Problems using Channel 4od this week?

rebelden

For the past few days im getting 'an error has occured when trying to play a chosen programme. Anyone else having the same problem

mark17j

I was watching a couple of Fr Ted episodes earlier on 4od, worked perfectly.

jay.i.am

Yes,i cant watch it either.Keep getting an error has occurred message.Anyone any ideas.

jeffbluesmoke

hi all ex-eircom isp tech here

checked the connection with Eircom - failed got the same error 'an error has occured when trying to play a chosen programme'

checked with Clearwire - streaming perfect

issue appears to be with eircom DNS or 4oD blocking people routing from Eircom

Solution -

manually enter yourself and IP address, subnet and Gateway and give yourself the OpenDNS servers

First DNS: 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS: 208.67.220.220

tested on xp/unix/win7/ios5

jeffers

ft9

jeffbluesmoke wrote: »

hi all ex-eircom isp tech here

checked the connection with Eircom - failed got the same error 'an error has occured when trying to play a chosen programme'

checked with Clearwire - streaming perfect

issue appears to be with eircom DNS or 4oD blocking people routing from Eircom

Solution -

manually enter yourself and IP address, subnet and Gateway and give yourself the OpenDNS servers

First DNS: 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS: 208.67.220.220

tested on xp/unix/win7/ios5

jeffers

Where do i enter these?

jeffbluesmoke

www.google.ie

yoyo

ft9 wrote: »

Where do i enter these?

What version of Windows? Go into network connections in control panel>network & sharing centre vista/7 view adaptor settings>Right click on your connection, could be LAN or Wifi, properties>IP4 Configuration and change DNS from obtain automaticaly to the 2 linked above

Nick

ft9

yoyo wrote: »

What version of Windows? Go into network connections in control panel>network & sharing centre vista/7 view adaptor settings>Right click on your connection, could be LAN or Wifi, properties>IP4 Configuration and change DNS from obtain automaticaly to the 2 linked above

Nick

Windows7. Thanks that was very helpful. Working fine now.

wonderboysam

wa-hey! yiz are legends

naasrd

jeffbluesmoke wrote: »

www.google.ie

Oh bravo. Aren't you the clever boy? Been waiting long to play that worn out card?

Villette

Channel 4OD won't let me watch some programmes...I tried the above but it's not working. Just wondering, when you say manually add an IP address, subnet and gateway, what figures am I supposed to be entering? I'm a bit of a technophobe...

lbj

Well jeffbluesmoke, you are a genius. Couldn't figure out how to change is via control panel but was able to adjust settings on the router using your DNS figures. Fair play to you, now I can catch up with phone shop on 4OD. Many many thanks.

Cathaoirleach

I changed to Google's DNS and it fixed the problem.

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

bonzodog2

Anyone had problems getting 4oD with the latest Flash player? I tried with IE8 and Opera tonight with Flash 11.1.102.55 and it would not play, but in Firefox that I use for BBC iPlayer via Tor, with Flash 10.3.183.10 it works fine.