UPC TV AirPlay Streaming

ClausW · 2020-06-13T16:22:47+00:00

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Daniele_Sunrise

sundreamer Please post the error message as a screenshot or photo. I have never seen this message.

Greetings
Daniele

sundreamer

Daniele_Sunrise

this is what I get

strange that the app ask me to wait in order to watch a show via AirPlay

Daniele_Sunrise

sundreamer I assume that you have a UPC TV box. If so, then the error occurred during Startover Replay. That means you wanted to watch a live program from the beginning. Since this did not work, the app showed you how long you had to wait to watch Replay (Show end).

I was just informed that the error was fixed yesterday. Can you please test it again?

Greetings
Daniele

sundreamer

Daniele_Sunrise you are right, yesterday evening it worked like a charm.

hope it’s not gonna be up and down

If so, do you know if a second box is available for buying and not renting
Also what is the price of it (I can compare to another box like apple)

last question. Is the fire stick from Amazon a good experience ? This is maybe the best solution but I have some kind of android box (not it upc list of boxes) and it’s a quite useless experience

Daniele_Sunrise

sundreamer The boxes can not be bought. You can rent a total of 5 UPC TV boxes for CHF 10.- per month per box.

Whether the Amazon stick is good, you would have to ask in the English section in the community, or here in German (in german language). I think it has certainly users who have the stick in use.

Greetings
Daniele

sundreamer

It’s working tonight :-)
i think it’s a wrong decision to rent a second box as a Apple TV is about 160chf

especially for customers having all connections with upc.

i heard Swisscom sell them…. I guess for a reasonable price it’s fair

that’s my opinion

let’s hope I don’t get into trouble with AirPlay in the future

thanks for your help

kaizrh

I have the same issue. I can watch TV on my UPC TV app on the iPhone but I cannot stream it via my Apple TV to my TV screen. When I switch on Airplay, the video stops with a “not available” error message. Interestingly, there are very few channels that stream successfully via Airplay, so I do not think it is a technical problem with my router or HW setup (other Airplay content also streams without issue). It really seems like the App is intentionally blocking certain channels from Airplay streaming? But why would it block channels like SRF that are part of my UPC subscriptions?

sundreamer

kaizrh I think you must have 1 box minimum.

do you have one ?

kaizrh

Daniele_Sunrise

Hi Daniele, Danke für Deine Antworten. Habe ich es richtig verstanden, dass man ohne Probleme die frei verfügbaren Kanäle wie z.B. SRF als LiveTV von der UPC TV App vom iPhone via AirPlay streamen können sollte? In manchen Beiträgen hier klingt es so, als ginge das nur wenn man eine UPC TV Box hat oder dass manche Kanäle aus lizenzrechtlichen Gründen nicht via AirPlay gestreamt werden können (obwohl man sie auf dem iPhone schauen kann). Es wäre toll, Klarheit zu haben, ob das LiveTV AirPlay Streamen vom iPhone ohne UPC TV Box zumindest in der Theorie funktionieren sollte.

Vielen Dank,
Kai

kaizrh

sundreamer
I only have a Gigabox for Internet, not a UPC TV Box.

sundreamer

kaizrh si it should not work properly by AirPlay unless you have a box

kaizrh

sundreamer
Is it confirmed by UPC that they block AirPlay when you dont have a UPC TV Box? I think it would be good that they state this where they explain the functionality of the App and Airplay. So unless I rent a box for a monthly fee I cannot use Airplay?

sundreamer

kaizrh I guess so. This should be well explained but it’s kind of hidden rule

kaizrh

Wow… not very customer friendly. I mean UPC can do what they want (profit and so on) but at least let me know. Do you know if it is possible to buy a used / old TV box to “unlock” AirPlay? I have no use for an expensive, fancy TV Box…

sundreamer

kaizrh you better buy an Amazon stick or Apple TV I guess …. on Android Tv the app should be available but not on lg or Samsung which is very stupid

kaizrh

Thanks for the advice. I actually bought an Apple TV for exactly that purpose. Somehow the “normal” way to watch TV doesnt work in my apartment (old school cable from wallplug to TV) - might be the cable, might be the wall connection might be TV tuner - who knows. But then I thought since I can watch on the App, I just buy an old Apple TV and stream it via Airplay (my TV does not support Airplay). But I bought an old 3rd Gen Apple TV that cannot install new Apps 🙁. So long story short, if I had known that UPC blocks AirPlay, I wouldnt have bought the old Apple TV in the first place…

Anyway, so you are saying that if I have a device like the Amazon Stick or a newer Apple TV that can install the UPC TV app, I can watch TV without having a UPC TV box?

sundreamer

kaizrh I think so but never tried

kaizrh

sundreamer
Ok, thanks!

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