UPC On-Demand (was RTÉ Player etc) [Merged]

Seanchai

I'm watching a wedding video on YouTube here on this laptop. We are with UPC and often watch stuff on YouTube through the tv. However, if I turn on the TV (Sony Bravia) and go to the YouTube function I cannot see this video (but I can see the other wedding from the same uploader). Why is this/How can I resolve this?

Grma/Thanks.

icdg

Seanchai wrote: »

I'm watching a wedding video on YouTube here on this laptop. We are with UPC and often watch stuff on YouTube through the tv. However, if I turn on the TV (Sony Bravia) and go to the YouTube function I cannot see this video (but I can see the other wedding from the same uploader). Why is this/How can I resolve this?

Grma/Thanks.

This forum is for cable TV issues and this thread for UPC On-Demand in particular. You might be better off asking that particular question in Home Entertainment .

from_atozinc

I have a UPC box
In regard to on demand on UPC and RTE player. Up until 3 weeks ago I could watch home and away on on demand

Now it is not there at all

Has home and away been removed from UPC on demand ?

starviewadams

Sister was complaining about that the other day,must be some sort of rights issue.

The RTE/TV3/TG4 players are a waste of time,nothing of any interest on them,just lots of Nuacht and Nationwide.

Dublinfan

hi havent gone in to the movie section in a good few months but noticed its an awful lot smaller compared to last year. why is this?

ankles

Can anyone tell me if movies on demand are HD and broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1? I have a HE system plugged into the UPC Box but am reluctant to buy a movie unless its Bluray quality. BTW I have an SD box, with a HDMI cable to my HE system

ted1

ankles wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if movies on demand are HD and broadcast in Dolby Digital 5.1? I have a HE system plugged into the UPC Box but am reluctant to buy a movie unless its Bluray quality. BTW I have an SD box, with a HDMI cable to my HE system

An SD Box can not give you Blue Ray quality. or HD

Wabbit Ears

Also the SD boxes don't have HDMI outputs.....

ker123

I am getting UPC installed by a technician next week. I am getting multiroom and this will be located up high on the dining room wall. There is a tv point already installed. I'm wondering can the hd box be installed in a different location (under stairs where all cables and ran to) and be controlled from there with a 'magic eye' so I do not have to install a shelf beside tv. My while idea is to have a flat screen tv wall mounted with no cables or box visible. If this is possible do I have to supply this generic magic eye to the technician upon installation

mollser

from_atozinc wrote: »

I have a UPC box
In regard to on demand on UPC and RTE player. Up until 3 weeks ago I could watch home and away on on demand

Now it is not there at all

Has home and away been removed from UPC on demand ?

+1 noticed this yesterday, then had a browse through everything else available on rte player, hardly anything in there now.

Flicked to the Samsung TV version of the RTE player and it is very well stocked, not as much as the internet version, but significantly moreso than UPC. Home and away there in all its glory, and 3 weeks of it as well.

I wouldn't be advertising RTE player as a benefit of UPC by any stretch of the imagination, even it's implementation is poor (graphics etc).

Red05

RTE player on UPC OnDemand is completely pointless. Tried to watch that new RTE made show The Fall tonight on it (because the DVR didn't bother to record it) and it isn't available. What is the point? Just a marketing gimmick I suppose.

Flip Flop

The RTE Player on UPC is a disgrace. It has got progressively worse over the past few months. The only programmes that seem to be available on it now are the News, the Weather, the Late Late Show, the Saturday Night Show, Fair City, Eastenders and a couple of other miscellaneous programmes. I can understand why most UK and American content isn't on it but in recent times the majority of RTE home produced content has disappeared from the service. Programmes that have disapeared recently include Nationwide, Prime Time, Oireachtas Report, Crimecall amongst others. UPC need to renegotiate their contract with RTE as a matter of urgency or drop the service altogether because it is a joke at the moment.:mad:

Roland27

I agree with above sentiments, this new UPC on demand is terrible. Went to watch The Sunday Game on it the other day, but its not there. I checked on the RTE player on RTE.ie and its there available to watch, as are many other programmes, yet none of these are available on the UPC on demand service.

What is the point of this UPC on demand if all they show is news/whether and other 'default' sort of shows?

Does anyone know is this issue going to be resolved so we can watch all the programmes which are available online?

Techless

Dexter season 3 now available.

icdg

Roland27 wrote: »

Does anyone know is this issue going to be resolved so we can watch all the programmes which are available online?

Unfortunately its up to the rights holders, some allow streaming only to PCs and other devices and not to TVs.

On another note there seems to have been a number of BBC shows withdrawn from On Demand recently, including Doctor Who.

