A discovery as regards RTE Player

Go Harvey Go

As many who use RTE Player regularly will know, editions of most non-news programmes are available on it for 21 days after their initial broadcast.

However, I've just made the following discovery... it seems that for some of these programmes, the length of time that editions of them are available for is not precisely 21 days.

What do I mean by this? I'll illustrate it as best I can:

Say a particular programme is on between 8pm and 9pm, and each edition is put up on the Player half an hour after broadcast, at 9:30pm.

And say the edition of this programme for the 1st of a month is taken down at 9:30pm on the 22nd of the month, when it it time to put up that day's edition.

That is precisely 21 days.

It applies to programmes like Prime Time and the Lotto draws.

But... if the edition gets taken down on the 22nd of the month, but a good few hours before 9:30pm (even before the broadcast of that day's edition), then that is not precisely 21 days - rather, it's 20 days and several hours.

And this appears to apply to programmes like The View.

Is there anyone else who might have noticed this?

I'm not sure whether or not there is a reason for it - but it feels kind of wrong IMHO...

ShoulderChip

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

As many who use RTE Player regularly will know, editions of most non-news programmes are available on it for 21 days after their initial broadcast.

However, I've just made the following discovery... it seems that for some of these programmes, the length of time that editions of them are available for is not precisely 21 days.

What do I mean by this? I'll illustrate it as best I can:

Say a particular programme is on between 8pm and 9pm, and each edition is put up on the Player half an hour after broadcast, at 9:30pm.

And say the edition of this programme for the 1st of a month is taken down at 9:30pm on the 22nd of the month, when it it time to put up that day's edition.

That is precisely 21 days.

It applies to programmes like Prime Time and the Lotto draws.

But... if the edition gets taken down on the 22nd of the month, but a good few hours before 9:30pm (even before the broadcast of that day's edition), then that is not precisely 21 days - rather, it's 20 days and several hours.

And this appears to apply to programmes like The View.

Is there anyone else who might have noticed this?

I'm not sure whether or not there is a reason for it - but it feels kind of wrong IMHO...

Wow

Is this what people who can't get jobs do all day?

Go Harvey Go

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Wow

Is this what people who can't get jobs do all day?

Well I'm sorry if you think this thread is pointless - I'm just stating a random observation I made.

And I don't use the Internet for hours on end every day, you know - I'm not that sad...

My name is URL

It's ok, OP.. I tend to notice things like that too. If I don't have my tv's volume set at an even number I become edgy! =p

Seriously though, it's probably just down to how they cache the website. Instead of having a 'countdown timer' for the expiration of each video (which would be heavier on resources), they most likely have set times for when the site is updated so probably nothing on it expires exactly after 21 days.

padz

i always felt that the chances are if u dont watch it within the first few days of it goin online ur not goin to watch it?thats how i use it, mainly on the wkend to review most stuff ive missed that wk, however i have watched some of the older stuff on the page while browsing the site

Lahm

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

And I don't use the Internet for hours on end every day, you know - I'm not that sad...

You've got problems.

Internet's the only game in town.