New RTE Player

jimosterberg · 01-01-2019 9:50pm

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

Johnboy1951 · 01-01-2019 10:33pm

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 ...

mackersdublin · 02-01-2019 5:41pm

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

Machinehead · 03-01-2019 1:53pm

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?

JMcGee · 03-01-2019 5:47pm

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

Strawberry HillBilly · 04-01-2019 12:54pm

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

clfy39tzve8njq · 04-01-2019 3:18pm

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.

FRIENDO · 04-01-2019 11:50pm

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.

clfy39tzve8njq · 05-01-2019 12:06am

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.

Johnboy1951 · 05-01-2019 11:21am

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

maynooth_rules · 05-01-2019 8:04pm

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

mickey1985 · 13-01-2019 2:35pm

Anyway of downloading videos with the new app?

reni10 · 13-01-2019 6:59pm

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.

campo · 13-01-2019 7:28pm

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 ?

Seth Brundle · 13-01-2019 7:32pm

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)

lertsnim · 13-01-2019 10:32pm

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

clfy39tzve8njq · 13-01-2019 10:38pm

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.

reni10 · 14-01-2019 8:25am

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.

reni10 · 14-01-2019 8:28am

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...

Tigerandahalf · 24-01-2019 8:18pm

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

lertsnim · 24-01-2019 9:53pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

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

Working fine here.

Johnboy1951 · 24-01-2019 10:52pm

Still working fine on my Android box.

EdmondShiels3 · 26-01-2019 2:47am

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

EdmondShiels3 · 26-01-2019 3:27am

Still no ads when casting to TV.

Moyglish · 26-01-2019 11:11am

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!

yrreg0850 · 26-01-2019 11:23am

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They take in plenty of money to pay for it with minimal or no advertising yet choose to spend almost 3 times the licence fee money for the entire annual online budget per year on the rich mans Orchestras (yes 2 there's 2 RTE Orchestras), joke of an organisation.

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-losses-2016-2-3502547-Jul2017/

RTE have the nerve to call these the" National Orchestras" and, we are told to LOVE our orchestras which are paid for from national licence fees but, rarely perform outside the M50.
So,where is the national element other than the nation paying for Dublin orchestras.

Tigerandahalf · 26-01-2019 10:27pm

Has the new rte player come back onto LG tvs yet?

Machinehead · 27-01-2019 4:19pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Has the new rte player come back onto LG tvs yet?

Tweeted RTÉ Player on the 10th Jan, had the same thing as most people with LG TVs, updated and then rolled back after a couple of days. Their response was the usual stock response "Coming soon! We're just adding the final touches to it" ~ Still waiting! Android app works fine for me if I want to cast the player.

JMcGee · 28-01-2019 11:05am

Still waiting to hear some news on the Apple TV app. When someone says "coming soon" to me that means a few weeks at most. They're a shambles. I'm starting to wonder if their main priority isn't to stop people downloading episodes instead of first building something desireable. Everytime I use BBC iPlayer I just wish to fawk they had copied this outright.

dulpit · 28-01-2019 4:02pm

Just tried using the player on Edge (work computer - don't judge) and it seems to get stuck in a loop. Pick the show to watch, press play. Ads run, then a play symbol appears with the show to be watched, pressing that just restarts the ads.

Known issue I wonder?

AlmightyCushion · 28-01-2019 4:07pm

dulpit wrote: »

Just tried using the player on Edge (work computer - don't judge) and it seems to get stuck in a loop. Pick the show to watch, press play. Ads run, then a play symbol appears with the show to be watched, pressing that just restarts the ads.

Known issue I wonder?

I get that sometimes on Chrome. Sometimes I have to try Edge, Chrome and FireFox to get one that works. Pain in the arse.

reni10 · 28-01-2019 5:37pm

Moyglish wrote: »

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!

