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RTE Player is Live!

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    #92
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    Sorry scratch that, some of what I could see was apparently just left over from my session with the 3IRL datamodem. So:

    using 3 Irl datamodem roaming: can see everything (NO Rearenders) as though I were in Dublin.

    Using TalkTalk UK: all but domestic productions disappear.


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    #93
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    I just had a couple of friends check from different locales .... refused access due to geo check.

    regards.


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    #94
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    I just had a couple of friends check from different locales .... refused access due to geo check.

    regards.

    Yes, confirmed not working in Spain but equally confirmed to be working, with Irish content only in both the north and the UK (at least for TalkTalk customers).


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    #95
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    culabula wrote: »
    Yes, confirmed not working in Spain but equally confirmed to be working, with Irish content only in both the north and the UK (at least for TalkTalk customers).

    I had one confirmation of not working for UK ..... don't know the ISP


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    #96
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    I had one confirmation of not working for UK ..... don't know the ISP

    Then I wonder if this is now working for TalkTalk customers everywhere? This would certainly cause me to guffaw rather loudly! (LOL).


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    #97
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Personally I think it is a reasonable comprise for RTE to have two different versions.

    The Irish version that has everything including foreign content.
    An international version that carries only Irish content for ex-pats.

    Hope the international version is made available to everyone, not just people in the UK.


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    #98
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    bk wrote: »
    Personally I think it is a reasonable comprise for RTE to have two different versions.

    The Irish version that has everything including foreign content.
    An international version that carries only Irish content for ex-pats.

    Hope the international version is made available to everyone, not just people in the UK.

    I agree totally -it's just that I would have expected an announcement of sorts from RTÉ.

    It isn't working outside Ireland and Britain and I am not even clear that anyone except TalkTalk customers (owing to my intervention) are accessing this on the island of Britain.


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    #99
    Greenman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    Just mailed this to onlinetechs@rte.ie

    Hello,
    When will you have an RTE International Player up and running?

    RTE International TV was put on hold so the least that can be done is an RTE International Player, think of all that had to leave Eire and all that will now leave, please give us something from the Ole Sod.

    Please forward this to someone with a bit of clout.

    Thank you very much.

    JD&co.



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    #100
    BlackWizard
    Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    Greenman wrote: »

    RTE International TV was put on hold so the least that can be done is an RTE International Player, think of all that had to leave Eire and all that will now leave, please give us something from the Ole Sod.


    Maybe I'm just tired.. but I found that very hard to read. :(


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    #101
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    Greenman wrote: »
    Just mailed this to onlinetechs@rte.ie

    Hello,
    When will you have an RTE International Player up and running?

    RTE International TV was put on hold so the least that can be done is an RTE International Player, think of all that had to leave Eire and all that will now leave, please give us something from the Ole Sod.

    Please forward this to someone with a bit of clout.

    Thank you very much.

    JD&co.


    Ah, the art of letter-writing is not dead.


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    #102
    MACHEAD
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭MACHEAD


    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.


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    #103
    culabula
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 5,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭culabula


    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.


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    #104
    mwrf
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭mwrf


    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/


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    #105
    gavobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭gavobrien


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


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    #106
    motd2k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭motd2k


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



    motd


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    http://www.overplay.net - VPN for TV


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    #107
    podge018
    Registered Users Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭podge018


    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?


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    #108
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    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 :)


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    #109
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    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!!


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    #110
    nava
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 4,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭nava


    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?


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    #111
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    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?


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    #112
    nava
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 4,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭nava


    Ranicand wrote: »
    Anyone got a link for it?

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


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    #113
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    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 :o) 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... :)


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    #114
    Spiritoftheseventies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


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


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    #115
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Well it seems to be most but not all home-grown content. Yesterday I watched the Late Late Show (I know :o) 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


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    #116
    threein99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭threein99


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


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    #117
    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    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!


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    #118
    donnyd
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭donnyd


    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


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    #119
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    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,


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    #120
    donnyd
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭donnyd


    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.


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    #121
    donnyd
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭donnyd


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


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