RTE -the joke has gone too far

FixdePitchmark

I'm off in spain, trying to love life, but when I try to watch RTE , it is all flash and adoby, for **** sake. What is this alll about ?

GreenWolfe

If you're trying to love life, why are you watching RTÉ?

Sulla Felix

Did you pay your TV license?

FixdePitchmark

EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

If you're trying to love life, why are you watching RTÉ?

love Ireland, why is it so hard

GreenWolfe

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

love Ireland, why is it so hard

Fair enough. What is the specific error message, and what are you trying to watch it on (PC, tablet, etc)?

1ZRed

Wtf is this thread all about?

General General

I've just realized that there was a massive opportunity in setting up www.adoby.com in the mid-naughties.

super_furry

Is RTE using flash preventing you from loving your life?

Karl Stein

1ZRed wrote: »

Wtf is this thread all about?

Soup.

Don't you just love a bowl of hot, homemade, chicken soup?

Peregrine

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'm off in spain, trying to love life, but when I try to watch RTE , it is all flash and adoby, for **** sake. What is this alll about ?

Upgrade your Flash player?

It's not that complicated

Ravelleman

Just watch some RTVE.

BNMC

Fixdepitcher then.

lkionm

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Soup.

Don't you just love a bowl of hot, homemade, chicken soup?

You gave me a craving just as I am going to bed,

Post reported.

hatrickpatrick

It's a point actually, you can't watch RTE on an iPhone and the RTE Player app is sh!te and crashes every couple of seconds :mad:
And to think they want to bring in a universal charge for everyone to pay for this absolute joke of an organization!

Weevil

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

love Ireland, why is it so hard

If Ireland was RTE I'd leave.

(Oh, I see you have)

policarp

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

It's a point actually, you can't watch RTE on an iPhone and the RTE Player app is sh!te and crashes every couple of seconds :mad:
And to think they want to bring in a universal charge for everyone to pay for this absolute joke of an organization!

BBC and ITV and many many more stations available Free to Air in Spain but not RTE.
Their advertisers should be told. Only advertise porridge and spuds. . .

wandatowell

Anybody else try decaf tea?

efb

Anybody know anything about some launch codes?

endacl

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

It's a point actually, you can't watch RTE on an iPhone

Yeah you can. Why would you want to though?!?

super_furry

wandatowell wrote: »

Anybody else try decaf tea?

No but I have been drinking some of that mint tea from Lidl. It's not bad - especially with a drop of honey - but you need to use two bags to get a decent mug.

policarp

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'm off in spain, trying to love life, but when I try to watch RTE , it is all flash and adoby, for **** sake. What is this alll about ?

Does Ex Pat Shield work ?

hatrickpatrick

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Upgrade your Flash player?

It's not that complicated

Flash is unavailable on all iDevices due to a feud between Adobe and Apple a couple of years back. To be fair this is Apple's fault, but literally every other major news content provider has switched to a HTML5 video feed for their mobile website and RTE hasn't. Muppets.

hatrickpatrick

endacl wrote: »

Yeah you can. Why would you want to though?!?

You can't. Flash doesn't work on iDevices and RTE's own app crashes a couple of seconds after being opened.

Also the reason I wanted to was because my dad was going to be on the news earlier and I wasn't going to be at home, pretty legitimate reason for wanting to use it I would have thought?

endacl

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

You can't. Flash doesn't work on iDevices and RTE's own app crashes a couple of seconds after being opened.

Also the reason I wanted to was because my dad was going to be on the news earlier and I wasn't going to be at home, pretty legitimate reason for wanting to use it I would have thought?

Rte app works fine on my 4s. Granted, I never use it much, but its flawless when I do. Only issue is the content...

dxhound2005

policarp wrote: »

BBC and ITV and many many more stations available Free to Air in Spain but not RTE.
Their advertisers should be told. Only advertise porridge and spuds. . .

BBC and ITV are not making the broadcasts deliberately available, it is overspill from the satellite footprint same as we get in Ireland. Would British expats in Russia or America not be equally entitled to the services if the ones in France and Spain were being given them deliberately? Satellite footprints are subject to change and people who spent a lot of money to get the signals could lose them overnight.

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/misconception.htm

wretcheddomain

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'm off in spain, trying to love life, but when I try to watch RTE

Is this not a contradiction?

policarp

dxhound2005 wrote: »

BBC and ITV are not making the broadcasts deliberately available, it is overspill from the satellite footprint same as we get in Ireland. Would British expats in Russia or America not be equally entitled to the services if the ones in France and Spain were being given them deliberately? Satellite footprints are subject to change and people who spent a lot of money to get the signals could lose them overnight.

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/misconception.htm

Thanks for the info.
Thought British, German, Swedish and many more broadcasters were Free to Air all over Europe.

FanadMan

Have you tried Aertv? Not sure if it works in that warm, dry, sunny plac.........damn - never mind. I'm not telling you because it's cold and wet here

:pac: