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Something to plug into a TV that RTE Player works on?

  • 18-01-2018 12:30pm
    #1
    Puteq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭


    Hi, I am hoping someone will have personal experience and be able to answer this one for me. I am looking for a device that plugs into a TV and the RTE player works on it. Sounds simple but I ran into problems because the RTE Player apparently doesn't work on a lot of android devices. The TV itself is a smart TV with the RTE Player as one of the stock apps, but it doesn't work (plays the ads, then screen goes black). I tried accessing it from the browser but it requires flash which I cant install. A quick google tells me that the RTE Player isn't a very stable app and there are loads of devices it just doesn't work on so I'm hesitant to buy something only to find that the RTE Player doesn't work on it either.

    Does anyone know of some media streaming device that can plug into a TV and the android player work?

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    floatwinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭floatwinner


    What model TV is it? Try uninstalling and reinstalling RTE Player.


  • #3
    piplip87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭piplip87


    Its a fairly brutal app. Wouldn't go buying anything for it. If you have a laptop, just plug in via HDMI.


  • #4
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Your phone depending on the model. You can get cables for a tenner on amazon that will let you plug your phone into your tv. If your phone model allows this feature it's very easy to do.


  • #5
    Puteq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 380 ✭✭Puteq


    Thanks for the suggestion all. Actually this is for a friend who is extremely untechnical so i want to keep it as simple as possible. The TV is a Samsung, but the app is a stock app that comes with the TV so it wont let me uninstall. I don't want to go the route of recommending casting from a phone since that restricts to one user who happens to be there at the time, e.g. if the person casting to the TV decides to leave the house someone else would have to start casting from their phone etc. I want to avoid a laptop for the same reason, ideally I'm hoping to buy something (with the ability to play apps from the android store) that can be plugged into the TV and stay there

    Thanks for all the suggestions tho, dont wanna be too picky but I'm just hoping for a 'set it and forget it' solution ...


  • #6
    granturismo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭granturismo


    Search this thread https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057446012 for a box that has google play?


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  • #7
    Villa05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,793 ✭✭✭Villa05


    Xbox 360 or one will work with rte player


  • #8
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    Villa05 wrote: »
    Xbox 360 or one will work with rte player

    RTE player was pulled for Xbox.


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