Responded to your PM so hope it helps you

padjocollins · 30-01-2019 8:00pm

old player allowed me to watch rte content here in germany using a vpn. new player has locked me out . anyone abroad got it working ? thanks

clfy39tzve8njq · 12-02-2019 4:50pm

Right lads riddle me this. I'm Ireland and RTE player works perfectly on my android phone but can't get it to work on the android box.
Here's where it gets strange at least to me maybe someone here can explain it.
If I use a VPN on the box the player works. But the content is limited with most of the box sets missing.
WTF

JMcGee · 07-03-2019 1:36pm

Still no Apple TV app. What a shower.

The Dark Knight · 09-03-2019 4:52am

reni10 wrote: »

Responded to your PM so hope it helps you

Hi, can you also send me details of the Android TV apk for Fire TV?
Thank you!!

ED E · 21-03-2019 12:20am

Scrubbing passed the buffer seems f'd at the minute, dont remember that before? Anyone else?

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dulpit · 21-03-2019 11:54am

ED E wrote: »

Scrubbing passed the buffer seems f'd at the minute, dont remember that before? Anyone else?

I've had this on the android and web version since the new version was launched, if I want to fast forward I couldn't.

Charles Babbage · 23-03-2019 4:46am

maynooth_rules wrote: »

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

I have often defended RT But the android app is a bait and switch operation as it shows the ads, but only a few seconds of the programme. Such a seamless ability to show ads without any content is treating the customer with contempt.

sk8board · 27-03-2019 10:21am

I was switching on the Ireland Georgia match on my 4-5 year old Samsung smart tv in the kids play room last night and noticed that the ‘live’ option has been removed from the updated smart tv RTÉ player app - so you can’t play live tv but can play historical programming.
Could this really be the case/be intentional?

It may be some issue with having a slightly older smart tv, but it’s definitely the updated app.

van_beano · 27-03-2019 10:29am

sk8board wrote: »

I was switching on the Ireland Georgia match on my 4-5 year old Samsung smart tv in the kids play room last night and noticed that the ‘live’ option has been removed from the updated smart tv RTÉ player app - so you can’t play live tv but can play historical programming.
Could this really be the case/be intentional?

It may be some issue with having a slightly older smart tv, but it’s definitely the updated app.

Same issue with me last night, no Live TV option last night on the App on my Samsung TV.

EdmondShiels3 · 27-03-2019 2:30pm

The app on TV's does not have a live TV option. I have the app on a new Sony TV.

van_beano · 27-03-2019 2:42pm

It had the Live TV option at least a month ago on my TV

sk8board · 28-03-2019 10:00pm

I watched a six nations game 10 days ago, we use it all the time and it was working fine.

In this instance, I used the Player app on an iPad and airplay’ed it to the tv via Apple TV box, so all good, but I think it’s an odd decision to say the least.

dulpit · 29-03-2019 12:02pm

sk8board wrote: »

I watched a six nations game 10 days ago, we use it all the time and it was working fine.

In this instance, I used the Player app on an iPad and airplay’ed it to the tv via Apple TV box, so all good, but I think it’s an odd decision to say the least.

Six nations was on virgin media? Not RTE...

sk8board · 30-03-2019 12:11pm

dulpit wrote: »

Six nations was on virgin media? Not RTE...

True - must’ve been something else, either way it’s a very recent change and appears to be intentional

Sheepdish1 · 30-03-2019 3:00pm

Is anyone else having problems with watching any shows on the RTE player?

When trying to watch any historical programme it is just freezing and not continuing. Have tried it for the last three days and same problem.

Have used it for a few years with no problems until this

Nidgeweasel · 31-03-2019 8:09pm

van_beano wrote: »

It had the Live TV option at least a month ago on my TV

Same. Just noticed this was missing.

Any reasons for it?

JMcGee · 02-04-2019 12:40pm

Airplay still doesn't work for me with an Apple TV 4K.

Zhane · 02-04-2019 11:21pm

JMcGee wrote: »

Airplay still doesn't work for me with an Apple TV 4K.

Same. I’ve reported it a couple of times. Plays the ads no problem but won’t play the show

New RTE Player

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