How can I convince rte.ie that I'm in Ireland so I can watch stuff on their site?
Very simple instructions would be appreciated!
I did ask a computer teacher but she hasnt a clue :-\
Who is your ISP?
Will do some digging for you but it will be tomorrow
Thanks!
RTE's 'Ireland only' crap is a major pain in the ass!
Tried looking for a few Irish proxy servers one time but couldnt find any - maybe this isn't the way to go about it?
Quote from: hardstation on May 29, 2009, 12:21:01 AM
An Fear Rua is the man to ask. Not thon website, the poster on the board.
He got me to do a load of madness so that he could watch matches on RTE or something. I have no idea what he got me to do or what he was able to get from the gibberish he got me to send to him but it seemed to work.
there's something about ones in Ireland saving the files and sending links or some shite - seems very complicated.
QuoteRTE's 'Ireland only' crap is a major pain in the ass!
The GAA have sold the rights outside Ireland to Setanta, so RTE have no choice in the matter.
The GAA might usefully think about Internet rights, there should be service to watch this anywhere in the world, albeit on payment of a fee.
in the same boat , a real pain in the hole. used to subscribe to setanata broadband to watch live, it appears they no longer offer the service. Agree that RTE should and could charge for it, but then again, it will probably take them light years to figure that out.
Asked a techy at work, think I scared him, have not seen him in three days.
would appreciate any help, and like previous blogger, keep it simple.
Thanks in advance
Quote from: joemamas on May 29, 2009, 01:34:14 AM
in the same boat , a real pain in the hole. used to subscribe to setanata broadband to watch live, it appears they no longer offer the service. Agree that RTE should and could charge for it, but then again, it will probably take them light years to figure that out.
Asked a techy at work, think I scared him, have not seen him in three days.
would appreciate any help, and like previous blogger, keep it simple.
Thanks in advance
I have been looking for the PPV GAA on Setanta i...is that no longer available? The bar owners over here were probably complaining about the the amount of people watching the games at home.
This might help:
http://cupidstunt.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/how-to-get-around-the-rte-geoblock-without-using-an-irish-proxy/
Quote from: take_yer_points on May 29, 2009, 07:36:42 AM
This might help:
http://cupidstunt.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/how-to-get-around-the-rte-geoblock-without-using-an-irish-proxy/
Going by the last comment at the bottom of that page I doubt that won't work anymore.
Quote from: armaghniac on May 29, 2009, 12:56:36 AM
QuoteRTE's 'Ireland only' crap is a major pain in the ass!
The GAA have sold the rights outside Ireland to Setanta, so RTE have no choice in the matter.
The GAA might usefully think about Internet rights, there should be service to watch this anywhere in the world, albeit on payment of a fee.
why is it then that you can watch the game delayed on BBC iplayer, the RTE are a joke with regards to this for example pride of the parish and celebrity bainisteoir were only available on the island of ireland, this cant have anything to do with rights!
Would I be right in saying you would need a streaming proxy for this as opposed to a HTTP proxy?
I'm not sure how many of these you would get about the place. I'll have a hoke round and see what I can dig up. This seems a common problem though which is difficult / nigh on impossible to get round...
http://www.publicproxyservers.com/proxy/list_country1.html (http://www.publicproxyservers.com/proxy/list_country1.html)
This link may be a help anyway though I think they'd be HTTP proxies...
Anyone know anything about Slingbox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox)?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sling-Media-SlingBox-Digital-Anywhere/dp/B000W49MPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243616593&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sling-Media-SlingBox-Digital-Anywhere/dp/B000W49MPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243616593&sr=1-1)
Looks interesting Armaghniac.
Essentially looks like a "VNC" kind of effort on your TV.
I'm not sure you could use it in this instance. You'd be giving some punter control of your TV if someone were to set it up in Ireland. Also I'm not sure how scalable it would be for multiple internet connections to it.(From what I read you download an application to your PC which you then use to connect to the slingbox)
First of all pints, these instructions are for Internet Explorer so if you are using a different browser it will be slightly different but the same principle behind it.
