iPhone/iPad RTE Player App.

Dman001

RTE showed a very brief viewing of their upcoming iPhone and iPad App for the RTE Player at the Dublin Web Summit. There seems to be general changes coming to the Web Player too. But still doesn't sound to be the same standard as the BBC iPlayer.

Video is near the bottom of the page:

http://www.rte.ie/news/dublinwebsummit/

Crackity Jones

Dont use it that much, but will be a welcome addition. The continuous play feature is interesting. Like the way she casually mentions 'if you are watching Masterchef at work on your PC' like its a normal thing to do at work! Maybe it is in RTE..

crapmanjoe

About Time!

Listened to the video but no mention of a release date! Any guesses

Dman001

crapmanjoe wrote: »

About Time!

Listened to the video but no mention of a release date! Any guesses

Shouldn't be long, sounds like it's ready to be released. It may already be in Apple's approval stage!

vinnycoyne

They said it'll definitely be out before Christmas, IIRC.

BIGGIEsmall

About time!!

culabula

Well, the release recently of the rebranded Radio Player was clearly stage one.

Jimdagym

No doubt it will be over wifi only, removing most of the good of it.

dixierip

Christmas is coming very soon and no sign of Rte Player App.

Man of Aran

Curious as to the intended 'target audience ' for some of these TV streaming sites on RTE TV3 BBC etc.
Are they intended for emigrants overseas or just citizens back home in Irl or UK who are catching up on weekly shows 'whilst driving home'?

Would be interested to know how Irish emigrants in USA, Canada , Aussie-NZ get along but residing in Hong Kong invariably cannot get Irish /UK tv streaming with messages such as content not available / allowed in the area you reside.
If intentional block from RTE / TV 3 then why is that or what's the whole purpose then? Because of China up North?

Surely like ShortWave Radio of olden days, this modern technology should be a service to all emigrants too if not primarily!

BTW, no problem with RTE Radio reception on current Radio Player through home WiFi or Smartone telecom.

Trevor451

I have no idea why RTE block their own shows abroad but they do block 3rd party shows abroad usually due to licensing agreements

Man of Aran

Thanks Trevor.
Good point and I should clarify that homespun shows such as Late Late, the recent Presidential Debates, IDA Businessman of Year on RTE plus the Apprentice Season 4 2011 all failed to playback.
Using Real Player or Windows Media Player - tried on several PC and laptop, Windows XP or 98.

Nil fadhb ar bith leis an Radio Eireann ach ceapaim go feichfidh muid
'feich -all' ar an RTE telefis anseo.

culabula

Trevor451 wrote: »

I have no idea why RTE block their own shows abroad but they do block 3rd party shows abroad usually due to licensing agreements

Many RTÉ in-house shows are clearly flagged "worldwide".

They cannot show programmes such as "Eastenders" outside of the 26 counties.

culabula

Man of Aran wrote: »

Curious as to the intended 'target audience ' for some of these TV streaming sites on RTE TV3 BBC etc.
Are they intended for emigrants overseas or just citizens back home in Irl or UK who are catching up on weekly shows 'whilst driving home'?

Would be interested to know how Irish emigrants in USA, Canada , Aussie-NZ get along but residing in Hong Kong invariably cannot get Irish /UK tv streaming with messages such as content not available / allowed in the area you reside.
If intentional block from RTE / TV 3 then why is that or what's the whole purpose then? Because of China up North?

Surely like ShortWave Radio of olden days, this modern technology should be a service to all emigrants too if not primarily!

BTW, no problem with RTE Radio reception on current Radio Player through home WiFi or Smartone telecom.

I don't really understand the points you're making here.

All these services in all these countries are "catchup" facilities for the citizens of that country to be watched within their own jurisdiction. As a general rule, they are not for consumption outside the home territory.

Therefore I use BBC iPlayer all the time on my iPad in Belfast - it won't work as soon as I hit Dundalk. Ditto for the France Télévisions app, which does not function outside of the French State.

RTÉ are unusual in that they do allow viewing of some of their own content, such as the Late Late Show on a worldwide basis though whether this will be available on the RTÉ Player app is another matter. At the moment, I can certainly watch it on my PS3 in Belfast.

