The RTE Player Thread

DeSelby83

Has anyone got a fix for this adblocker nonsense on the rte player on a laptop. I don't have any installed yet it keeps telling me I do.
EDIT: Using a VPN and have tried incognito mode and still getting the same errors

Donegal Storm

Anyone with webOS on an LG tv here? RTE player is completely broken for the past few weeks for me, ads play fine but then just get a "This service is having issues" message, if I click try again it just plays the ads (instantly and in perfect resolution) again before the same message pops up. Incredibly frustrating.

Already complained to RTE about it but just got some nonsense reply that my 150mbps internet is probably the issue

The Black Oil

Hopefully they'll sort things out.

RTÉ 'committed' to improving Player after complaints about 'frustrating' and 'unusable' service

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-player-complaints-2-4932320-Dec2019/

riclad

i just tried it on 3 browser,s . i downloaded the brave browser today .
The player runs the ads fine, then it says security error.
i ,m running windows 7 on a pc.
This is the first time i could not use the iplayer .
I,ll just watch the programs using another website .
i,m not using an adblocker.
the bbc iplayer would always work until a year ago.
i think the bbc player requires users to be registered .
i just watch bbc live using a website stream, not from the bbc.
my internet speed is 50meg per second.
there,s only a few programs i watch on rte anyway.

bodhrandude

I tried to watch the first episode of Vikings season 6 on the player, all was grand for the first quarter until commercial breaks, the series never resumed after the ads so I refreshed it and it went back to the starting. Stupid player. I ended up downloading it in the end, why it doesn't automatically go back to the episode I don't know, but it ruined legitimately watching the series as it doesn't explain what to do after the ads just sits there in the last froze frame. It takes me 2 or 3 minutes to download an episode as a torrent, RTE player is pretty useless.

Fionn

I tried it today on my PC, after I clicked on a programme it just came back with 'This programme cannot be streamed due to rights restrictions'
Why in the blazes have they got the programme up if you cant stream it??

Another load of rubbish from RTE!

Full_Circle_81

Has anyone else noticed how it doesn't let you stream certain shows on certain platforms? Godfather of Harlem is available on its Android app, but not available on its LG TV app? And this is the updated red version of the app on the tv too....

lertsnim

Fionn wrote: »

I tried it today on my PC, after I clicked on a programme it just came back with 'This programme cannot be streamed due to rights restrictions'
Why in the blazes have they got the programme up if you cant stream it??

Another load of rubbish from RTE!

What programme said that? And do you use a VPN?

colman1212

Using Express VPN and having the same issue. I want to watch the Six Nations :-(

fryup

will RTE player still work if i change my location to UK on my samsung TV?

dub_citizen

I live in Dublin, pay tv license, have broadband. I have a Samsung smart tv, 2021. it has RTE player app. I have a RTE account.

However I cannot watch the World cup matches live from app on the TV. They are not available. I have to put the match on my laptop and connect it to the smart tv to be able to watch it. Is there a workaround? Any advice?

The RTE player app on the tv doesnt have the same available programs as the Rte player site. What is the point of having it on the tv then?

BobbyMalone

Does anybody think it's odd that the first season of Kin has been taken off the Player? I asked and they said it's a rights issue - I thought RTE part funded this show?