Go to 'Tools', then 'Internet Options' then click onto the 'Connections' tab, then click on 'Lan settings' at the bottom of that tab, put a tick on the 'use a proxy server for your lan' box and enter any 1 of the following;
vorcha.compsoc.com
spyware1.dcu.ie
bluecoat.cs.tcd.ie
16.bas1.lmk.limerick.eircom.net
cache02.cache.esat.net
Enter 80 in the 'port number' box, then click ok and click ok again.
These proxies are tested daily and all were working at one point or other today when they were checked.
The full list you can find http://www.aliveproxy.com/proxy-list/proxies.aspx/Ireland-ie (http://www.aliveproxy.com/proxy-list/proxies.aspx/Ireland-ie) there although it doesn't guarantee that any of them will work for you but it is worth a try anyway
I cant get them to work :'(
I'm trying them in IE but it keeps acting as if I've no internet connection when I try it.
Am I doing something wrong ???
Quote from: pintsofguinness on May 29, 2009, 07:40:51 PM
I cant get them to work :'(
I'm trying them in IE but it keeps acting as if I've no internet connection when I try it.
Am I doing something wrong ???
Tried here also with no luck.
No you aren't doing anything wrong... all the bloody proxies seem to be down, already!
However, try webcache.virginmedia.com and port 3128. I say this as I am on VirginMedia and can access RTE stuff, I am not sure if their proxy will work for you but you can try it
The thing is though, some ISPs deliberately forbid the use of proxies being used across their network. If yours is one that employs that technology then... nothing anyone can try with you will make a difference
No, same thing with that one :(
thanks for trying though
No worries, sorry nothing works...
Quote from: armaghniac on May 29, 2009, 11:30:26 AM
Anyone know anything about Slingbox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox)?
I know someone who uses this all the time when travelling to watch home tv on is laptop and says it works great.
Quote from: Treasurer on May 30, 2009, 12:08:42 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on May 29, 2009, 11:30:26 AM
Anyone know anything about Slingbox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox)?
I know someone who uses this all the time when travelling to watch home tv on is laptop and says it works great.
My brother has one, he has a wireless router in the house. He said all he did was turn it on and all worked, he isn't the best technically either...
You'd think that the GAABoard renegades and multi personality members would know a thing or two about isp numbers.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on May 29, 2009, 09:07:26 PM
No, same thing with that one :(
thanks for trying though
got the game on JUSTIN throught Mozilla. have had to relog in a few times, beats the alternative by a mile
yeah i'm watching here http://www.justin.tv/nern (http://www.justin.tv/nern) - posted it on the game thread
It's not a very clear pic but its better than ntohing
Quote from: pintsofguinness on May 28, 2009, 11:55:50 PM
How can I convince rte.ie that I'm in Ireland so I can watch stuff on their site?
Very simple instructions would be appreciated!
I did ask a computer teacher but she hasnt a clue :-\
If you have Sky TV you could get a Sky card from the south and use it in your UK Sky box. You`ll get one for about £50.
Quote from: Trevor Hill on June 07, 2009, 09:24:07 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on May 28, 2009, 11:55:50 PM
How can I convince rte.ie that I'm in Ireland so I can watch stuff on their site?
Very simple instructions would be appreciated!
I did ask a computer teacher but she hasnt a clue :-\
If you have Sky TV you could get a Sky card from the south and use it in your UK Sky box. You`ll get one for about £50.
