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New RTE Player

JMcGee

I saw on Twitter that there's a new player in the works. Just a coming soon. Anyone out there have an idea on a date? I think I'm getting my hopes up too high expecting some cross platform rollout.

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Moyglish

Could anyone please point me in the direction of an Android TV version of the APK, or if it wouldn't be too much hassle, rip me a version that I could sideload onto a Fire TV please?

I've been trying to get a working version of the new RTE working with no success.

The apks I've found are for the app for touch screen devices, so the fire tv remote or a keyboard won't work to navigate and you can't move the page. The Web browser version just redirects you to download the aforementioned app, or else if by some miracle I do get something to play, all I get endless ads and a black screen with sound but no picture.

According to another poster above the Android TV apk works on his Fire TV, so I'm looking to replicate same, I just need a hand finding the RTE android TV apk first though!

Would really appreciate any help.

Thanks guys!

EdmondShiels3

Still no ads when casting to TV.

EdmondShiels3

RTE player on Android TV now showing ads at the start and middle of the program

Johnboy1951

Still working fine on my Android box.

lertsnim

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

The android app won't play live tv for me.
Anyone else?

Working fine here.

Tigerandahalf

The android app won't play live tv for me.
Anyone else?

reni10

lertsnim wrote: »

Tried the app on an android box and programmes play on it. Picture quality is appalling though. Live streams work too though the picture isn't great on that either. I am using a T95N Mini M85 Pro

That must be just the normal mobile version of the app and not the TV version as that version does not have live TV for some very strange reason!

The mobile version is not remote control optimised so you can't really use it on a fire TV or something like that...

reni10

campo wrote: »

Probably a stupid question but did you get the Android TV version from playstore ?

I got it from the playstore on the Android TV box yes but this is special playstore only available on officially supported versions of the boxes like Nvidia shield and Xiaomi mibox etc.

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lertsnim wrote:

Tried the app on an android box and programmes play on it. Picture quality is appalling though. Live streams work too though the picture isn't great on that either. I am using a T95N Mini M85 Pro

Lucky you won't work at all on my android box.

lertsnim

Tried the app on an android box and programmes play on it. Picture quality is appalling though. Live streams work too though the picture isn't great on that either. I am using a T95N Mini M85 Pro

Seth Brundle

Is there any way to view what is on during the day on all channels? All I can see is to go to "On Now" and click the grid beside a programme and then view one channel at a time (which makes planning more awkward)

campo

reni10 wrote: »

Just for anyone wondering if the Android TV version works on a FireTV and has full remote control functionality then it does!

I managed to install the new player on an Android TV box and then extract it so it could be sideloaded and installed on the FireTV and it works fine.

No Live TV option but catchup and boxsets work.

Probably a stupid question but did you get the Android TV version from playstore ?

reni10

Just for anyone wondering if the Android TV version works on a FireTV and has full remote control functionality then it does!

I managed to install the new player on an Android TV box and then extract it so it could be sideloaded and installed on the FireTV and it works fine.

No Live TV option but catchup and boxsets work.

mickey1985

Anyway of downloading videos with the new app?

maynooth_rules

Have android version 6.01 and it won't work beyond the ads and 2 seconds of show I picked. Very annoying.

Johnboy1951

Alexandria Prickly Rap wrote: »

What version of Android is on your box. I can't get it to work on mine plays five or six seconds of selected programme then goes back to beginning. It just keeps doing that.

I think it is 8 ..... can check later if you need confirmation.

EDIT: 8.1

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Johnboy1951 wrote:

Tried the player on an Android box last night and it worked well for the hour or so I used it. I never did check what version was installed ...

What version of Android is on your box. I can't get it to work on mine plays five or six seconds of selected programme then goes back to beginning. It just keeps doing that.

FRIENDO

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Tried the player on an Android box last night and it worked well for the hour or so I used it.
I never did check what version was installed ...

Great to see it working on the Android box, watching live TV and picture quality is good and fairly steady at the moment.

The big test will be Champions league football on the player, as it's not available on SAORSAT, this will be my only option, hopefully it works.

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Strawberry HillBilly wrote:

RTÃ‰s digital team did confirm that the new player will be on LG soon.....soon was not defined though.

To get an idea of what RTE consider soon check out the saorview connect thread in relation to recording.

Strawberry HillBilly

Machinehead wrote: »

Just a query on the settings you have on your TV. I'm thinking that it may be the fact that I have UK set a the TV's location (for Freesat EPG & Google assistant) Ireland lg store for app updates. Could this be affecting the update of the app on my TV by virtue of the fact that I have conflicting settings - Ireland and UK on my TV?

The new player was on LG for a couple of days and was then rolled back to the old version. RTÉs digital team did confirm that the new player will be on LG soon.....soon was not defined though. I am on Ireland set up so I don’t think that is the cause of the lack of availability

JMcGee

Still no sign of the Apple TV version. Man, they're damn slow.

Machinehead

Strawberry HillBilly wrote: »

I contacted RTÉ digital team via contact on the player re the issue with LG smart TV. They confirmed the player is back on LG but omitted to state it was the older version ��. Query returned asking when the new version will be available

Just a query on the settings you have on your TV. I'm thinking that it may be the fact that I have UK set a the TV's location (for Freesat EPG & Google assistant) Ireland lg store for app updates. Could this be affecting the update of the app on my TV by virtue of the fact that I have conflicting settings - Ireland and UK on my TV?

mackersdublin

jimosterberg wrote: »

Any idea why there is no live feeds on the LG smart TV version of the player?

The old version on LG TVs didn't have the "Live" option either

Samsung TVs haven't been updated with the new version yet

Johnboy1951

Tried the player on an Android box last night and it worked well for the hour or so I used it.
I never did check what version was installed ...

jimosterberg

Any idea why there is no live feeds on the LG smart TV version of the player?

Have the player on an android box too but it's brutal. Crashes all the time and there's sound but no picture

tina1040

Is the player working? Stopping for no reason particularly after ads. On laptop. Tried Edge, Chrome, Firefox. Same problem on all 3.

Machinehead

The Black Oil wrote: »

I updated it recently, but then it went...just by coincidence there was a piece on The Journal about it the other day. Today it's back and I've updated again, but it's back the old version, logo, layout and all.

Same here with lg tv. Had it on lg uk for services area, switched it back to Ireland to update the player, then back to UK again. Worked fine for a couple of days, then I got an update notification for it. Nothing new, just rolled it back to the previous version.

Strawberry HillBilly

I contacted RTÉ digital team via contact on the player re the issue with LG smart TV. They confirmed the player is back on LG but omitted to state it was the older version &#55357;&#56834;&#55357;&#56834;. Query returned asking when the new version will be available

JDxtra

Sounds like there was an issue with the new version on LG devices and it was removed then rolled back.

The Black Oil

zorro2566 wrote: »

The RTÈ player has updated on my LG smart tv today!

I updated it recently, but then it went...just by coincidence there was a piece on The Journal about it the other day. Today it's back and I've updated again, but it's back the old version, logo, layout and all.