On 29/11/2018 13:48, Alister wrote:
> Hi
> looking to smarterize my dads TV with a PI to enable him to watch his
> football on TV rather than his laptop screen.
>
OK...

> currently playback of uploaded video interviews to his club site work
> well

How?

I thought you said they didn't work on his TV?

> but the streamed content provided by I follow simply will not play.

On what? What is "I follow"?
Do you mean "Ifollow"?

No doubt it is one of these 'DRM protected you p[ay and it barely works
on a PC' type of things


>
> Any suggestions on what may be required to get this working, or even
> simply how to start diagnosing the issue.
>

A complete description of the bits that work and the bits that don't
with protocols accurately described would be a start...



> currently using a stock raspian install but that is not essential any
> other Pi Distro would be acceptable if needed
>
>
It would seem that its a fairly crap but stock HTML or flash delivery

Probably easiests to use he PI HDMI and invest in a radio
'mouse-and-keyboard' type controller and use the TV like a big monitor.

But is it a smart TV?



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