements/Post:bad8a112-43de-4fca-92b5-7309bbb615a7

Also if you use it on the web it registers you as a new device everytime. It only allows 4 different devices per month, so if you want to watch it more than 4 times a month you can't. :mad: Because I lost internet connection during viewing, I got a new IP which the player sees as new device. So I'm locked out of it now I until the end of the month. What a farce!

JimmyAlfonso · 04-10-2010 4:28pm

I had problems yesterday too but with regards the 4 devices issue during the ryder cup yesterday as well but I just removed some of the devices in the device management menu. It does seem like a bit of an issue though that it adds a new device every time.

harpstilidie · 11-10-2010 8:39pm

Whenever I go to watch something I'm getting a (C:1501 error), anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks.

Clareman · 12-10-2010 12:19pm

harpstilidie wrote: »

Whenever I go to watch something I'm getting a (C:1501 error), anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks.

Hi,

This should sort it for you, what browser are you using? I use Chrome with no issues, but have a read of this post and try what it suggests

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-player/37538-c-1501-error.html

harpstilidie · 12-10-2010 12:44pm

Clareman wrote: »

Hi,

This should sort it for you, what browser are you using? I use Chrome with no issues, but have a read of this post and try what it suggests

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-player/37538-c-1501-error.html

Thanks. Nothing really helps on that thread but I uninstalled Silverlight and reinstalled it again so hopefully that will work. I hope so anyway because I want it to watch the Ireland game tonight.

AdrianII · 12-10-2010 1:57pm

is it true that from January 1st to watch live tv it will cost an extra 10e on your sky bill??

chelseavera · 13-11-2010 1:58pm

anyone else have problems with gettting shut of banner on sky player? driving me mad!

Minstrel27 · 14-11-2010 5:46pm

AdrianII wrote: »

is it true that from January 1st to watch live tv it will cost an extra 10e on your sky bill??

I hear it will be €15

kaisersose77 · 14-11-2010 8:42pm

is it not just the sky mobile that will cost money from January? anyone have any links to where it says its going to cost money on the xbox?

johnn · 18-11-2010 7:57pm

This is what it says when you sign in via the skysports website

Sky Sports TV Live
Free for Sky TV Sports Pack subscribers until 31 December 2010.
Free for Sky Player TV Sports Pack subscribers.

Does this mean if you will start to be charged for Sky Player if you use it from next year even if you pay for multi-room in your house already? want to know cause i use my mates account who is away in canada and dont want charges to appear on his parents account.

Minstrel27 · 18-11-2010 8:35pm

You shouldn't be affected if you are using an account with multi room

johnn · 18-11-2010 8:47pm

Minstrel27 wrote: »

You shouldn't be affected if you are using an account with multi room

So who is this effecting then? i thought you had to have multi-room or it wasnt free at all, not even till the end of the year.

Minstrel27 · 18-11-2010 9:53pm

It is affecting all Sky Sports subscribers who were given Sky Player free until the end of the year

Sky Player

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