Infoanon

icdg wrote: »

Unfortunately its up to the rights holders, some allow streaming only to PCs and other devices and not to TVs.

On another note there seems to have been a number of BBC shows withdrawn from On Demand recently, including Doctor Who.

Majority of the box sets went at the end of May -

There are 46 programs on the RTE Player - 29 are News programs !

Music section has been added (open to correction if its not new).

Anyone else unable to accrss box sets from the initial menu prompts?

icdg

Think its end of sticky time for this thread

decies

Are the us shows gone from it ?

icdg

No, I count NCIS, Star Trek TNG, The Good Wife, the Borgias, and Blue Bloods still there.

For some reason all the show titles are in ALL CAPS now, and I found it quite buggy tonight.

Oh, and Doctor Who is back.

Flip Flop

I see that Neighbours and Shortland Street have been added to the RTE Player content on UPC. Granted these additions won't set the world alight. But good to see UPC taking complaints about lack of content on board and boosting the service. The service has been gradually improving over the past few months.

lolo62

I have the digital value subscription which according to the website includes on demand 'tv players' but all I can access is rte player and Tv3.
When I spoke to upc guy he was like 'oh really? .....eh oh eh you have to upgrade to the digital max to get bbc player etc'
Even though I am subscribed to those channels...?
On the website it says digital select extra receives on demand 'tv players' also no asterisk on either so I'm not sure I'm getting what I pay for

icdg

lolo62 wrote: »

I have the digital value subscription which according to the website includes on demand 'tv players' but all I can access is rte player and Tv3.
When I spoke to upc guy he was like 'oh really? .....eh oh eh you have to upgrade to the digital max to get bbc player etc'
Even though I am subscribed to those channels...?
On the website it says digital select extra receives on demand 'tv players' also no asterisk on either so I'm not sure I'm getting what I pay for

There is no BBC iPlayer on UPC (or any Irish platform, other than the subscription-based international iPlayer on BBC.com and mobile apps). What there is a selection of BBC shows on the On Demand service but yes you'd need to be on Digital Select to receive these.

What you should be able to receive is the TV players - RTÉ, TV3, and TG4.

On a slightly related topic I see they now have a Sky Movies on Demand section available only to Sky movies subscribers. What's very interesting about this is the fact that the UI adopts the Sky Digital EPG colours when navigating!

lolo62

icdg wrote: »

There is no BBC iPlayer on UPC (or any Irish platform, other than the subscription-based international iPlayer on BBC.com and mobile apps). What there is a selection of BBC shows on the On Demand service but yes you'd need to be on Digital Select to receive these.

What you should be able to receive is the TV players - RTÉ, TV3, and TG4.

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thanks for reply but it still doesn't make sense to me, if receive bbc and channel 4 and discovery tv channels as part of my subscription and I also receive access to 'tv players' on the on demand, then when I click into 'tv players' on my setup I should be able to access all the tv players shown for the relevant tv channels I have?!? they are all there together in a row, not set appart

Wabbit Ears

The BCC player isnt BBC TV catchup content, its box-set content and all the box-sets are select and above.

lolo62

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

The BCC player isnt BBC TV catchup content, its box-set content and all the box-sets are select and above.

Then why is it in the tv players section and not the box set content?

Wabbit Ears

The same content is in the box set section, I guess BBC Just wanted an additional player or something with their logos on it.

lolo62

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

The same content is in the box set section, I guess BBC Just wanted an additional player or something with their logos on it.

Well as long as bbc are happy, that's the main thing!

Bradz213

Hi,

I've been with Sky a good while but thinking of switching to UPC for cost purposes. What exactly to you get with their on demand. Is it only Rte and £ player stuff which I can get anyway? With Sky I get Discovery, History, Sky, 4OD etc on the on demand and I don't want to lose this.

Also I'm a full package subsciber, will the same on demand movies be available as on Sky?

Thanks

celticbest

Bradz213 wrote: »

Hi,

I've been with Sky a good while but thinking of switching to UPC for cost purposes. What exactly to you get with their on demand. Is it only Rte and £ player stuff which I can get anyway? With Sky I get Discovery, History, Sky, 4OD etc on the on demand and I don't want to lose this.

Also I'm a full package subsciber, will the same on demand movies be available as on Sky?

Thanks

On Demand on UPC is nothing in comparison to SKY, also you will lose your Red Button access to programs such as sports on the Red button on BBC or SKY Sports….

Cushie Butterfield

lolo62 wrote: »

Then why is it in the tv players section and not the box set content?

It's in the 'TV Players and More' section & listed as BBC Box Sets (not as BBC Player). All the content from that section is also listed & available to view in the 'Box Set' section.