RTE Player Live on Smart TV

Flinty997

I see our LG TV now have a "Live" option on RTE Player app. But none of our Google TVs have it. You can stream to the Google TV. But wondering why the Apps are so different?

decor58

Same here on a LM6370, opening graphic white as against the previous red logo

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No such update on Walker tv or Now stick.

galtee boy

Live TV channels option now also available on RTE Player via Samsung smart tv's. Picture quality superb I have to say.

galtee boy

Also, the RTE News channel appears to be in HD, which is good news, maybe they are finally putting a bit of effort into it.

Tigerandahalf

I see they are giving you the option to sign in now but when you try it says invalid request 🙃🙃

waywill1966

Not live on my JVC Android Smart tv yet!

lertsnim

Yeah Android TV seems to be late to the party. The streams do look good on my LG and seem stable.

Flinty997

The video quality looked great on the LG. Never thought I'd say that about the player..

JDxtra

In my home, a Sony Android TV has no live channels on the RTE Player app however the Apple TV app does.

The quality has improved on the live channels, RTE One appears marginally better than on Saorview - but need to watch it a bit more to see how it performs with different content. RTE News Now is in some unusual stretched aspect ratio with black border top and bottom. Was not HD.

This is one of the problems with the RTE Player app - each device (smart TVs, streaming boxes, tablets, phones) - all have different experiences and even different content on them.

waywill1966

I wonder when or if Android smart tvs will be updated!

Flinty997

Interesting that Apple TV got it. Which Apple TV btw

icdg

The Apple TV app has supported live streaming since at least mid-2022, it’s not new.

Not sure what the minimum spec to run the app is but I’ve been running it on a 4K (1st generation) and HD both running tvOS 17.

mackersdublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121678930#Comment_121678930

Did you have to log in to have "Live TV"?

My Samsung (2016 model) doesn't have the Live feature, the Software Version is V.2.2.21

galtee boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701069#Comment_121701069

No, I didn't sign in, my tv is a 2019 Samsung Q90. It always had the RTE Player, but no live channels until about 10 days ago. I saw here that someone said their LG had got the live channels option, so that made me check my Samsung and sure enough, the live channels option had been added.

galtee boy

Out of curiosity, anyone know why the adverts are cut off during the add breaks on the RTE channels via the live option on the Player ?

brick man

I have a 2017 Samsung and don't have live option yet and I reinstalled the app

icdg

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701760#Comment_121701760

I’m not sure and until recently, continuity (idents, promos etc) also removed - it’s been reinstated since the new year or thereabouts. Up until late last year two fairly annoying break fillers were used on RTE One and 2 - they’ve now been replaced by a much less annoying but a bit bizarre one featuring red triangles flying about the place.

I have three theories.

• Firstly they may simply want to sell different advertising on the Player feed
• Secondly the same feed appears to be used to populate the catch up content on the player and they need to remove the adverts for that.
• Thirdly the hated (well by me anyway) pre roll adverts would put the channel over its allowed advertising minutage if the normal adverts were left in.

channelsurfer2

not working for me even with an january 2024 update. there is no option for live tv

JDxtra

They’re missing a trick not showing targeted ads during the live ad breaks.

10000maniacs

RTE haven't a clue about multimedia. They do themselves no favours.

Even on the internet, the RTE player sucks.

I wanted to watch a 3 minute segment of the Late Late show.

So they have 3 minutes of ads before the Late Late Show actually starts.

Then you navigate to the actual segment you want. Guess what!!

Another 3 minutes of ads. The same bloody ads.😕

Another reason why people don't pay the licence fee.

Idiots.

galtee boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121715286#Comment_121715286

For what it's worth, ITVx is riddled with adverts too.