BBC, for example do not supply or allow their BBC News app to function outside the UK and have a dedicated global version of iPlayer for the rest of the world on the iPad platform.

Nevertheless, I expect the RTÉ Player app to be available on a global basis with the existing two-tier facility to continue -full content within the State and a cut-down service outside.

jester77

I don't understand this either, many a time I've wanted to watch a GAA game or an Ireland qualifier game and all I get is content not available. The problem is that there is no where else to get it then. I have a decent proxy server I can use, which just shows that their efforts are nothing more than an inconvenience, which begs the question, why?

elgriff

Has to do with licensing on the music. They can use any music for free as long as it is for use within Ireland.

culabula

jester77 wrote: »

I don't understand this either, many a time I've wanted to watch a GAA game or an Ireland qualifier game and all I get is content not available. The problem is that there is no where else to get it then. I have a decent proxy server I can use, which just shows that their efforts are nothing more than an inconvenience, which begs the question, why?

Rights. Licence fee.

You live in Germany, you're not entitled.

I can't watch German TV either, without resorting to naughtiness.

jester77

culabula wrote: »

Rights. Licence fee.

You live in Germany, you're not entitled.

I can't watch German TV either, without resorting to naughtiness.

But the problem is there is no alternative. It's not like they have sold the rights and I can watch it somewhere else. I would have no problem paying for it like how the BBC has done it for iPlayer, I just don't agree with closing it off and not providing an alternative, be it free or paid.

Dodge

jester77 wrote: »

But the problem is there is no alternative. It's not like they have sold the rights and I can watch it somewhere else. I would have no problem paying for it like how the BBC has done it for iPlayer, I just don't agree with closing it off and not providing an alternative, be it free or paid.

There is absolutely rights involved when it comes to sport. Its not RTE stopping you from seeing GAA or Ireland international football, its the GAA, FAI, UEFA etc

Dodge

https://twitter.com/#!/RTEplayer/status/149414871329546242

The RTÉ Player App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is available now from the iTunes App Store - available worldwide as a free download!

posullivan

the RTE player Iphone/Ipad app has just gone up on the App store, free to download, looks good.
Also works in limited form for those abroad only those news and current affairs and limited others availible.
hopefully things will improve though.

posullivan

dodge beat me to it....:D

dixierip

Fair play RTE. They launched it as promised before Christmas.

Man of Aran

Excellent. Now this is a world class service.
Just installed the App - the traffic is fairly heavy on "currently showing" due no doubt in part to the flood of people trying out the app. This should stabilize in due course.
No problem to playback archive material from Mon or Tue etc.

PGL

"To stream video content you must be connected to the Internet". Surely the iPhone "is" connected to the internet, when it has a 3G signal as I have??

I am assuming you need to be connected to wifi for this to work? If so, the message above needs to be re-worded......

EDIT: ignore my post above - saw this solution in another thread: "If so you need to go into settings and enable 3G streaming. Working perfectly for me"

Dman001

Any word on an Android release from RTE?

acalmenvoy

Great app so far...Is this really RTE...:eek:

eeloe

I'm trying to watch only fools and horses here on 3G in work, but I'm not getting any video feed, only audio! :-(

elainee

im trying to download rte player app but its saying "this app requires ios 4.3?? how do i update? its the iphone 4 thanks!

holly_johnson

Downloaded the app, all hunky dory. Only, there's no sound! I can hear music from the iTunes library, and play videos from YouTube,so it's not the iPad. No sound on any of the programmes, with the volume slider up full.

molby

holly_johnson wrote: »

Downloaded the app, all hunky dory. Only, there's no sound! I can hear music from the iTunes library, and play videos from YouTube,so it's not the iPad. No sound on any of the programmes, with the volume slider up full.

Delete app and reinstall,should sort it out.

murpho999

elainee wrote: »

im trying to download rte player app but its saying "this app requires ios 4.3?? how do i update? its the iphone 4 thanks!

Wow...you need to connect your phone to Itunes and click on your device on left hand side.

It should update you to v 5.0.1 which is a major upgrade (google it).

Make sure to back up your contacts and photos before hand.

robjones1981

trying to use the app on my ipod touch - but it says my ios is too old - so I update the software twice - and it still says the app must be used on newer version?! - anyone any ideas whats wrong here?

