On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:00:07 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> 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.
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> OK...
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>> currently playback of uploaded video interviews to his club site work
>> well
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> How?
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> I thought you said they didn't work on his TV?
Sorry maybe I was not clear
uploaded interviews play fine on a Pi3B+, streamed videos fro iFollow
fail to start & simply hang.

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>> but the streamed content provided by I follow simply will not play.
>
> On what? What is "I follow"?
> Do you mean "Ifollow"?
Yes

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> No doubt it is one of these 'DRM protected you p[ay and it barely works
> on a PC' type of things
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Again yes, but he does have an account & it works with his laptop which
runs Fedora so it is not a window V Linux compatibility issue.

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>> Any suggestions on what may be required to get this working, or even
>> simply how to start diagnosing the issue.
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> A complete description of the bits that work and the bits that don't
> with protocols accurately described would be a start...
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>> currently using a stock raspian install but that is not essential any
>> other Pi Distro would be acceptable if needed
>>
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> It would seem that its a fairly crap but stock HTML or flash delivery

hav not checks the flash support & the pi is using chromium so that may
be the issue, will give it a try anyway - thanks
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> 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.

That is exactly what I am trying to provide :-)
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> But is it a smart TV?
>
No its a cheap & nasty "Polaroid" so dumb as shit.
hence the addition of the PI.

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