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Hi i wanted to watch sky player on my xp desktop but it stutters a lot when playing and also buffers every five seconds. However on my vista laptop the streams work perfectly does anybody have any idea whats going on.
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It's probably at 100% when it stutters.
I've had that too, only use 1 PC but my router keeps disconnecting and changing my IP address so it thinks more PCs are trying to use my account. It's a crap system I'm gonna ring to complain I'll let you know what they tell me
My sodding council is putting up scaffolding so it looks like my Sky is stuffed for a while.
I have a couple of questions about the Sky Player.
1) Can I download shows (not films) onto my PC HD to watch later or offline?
You can with the BBC iplayer but not with the ITV one.
I prefer to download as you don't get the buffering issues so much.
2) As a Sky subscriber is it free for me to watch the TV shows anytime or only for the first 7 days after broadcast?
I looked at the Sky Player webpages and got totally lost. I got that I need to download their player 10mb.
Not sure about peer to peer stuff.
The Sky Player software makes use of a peer-2-peer technology, which means that your computer will automatically share programmes you've downloaded with other Sky Player users.
Isn't that the same as all these torrent sites that the media companies hate? I can understand peer to peer with Sky but other people that use Sky Player? Isn't that just file sharing of their material?
Any help you could give me in "Sky Player for Dummies" explanation would be gratefully recieved.
Another problem I have had is downloaded programs also suffer from buffering which I don't understand as they are on my PC and not streaming.
I un-subscribed after the latest special offer 3 months for the price of 2 because of the buffering problem.
On the plus side when it worked it was ok and I got to see some programs that I wouldn't normally have been able to watch because I can't have a sky dish where I live.
The basic entertainment pack is best value I think as the full set of channels on sky player is a bit over priced.
Can anyone explain what it means? Will my laptop be in any danger?
Have you actually downloaded the software to view programs when offline?