On 29/11/2018 16:18, Alister wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:00:07 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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>> 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...
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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.
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>> 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
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> 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.
>

Ok now at least the problem is clear.

It seems that the Ifollow works on Fedora/laptop linux, but not on Pi linux.

So the real issue is why that is.

Are you using identical browsers?

Is the Ifollow a flash app? Mmm. Seems it is.

Chromium on the pi has Flash support in built I think.

Have you enabled Flash for the sites?


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