Also - i dont suspose this app is available for a mac book pro ?

Dodge

robjones1981 wrote: »

Also - i dont suspose this app is available for a mac book pro ?

Does http://www.rte.ie/player not work?

long_b

robjones1981 wrote: »

trying to use the app on my ipod touch - but it says my ios is too old - so I update the software twice - and it still says the app must be used on newer version?! - anyone any ideas whats wrong here?

If you iPod Touch is old it won't "take" the more recent versions of iOS.

sillymoo

Anyone else having trouble with this? Keeps going to a black screen and then stops playing. Today won't let me play programmes at all! On wifi btw

CricketDude

This RTE app is fantastic. So much better than the TV3 app with only a few of shows available on it.

Sabre Man

robjones1981 wrote: »

trying to use the app on my ipod touch - but it says my ios is too old - so I update the software twice - and it still says the app must be used on newer version?! - anyone any ideas whats wrong here

There is an older version out there that I used on my 1st gen. iPod touch. It's the one without 3G in the name.

CricketDude

Sabre Man wrote: »

There is an older version out there that I used on my 1st gen. iPod touch. It's the one without 3G in the name.

Thats just the RTE news one.

princemuzzy

holly_johnson wrote: »

Downloaded the app, all hunky dory. Only, there's no sound! I can hear music from the iTunes library, and play videos from YouTube,so it's not the iPad. No sound on any of the programmes, with the volume slider up full.

Did u get this sorted have re installed numerous times still no sound through speakers but have sound with headphones

keith_d99

Finding it very inconsistent - smooth 1 night - unusable another night!

Anybody else?

acalmenvoy

princemuzzy wrote: »

Did u get this sorted have re installed numerous times still no sound through speakers but have sound with headphones

Try http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/09/15/how-to-fix-no-sound-in-ipad-apps/

also you must have the hard button orientation lock in settings ON to see the soft mute button onscreen

Otherwise you see the orientation lock button onscreen in the lower left.

princemuzzy

acalmenvoy wrote: »

Try http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/09/15/how-to-fix-no-sound-in-ipad-apps/

also you must have the hard button orientation lock in settings ON to see the soft mute button onscreen

Otherwise you see the orientation lock button onscreen in the lower left.

Thanks a million worked a treat ...... Strange that I had sound in every other app

Ideo

Somewhat off topic but do rte block certain programmes from streaming on the iPad? Trying to watch homeland myself but it's not letting me - anyone else experiencing this?

culabula

Since they don't offer it on catchup I'd imagine they do withhold it. Their rights probably only allow for real-time broadcast.

"See what you're missing" , never more apt.

_Whimsical_

Ideo wrote: »

Somewhat off topic but do rte block certain programmes from streaming on the iPad? Trying to watch homeland myself but it's not letting me - anyone else experiencing this?

You can watch it on 4od on iPad if you're stuck.

culabula

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

You can watch it on 4od on iPad if you're stuck.

But way behind.

Dodge

Ideo wrote: »

Somewhat off topic but do rte block certain programmes from streaming on the iPad?

"MNS", the LOI football show, appears on the 'standard' RTE player but isn't on the IOS version. I asked the MNS producers who didn't realise this was the case. They said they'd look into it

Now thats an RTE produced show, so its unlikely to be a paid rights issue

JoeA3

I'm finding the player on the iPad / iPhone very flakey. Click on a show and it'll start and stop again after a few seconds, back to the home page.

I tried watching Dragons Den last week and it was jumping, skipping all over the place. Unwatchable.

crapmanjoe

Dodge wrote: »

"MNS", the LOI football show, appears on the 'standard' RTE player but isn't on the IOS version. I asked the MNS producers who didn't realise this was the case. They said they'd look into it

Now thats an RTE produced show, so its unlikely to be a paid rights issue

No live sport seems to be on the iOS version of rte player which is abit annoying.

Watching Galway game here on the laptop but it's just not avail on the I pad :mad:

IrishHomer

crapmanjoe wrote: »

No live sport seems to be on the iOS version of rte player which is abit annoying.

Watching Galway game here on the laptop but it's just not avail on the I pad :mad:

You could also view live Irish tv on apple products via www.aertv.ie