Nah dont have sky, far too poor for that.
pints, just came across this on orchardcounty.com
Quotethis was posted on the antrim website ahead of the hurling last week- i didn't get to try it- but it sounds plausible enough:
The first thing we need to do is find a link to the .smil file for the particular programme. To do this, first click on the link on the RTE website to view the programme in question. If you are outside Ireland, the embedded Real Player will show a message saying the programme is only available inside Ireland. Right-click on this window and select 'open in Real Player'. This will start Real Player as a standalone program and show the same message.In the standalone Real Player, select 'file', then 'clip properties' and 'view clip info' (or CTRL+I). This will display a .smil link. Copy this link.Now you need to download this link and open it in notepad. Trouble is, if you're outside Ireland, this is where the geoblock kicks in. So if I download this link here in NZ and open in notepad I just get some html with 'nz auckland' in it, because it's identified my location from my IP address. One way around this is to use and Irish proxy server, the trouble is a working Irish proxy is ridiculously hard to find, so there's a much easier way: Email the .smil link to a friend in Ireland (32 Counties)and ask them to download to their desktop and open in notepad. Because they're in Ireland, they will get the un-geoblocked version. When they open it in notepad, inside will be a direct .rm link to the stream required. It will look something like this; rtsp://streaming3.rte.ie/geoblock/937781e0c4b2d229ee3c7dd9f8be374f/geoblock/2008/thematch-186581-243.rm
Once your friend emails you back with this link copy it, open in your Real Player, and voila! Geoblock removed.
Or if you have no-one in Ireland able to assist you then you can open the .smil file this way, Just go to http://www.blackdog.ie/tv/ and stick your smil file link in there and you should get the direct stream link back.
Quote from: ardmhachaabu on June 12, 2009, 10:00:40 PM
pints, just came across this on orchardcounty.com
Quotethis was posted on the antrim website ahead of the hurling last week- i didn't get to try it- but it sounds plausible enough:
The first thing we need to do is find a link to the .smil file for the particular programme. To do this, first click on the link on the RTE website to view the programme in question. If you are outside Ireland, the embedded Real Player will show a message saying the programme is only available inside Ireland. Right-click on this window and select 'open in Real Player'. This will start Real Player as a standalone program and show the same message.In the standalone Real Player, select 'file', then 'clip properties' and 'view clip info' (or CTRL+I). This will display a .smil link. Copy this link.Now you need to download this link and open it in notepad. Trouble is, if you're outside Ireland, this is where the geoblock kicks in. So if I download this link here in NZ and open in notepad I just get some html with 'nz auckland' in it, because it's identified my location from my IP address. One way around this is to use and Irish proxy server, the trouble is a working Irish proxy is ridiculously hard to find, so there's a much easier way: Email the .smil link to a friend in Ireland (32 Counties)and ask them to download to their desktop and open in notepad. Because they're in Ireland, they will get the un-geoblocked version. When they open it in notepad, inside will be a direct .rm link to the stream required. It will look something like this; rtsp://streaming3.rte.ie/geoblock/937781e0c4b2d229ee3c7dd9f8be374f/geoblock/2008/thematch-186581-243.rm
Once your friend emails you back with this link copy it, open in your Real Player, and voila! Geoblock removed.
Or if you have no-one in Ireland able to assist you then you can open the .smil file this way, Just go to http://www.blackdog.ie/tv/ and stick your smil file link in there and you should get the direct stream link back.
thanks ardmhacha, heard about all that craic with the sending of the link before, never quite knew exactly what it was about. Justintv holding up well I must say at providing the coverage but I'll keep this for a rainy day!
cheers
Quote from: ardmhachaabu on June 12, 2009, 10:00:40 PM
if you have no-one in Ireland able to assist you then you can open the .smil file this way, Just go to http://www.blackdog.ie/tv/ and stick your smil file link in there and you should get the direct stream link back.
RTE changed their player a few months ago and it makes the blackdog tool obsolete.
Would it not be an idea for someone in the 32 Counties to post the unlocked link somewhere on the web for every live GAA game that is on RTE? That way all the expats would be able to watch all of the games, and it would be useful for anyone who didn't have a friend available in Ireland to do what that link states needs done.